When threatened with Federal prosecution, people are likely to do anything to get out of it. She was acquitted by a state jury, so that makes the Federal interest in the case very smelly.
At the local level, no one made a complaint against her. The Feds charged her five years after the incident.
But, she was never acquitted. The trial ended in a hung jury, so the case went to trial a second time, and that’s when she was convicted.
Yes, it’s possible the other officers threw her under the bus to save themselves. I mentioned the same possibility earlier. I’m not arguing that she wasn’t thrown under the bus by the Feds or anyone else.
Just trying to understand the case myself and get the facts straight. Every news article says something a little bit different.