What Will Smith did would be charged as a misdemeanor, not a felony...
I think LAPD does not want waste its time on this misdemeanor case if Chris Rock does not want Will Smith prosecuted...
A victim of battery has to ask for prosecution...I think that is a standard procedure in California...Maybe things are different in other states?
I do not think that LAPD is giving Will Smith a special treatment...
Yes, the incident was on TV...But, LAPD still has to interview Chris Rock...Chris Rock still has to be willing to testify in a trial...
LAPD and City Attorney will not try to force Chris Rock to cooperate in a prosecution against Will Smith...
From what I have seen and heard I person, black people will not fill charges against another black person. They say enough black men are in jail. One man I know was robbed at gunpoint by someone he knew but refused to file charges for that very reason. “I am not putting another brother in jail.”
Plus, lots of behind the scene stuff- I think Will is on top which would bode very badly on CR.