[WarOnPrivacy]

> I'm a little puzzled, to be frank, to see one being handled this way. There are definitely two sides to this story.

You shouldn't be. I've seen low-experience cops get soundly manipulated over and over and over. As long as a manipulative abuser gets that cop's ear first, that cop is handled.

For those times when the cop learns they'd been had - once the facts are now clear, they do not arrest the manipulator or even try to do the right thing. Not ever.

They get in their cars and go, leaving a rewarded abuser behind.

Throw in a law that mandates an arrest and they're going to arrest the person who has the least capability to embarrass them (further).

[analog31]

Throw in a law that mandates an arrest, and they're going to arrest the most innocent person, just to avoid further involvement.