I appreciate the nuance. These two comments summarize it for me: > "Officer Tipping did not sustain any laceration to the head" and "was also not struck or be

I appreciate the nuance. These two comments summarize it for me: > "Officer Tipping did not sustain any laceration to the head" and "was also not struck or beaten during this training session," Police Chief Michel Moore told the LAPD Board of Police Commissioners in June. "He did grapple with another officer, and both fell to the ground, resulting in a catastrophic injury to his spinal cord." > Gage claims that Tipping wound up with three broken ribs, a lacerated liver, head injuries, and a broken neck. "His heart eventually stopped working because of his injuries" and "he was paralyzed….He had subdural hematomas at three places on the left side and three places on the right side. There is no way that grappling would have caused those injuries the way the LAPD portrayed it." Which is to say: I don't know. A thorough investigation by a competent expert with no conflicts of interest seems necessary.