“”The Utah police that responded to a domestic situation could be in trouble.””
From the video I seen he was the only one with marks on him and he didn’t press charges. They made arrangements for them to separate for the night. What do you think they did wrong?
For one cop it became too personal. It was revealed that the cop who wrote the report is married to a woman who takes meds for anxiety attacks. The report also falsely states that Laundrie had a swollen eye when he had a scratch.
There's also the 911 call that was released and the witness stated that HE was slapping HER. The audio contradicts a police report that portrayed Petito as the aggressor, stating at one point she “began slapping” him after he told her to take a walk to calm down.
One of them "got it".
Gabby Petito warned by Utah park ranger that relationship with Brian Laundrie seemed ‘toxic’
“From the video I seen he was the only one with marks on him and he didn’t press charges. They made arrangements for them to separate for the night. What do you think they did wrong?”
That has not been the law since the early 80s. In almost NO state do the cops ask if the person wants to press charges and even if the person says they don’t want them arrested, they are trained to ignore that. Huge numbers of men are arrested on that one. Women call the cops because they are angry and want to have the cops scare the guy for her. She tells the cops he pushed her, or even poked her in the chest with his finger. Cop asks if they are in a relationship. “He’s my boyfriend”, etc.
All the cop heard was domestic relationship, check.
Battery (touching in a rude or angry manner), check.
Cop throws cuffs on the guy and the woman says “But I don’t want him arrested!”. Cop ignores her and the DA will not let her drop charges.
It’s designed to operate with no vote from the victim. It protects her from coercion, his family members threatening her that she better drop the charges, etc. The policy is designed for her to be able to say “I didn’t press charges”, or “They said I can’t drop charges”. They also will not allow the “victim” to bail them out normally either.
And separate the parties has pretty much been out of date in the law since the 80s. if you have a statement from a bystander, and both participants, and you can see scratches? That’s a Domestic Violence 101 in most of the country.
Not saying I agree. But that is the reality in most states today. Moab will pay out the nose for this one.