It sounds like the university police came up with the “possible self harm” explanation. Might just be the least scandalous and attention drawing of several scenarios they’re exploring.
More likely they’re just going to cover up the feds murdering the guy though and are seeding reasonable doubt into the story in preparation for it leading nowhere and going cold.
If he was harassed for over a year by feds I can definitely understand him being paranoid, disoriented and possibly even suicidal. It’s reasonable to assume the worst from feds, but even if it was ‘self inflicted’ it was almost surely caused by the harassment.
It sounds like the university police came up with the “possible self harm” explanation. Might just be the least scandalous and attention drawing of several scenarios they’re exploring.
More likely they’re just going to cover up the feds murdering the guy though and are seeding reasonable doubt into the story in preparation for it leading nowhere and going cold.
If he was harassed for over a year by feds I can definitely understand him being paranoid, disoriented and possibly even suicidal. It’s reasonable to assume the worst from feds, but even if it was ‘self inflicted’ it was almost surely caused by the harassment.