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Originally Posted by burn_baby_burn
There was an altercation involving violence with one party suffering a broken nose.
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Right, but keep in mind Mr. Broken Nose didn't go to the police, he went to his truck. Or at least that's how I read it.
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Originally Posted by lifer
He had his truck there. No ambulance was called. He went home. His nose was cut in 3 places, swollen, out of place and bleeding a lot.
He did not go to the cops. He assaulted the other guys as much as they assaulted him.
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So, in my mind take Mr. BN out of this. Once you do that, you have a couple of girls with what could appear to be superficial injuries and were possibly acting drunk. (Assuming they were as sober as mentioned before.) Even if you bring Mr. BN into this, now you have two people who were indeed fighting, and the "he said she said" becomes a matter of seeing who to believe as to when the minor injuries happened- ie did they get those bumps by trying to break up the fight between the rival broken nose people?
Cops have a tough job to do sometimes. I've also done illegal things and had the officer decide not to arrest me. (An incident on the Red Mile where I confused "dump the beer" with "down the beer.") He decided not to arrest me as the greater good was served with keeping the peace among the 10,000 people behind me.
Lifer- one more thing for your g/f to consider if she wants to file a complaint- once the whole truth comes out Mr. BN and his fight buddy may end up with assault charges. It doesn't matter if a fight is consentual; both can be charged.