Cop Breaks Leg of 10-Year-Old Who Filmed Him

[jeff47]

113. What I think is you're desperately searching for a reason

to blame the woman instead of the cops.

Again, all three cops went to the hospital. All three. Every single one. Why'd they do that if it was just disorderly conduct?

Because the cops realized they had fucked up very badly, and were attempting to cover for it.

It said she pleaded guilty to disorderly, not that she plead out of a felony charge.

Because the real world is not a Law & Order episode.

Prosecutions do not come down from the heavens. They are done by people. The DA looked at this case, and really, really wanted it to go away. Because it was obvious that the cops screwed up and a "real" prosecution would go very, very badly.

But a "real" prosecution costs the defendant a lot of money, even if they are represented by a public defender. Kids need daycare. Can't go to work if you're in court. And so on.

So the DA sees a way out for himself and the cops - offer the woman a deal so he doesn't have to prosecute, and the cops won't be put on the stand to be shredded by her lawyer. ETA: and that testimony could be used in her civil suit. No prosecution, and she has to pay to put the cops on the stand.

So they make a deal, she is charged with disorderly, and the case goes away. The DA does not have to charge her with the more severe crime in order to make a deal.

If the DA's lucky, she won't have the money for the civil suit. The hospital bills for her son mean she probably will sue, but the DA didn't know that at the time.