don't know if it makes any difference, but the part of his skull is missing because it's been removed to relieve pressure on the swollen brain, not because dude bashed it in.
a buddy of mine was black out drunk and acting a fool at some 24 hour restaurant, somebody asked him to leave and being drunk, he started fighting the guy, guy knocked my homie out and he fell straight back onto his skull. my buddy goes into a coma for like 3 months, part of his skull is temporarily removed just like Dan's in the pic, just so his brain doesn't press up against it and damage itself any more. Doctors told us all this stuff about how he wouldn't remember any of us and how he'd need assistance for the rest of his life or might have limited brain function, he was hazy for a few months after waking up, slurred speech and shit but he pulled through and is like 100 percent good now. Though he has seizures like once or twice a year now, though idk if its because of his injury or his continued drug intake (shrooms, weed, nothing heavy). Real shitty part is doctor tells him he lopped off a good 10 years from his life expectancy.
This whole SF situation is heavy as hell, huge bummer for all involved. Guess point I'm trying to make is that nobody had to be especially brutal to give someone life threatening injuries, guy just had to fall in the right way. I think its dumb to call for Jesse's head in some macho Republican bootlicker kinda way which seems to be the sentiment from a lotta people in this thread. But the dude did the crime, I'm sure he's prepared to do the time. I haven't really seen any of the GX dudes or accounts outright defend their homie or their actions.