The DA has nothing to do with it.
They do if and when it ends up in court. The DA has a pot of gold (funded form your back pocket) to fund their harassment of citizens.
I just had a close friend that spent $3000 on a lawyer fighting cops who came into her house without a warrant. When she objected, they arrested her. They wrote a false report and claimed to have audio and video.
Her lawyer said it would take at least another $5000 to get the audio and video and fight in court. She was tapped out and was threatened with disapproval of her RN license renewal. She ended up pleaing out.
And the DA is just getting started.
My advice was call the lawyer right when they are there. Did your friend do this?
Look at it this way. The police lied and were willing to either fabricate or falsify evidence. It isn’t a guarantee, but a lawyer from the very onset might have made them think twice.
You can’t just ‘give up’ because you think a DA can out lawyer you, or the police can do any damn thing they want. You might as well just turn over everything you have right now.