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In reply to the discussion: The Starbucks thing... [View all]ExciteBike66
(2,424 posts)So I guess the killing below just never happened, because the prosecutors decided not to charge the officer involved?
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-california-police/los-angeles-prosecutors-decline-to-charge-police-officer-in-deadly-2015-shooting-idUSKCN1GK38A
As someone who knows something about prosecutors, I am sure you are aware that prosecutors do not always base charging decisions on whether or not they think a crime has actually occurred. Sometimes its political, sometimes they just don't think a jury will buy it (even if they think it was a crime).
EDIT: Anyway, whether or not the prosecutors charged anyone is not even the question. The point is that the police certainly had probable cause for the arrest, based both on the manager's words and their own interaction with the guys.