"Chances are it'll never go to trial. It does tell us the kind of people we're dealing with."
Trial schmial. Two men were arrested and handcuffed over this. So what if it never goes to trial? We are at the point that it is an easy thing to find people in a position of authority who will do something like this.
There are things which on their face are not subject to dipute in court or before a desk sgt. Sadly it is past time for a rope and a lampost.
"We are at the point that it is an easy thing to find people in a position of authority who will do something like this."
Like I said, "It tells us a lot about the kind of people they are."