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Posted by barstoolguru: Cop is not voted into office and are under no pressure to be political so why are you bringing it up.
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The police do not make the charging decision.
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Maybe, just maybe they seen a woman that felt like her life and wellbeing and the wellbeing of her child was in danger.
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If she ends up not being charged, there are several possibilities, including the following:
- There exists some evidence supporting a basis for a reasonable belief that unlawful force had in fact been threatened; that is not clear from the article.
- The authorities have decided that on balance, it would not further the cause of justice to charge the woman, even if there is no evidence that would support a defense of justification.
- The charging authorities believe that a decision to charge would be unpopular, but that not charging her would not constitute a material failure of the justice sytem; that would be a political decision.