If the daugher corroberates, and there is no other obvious motive, yeah ... take the guys word for it. There is an element of common sense in daily life that people seem to have abandoned.
Now the father has an arrest on his record.
If I walked up and slugged somone and made up a good reason, the cop would still arrest me, at least to verify the truth.
They don't need to arrest you. 9/10 times they can determine probable cause simply by questioning the parties involved.
DOn't forget, once he's arrested, he gets the right to remain silent and a laywer, hence instead of just holding him and having him incriminate himself.
What a crappy thing to have to go through for defending your daughter in the United States.
DOn't prosecute him, but you have to arrest him to at least verify that he's telling the truth, to quote Reagan "trust but verify".
Oh please, Armando propositions the guys MINOR daughter, the guy slugs him. Take the report, haul off Armando, give Hunt a pat on the back, and serve and protect and make society a better place.
Go proposition a cop or a DA's 17 year old daughter in the nail polish section of Walmart and see what they think about "taking the law into their own hands".
The biggest inconvenience I would expect have in such a situation is having to be transported with Armando to the hospital because they would have to surgically extract my foot from Mr. Hernadez's ass.
I say prosecut the cops too. They can't be everywhere, and they can't be hauling off everyone who does the right thing. And it usually is obvious who that is.
I guess the cops you know are mind readers and can't be fooled by lies.
I remember a couple of years ago in my neighborhood, a guy beat somone with a baseball bat, his claim was that this other person tried to kidnap his 8 year old daughter, he had a few witnesses to verify his story too (friends, later turned out to be gang members). Only after some good old fashioned police work did it become clear that this was over gambling debts.
Also arrests can be expunged from your record, so far right now, I believe this father, but for all we could know he could be pimping her or something, or this could involve a million things, we don't know, but because the cops did there job, it can be ruled out.
This may shock you, but some criminals do lie and can also play the victim, they may even be able to get a witness to b.s. for them, doesn't mean you just let them walk because they "seem" honest.