Exactly, DAs and prosecutors in this country have WAY to much leeway to:
1. Make a huge mistake (failing to immediately drop the charge)
2. Brush it under the rug (do nothing)
3. When caught pressing a nonsense charge with no good explanation, change the charges to something else unilaterally (!!)
4. When finally pressured enough by the public, drop the charges entirely.
This case should result in D.A. / prosecutor review. The cops have an excuse but this person does not. There is no room for ego like this when people’s lives are on the line. Being charged with a crime would ruin most anyone’s life for anywhere between a few days and many years, they need to be much more careful than this.
1. Make a huge mistake (failing to immediately drop the charge)
2. Brush it under the rug (do nothing)
3. When caught pressing a nonsense charge with no good explanation, change the charges to something else unilaterally (!!)
4. When finally pressured enough by the public, drop the charges entirely.
This case should result in D.A. / prosecutor review. The cops have an excuse but this person does not. There is no room for ego like this when people’s lives are on the line. Being charged with a crime would ruin most anyone’s life for anywhere between a few days and many years, they need to be much more careful than this.