Crisis Intervention?

This is interesting:

MANCHESTER- The Elliot Hospital psychiatric patient who was forcibly restrained after he allegedly attacked a security guard Oct. 16 went to Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston the next day with a broken neck and may be paralyzed as a result, a close family friend said Tuesday.

If this guy had a "broken neck and may be paralyzed" I doubt very much he'd be sitting up for a photo without his C-collar. Those "close family friends" aren't usually the most reliable. Or is the photo of the cop who suffered "significant facial injuries"?

And the ol' Manchester Union Leader is a far cry from the New York Times. :)

I think that photo was taken earlier, did you read the article?

There is more to the story.... What if his alteration in behavior was chemically induced; during the incident and after the incident; perhaps with his psych history he may be blinking as a form of coping?

Did he have a bleed in his brain? Other neuro issues???

Also, people can sustain spinal cord injury and walk and talk before a decline. I cared for a man who was arrested with a history of bipolar who was resisting arrest and was slammed against the police car. Once he stated he couldn't get up and lost bowel and bladder, he was sent to the hospital where they found that his neck was broken and had spinal shock.