Misleading headline ...
Every time I have had an issue with what someone has said to me that was actionable in the great State of Florida, law enforcement response has been not to take me at my word, but to tell me it was my word against the other party’s. And unless I had a reliable witness to the communication, or a sheriff’s deputy witnessed the exchange, there’s no way they can charge the other person with anything based upon my allegation. I see articles like this one all the time, yet the story lines just don’t jive with my experience of law enforcement in Florida these days.
I agree, the situation was much worse. Normally, it’s the other way around.