Did he think he was throwing his beer?

Here is the article that i found on my local news website-
” POMONA—Police arrested 14 people, including one man who was caught driving under the influence of alcohol with his child in the car, during a checkpoint Friday evening.
Officers set up a checkpoint in the area of Holt Avenue and Hershey Street at 10:20 p.m. when a man in a Chevrolet pickup came through.
He told officers he did not have a license and drove off quickly east on Holt, police said.
A young child was in the pickup. Officers located it parked in front of an apartment complex at 1302 E. Kingsley St.
The suspect grabbed his child and a beer bottle from the pickup and ran into the complex, police said.
The suspect threw the child at officers before he was caught, police said.
The chase ended in an apartment, where officers and the suspect struggled.
A man identified as Humberto Uribe-Lizarraga was arrested.
He was booked into Pomona City Jail on suspicion of driving under the influence, assault on a police officer and felony child endangerment. He was being held on $100,000 bail.”

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