Sorry, BWC meaning the police bodycams? I saw the one bodycam video that came out a few months after the incident, and it looked to me like he was actually as paranoid/crazy as he seemed.
What would be the point in planning out that behaviour as an act? It's not like they'd decide not to arrest him.
I had no doubt that he was paranoid, and scared shitless. He was already high as a kite. Then after returning from the store he popped some more pills, and passed out. Then when the police arrived he started eating all the other pills he had. At some point he had to know he was way,way overdosed, and even tried spitting some out in the back of the unit. But even when he was asked what he was on (so he could be treated) he said "nothing". Ever the criminal he didn't want to be caught with drugs, or even admit that he was under the influence. As an old convict would say " He held his mud ". The prosecution in their opening even tried to down play the massive drugs in his system by saying that as a long time user he had developed a "tolerance" ! Yet he had just gotten out of the hospital from a recent OD. So I guess taking enough drugs to kill a horse made his "tolerance" give up !
I know an ER doc and we were talking about liability.
He told me about a patient who presented with massively high pulse and BP. He asked him if he had been taking drugs. He said no. Tox screen comes back positive for opioids and amphetamines. They treat him, counsel him, release him with a reservation for a treatment center on Monday.
4 hours later he comes back in an ambulance, coding out. Had the nurse not gotten the girlfriend to admit he had gone home and taken another hit, my friend would have been sued.
Edit for context. This patient was taking speed balls.
Maybe. From the BWC videos, it is perfectly clear that he used that as a well rehearsed act from the moment the cops arrived.
Sorry, BWC meaning the police bodycams? I saw the one bodycam video that came out a few months after the incident, and it looked to me like he was actually as paranoid/crazy as he seemed.
What would be the point in planning out that behaviour as an act? It's not like they'd decide not to arrest him.
I had no doubt that he was paranoid, and scared shitless. He was already high as a kite. Then after returning from the store he popped some more pills, and passed out. Then when the police arrived he started eating all the other pills he had. At some point he had to know he was way,way overdosed, and even tried spitting some out in the back of the unit. But even when he was asked what he was on (so he could be treated) he said "nothing". Ever the criminal he didn't want to be caught with drugs, or even admit that he was under the influence. As an old convict would say " He held his mud ". The prosecution in their opening even tried to down play the massive drugs in his system by saying that as a long time user he had developed a "tolerance" ! Yet he had just gotten out of the hospital from a recent OD. So I guess taking enough drugs to kill a horse made his "tolerance" give up !
I know an ER doc and we were talking about liability.
He told me about a patient who presented with massively high pulse and BP. He asked him if he had been taking drugs. He said no. Tox screen comes back positive for opioids and amphetamines. They treat him, counsel him, release him with a reservation for a treatment center on Monday.
4 hours later he comes back in an ambulance, coding out. Had the nurse not gotten the girlfriend to admit he had gone home and taken another hit, my friend would have been sued.
Edit for context. This patient was taking speed balls.