[Farmer Dean]

“And they didn't charge Ghassedi with assault on an officer.”

A charge would result in a trial and with a trial a lot of inconvenient things happen.Like discovery and witnesses coming forward and maybe there's a security camera tape somewhere...

[decimon]

“And they didn't charge Ghassedi with assault on an officer.”

A charge would result in a trial...

Yup. That's what I was getting at.