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You are correct. I'm a criminal defense attorney. Cops will find "probable cause" with nearly anything, and prosecutors will file charges on almost anything with absolutely no research to find out if there really was a crime committed.

I had a client recently who, on a dark street while in his truck, told an approaching person to get away from him. Client was on his phone at the time and pointed the phone at the guy. Guy thought it was a gun. Calls the cops. Cops pull my guy over, he tells them what happened, gives full consent to all searches and they completely search the area he drove from. No gun was found, because there never was one. Guess what? Prosecutors charge him with THREE firearms felonies. He has to hire me and the charges get dropped for lack of evidence. Total joke and a disgusting abuse of discretion.