I am a physician specializing in neuro-psychiatry. It appeared to me from the very first videos of the arrest of Freddie Gray that by the time the officers were bringing him to the van, he was limp and had to be supported and dragged to the van. His left leg moved relatively normally, but his right leg was straight out and seemed to be unable to move. The moment I saw him I commented that he looked paralyzed.
It is also hard to believe that an injury of such severity could have occurred in the van. It seems far more likely to have been inflicted by severe blows to his spine. The news reports say that three vertebrae were damaged. How could that happen merely by being bounced around in a van?
I invite my medical colleagues to respond to these observations. I could be wrong. Then again, I could be right. Did anyone else notice this appearance of paralysis before Freddie was placed in the van?