But according to the Coroner, in the lead-up to the fatal incident Plasto was waiting to see a doctor and saying he wanted a smoke. If you think that’s a psychotic episode, then you’ve never seen a psychotic episode, much less been stuck in a confined space with one. This was the comedown from a psychotic episode, hours afterward. It’s stressful, it’s frightening, and the last thing the person needs is a cop who thinks his own assertion of power is more important than the chain-smoking patient’s wish to have the simple relief of a smoke.

Common dogf***, not police training or “psychobabble”, would tell any normal person that the solution to this problem is to accompany the patient outside and let him have a smoke.