While I want to agree with you, in this case the judge isnt deciding his guilt or innocence or even how long his sentence should be. In THIS case the judge is only deciding his pre trial confinement conditions.
Frankly Im not sure why he wasnt shot on the scene, and then we woulnt be talking about this; but I wasnt there and the guys on the ground decided to tackle and arrest him instead of a couple head shots. I wont monday morning their decision
Since he supposedly made suicidal statements then he gets put on suicide watch in a room where he cant hurt himself at least until a psych eval can determine otherwise. THAT much seems right. IF hes NOT suicidal then that goes a long way to block any crazy claim at trial.
Its a process
24/7 solitary confinement IS a punishment and pre trial confinement isnt the place for punishment. Now I do understand his lawyers playing legal games, thats their job and the government's job is to counter that with SOPs and reasons why he needs to be held in suicide watch conditions. The issue here is the judges statements which seem to have gone past a legal decision into politics