More on the Cicinnati Jones Case

More on the Cicinnati Jones Case

From her comments below, his grandmother apparently hasn't seen the tape.

Think of it this way: if Jones was willing to attack uniformed police offocers, what are the chances we would attack someone else? An innocent bystander, perhaps?

The police showed remarkable restraint in NOT drawing their weapons when he attacked. What if he had gotten ahold of one of the officers' guns? What would these protestors say after three bystanders and a cop or two had been shot by this drugged up maniac with a policeman's weapon?

I can hear it now: "The police in this town do not do enough to protect our citizens. They allowed a convicted felon to take one of their guns and it cost two people their lives and put another two in the hospital. Why couldn't they control or stop this man? Why?"

FOXNews.com - Top Stories - Coroner Rules 350-Pound Man's Death a Homicide

CINCINNATI — The coroner said Wednesday that a struggle with police was the primary cause in the death of a 350-pound black man whose scuffle with officers outside a fast-food restaurant has prompted outcry among black leaders.

Hamilton County Coroner Carl Parrott said Nathaniel Jones (search), 41, suffered from an enlarged heart, obesity and had intoxicating levels of cocaine, PCP and methanol in his blood.

Parrott said the death will be ruled a homicide, but added that such a ruling 'should not be interpreted as implying inappropriate behavior or the use of excessive force by police.' Homicide rulings are issued when someone dies at the hands of another person.

Jones' death certificate will list a cause of death as an irregular heart beat because of a stress reaction from the violent struggle, Parrott said. . . .

"They talk about Skip like he was an animal," said his grandmother, Bessie Jones. "He wasn't. Skipper was just a good old, fat jolly fella. He wasn't violent."

"Everyone he met, that he touched, loved him," said his aunt, Diane Payton. "He was never mean. . . ."

Jones' body had bruising on the lower half, but did not show signs of blows to the head or organ damage, Parrott said.

Jones was carrying cocaine and three hand-rolled cigarettes that had been dipped in methanol, an ingredient in embalming fluid that gets people high, authorities said.