[DuncanWaring]

To answer your question, no, it's definitely not okay for LEOs to charge people with offenses that they did not commit ...

But it's OK to threaten to?

[robertpaulsen]

"But it's OK to threaten to?"

What is this -- tag team 20 questions? The kid wasn't charged with offenses he did not commit. He wasn't even arrested, for crying out loud. Your buddy was wrong. Now what? Another variation? Then another?

What do you mean, OK? Do you mean legal? Yeah, it's legal. Now what?

But ... but ... robertpaulsen, it's not ethical. It's not faaaaaair.