"At this time, we don't have any indication of major injuries, Mynsberge said.
Artest did not appear to land punches, but Jackson did. Jermaine O'Neal later struck a fan after he was hit in the head by a chair as chaos reigned at the Palace.
I guess if the injuries were pretty mild then the charges won't really amount to too much. In the end it looks like mostly a big scuffle --- a few punches and a lot of beer and chair throwing. If no one was seriously injured and only a few needed any treatment, maybe it looks way worse than it actually was. If a 290 pure muscle-man like Artest didn't land some puny guy in the hospital --- he was restraining his punches. Artest later punched a fan on the court who rushed at him and tried to land a blow.
That didn't come out quite right. I would think that if no serious injuries resulted --- the players were just giving love-taps to the fans. The size of Artest alone could have him doing some real damage to the more petite fans who attacked him --- but if few and mild injuries were the only result --- then he didn't really violently go after anyone even though rushing at the into the stands looks dramatic.