It’s like they want to charge him to calm the situation, but also give him an easy path to acquittal.
That is certainly possible and wouldn’t surprise me.
“All we want is for him to be charged or there will be riots”
“Now that he’s charged, we want a trial or there will be riots”
“Now that he’s on trial we want a conviction or there will be riots”
“Once he’s found guilty, we want the needle or there will be riots”
“If he’s found not guilty there will be riots”
There’s gonna be riots no matter how this turns out. But I agree, if he’s found not guilty, she can at least say she tried.