I did watch the BBC documentary some time ago.
I will say again the Police involved were guilty of neglect, or due lack of care.
The man who was drunk had been a pain at the local hospital, was injured before the police came onto the scene. He might have been over enthusiastically restrained, his dignity may have been better preserved, more consideration should have been given at the hospital, before the Doctors released him into the jurisdiction of the police.
A lot of people make judgement calls in their day to day occupations, that later are found to be wrong, the police on this occasion failed a dieing man believing his symptoms were that of drunkeness alone.
They were in the wrong, as were the Doctors who failed to keep him under observation after injuring his head.
A tragic combination of circumstances caused the mans death, including his own drunkeness.
It is very easy after the event to apportion blame, in the cold light of day, with all the evidence collated.....not so easy in the heat of the moment to be 100% sure that your judgement call could be so drastically wrong....this time.
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