9mmempathy pretty well laid it out...
She was covering all the bases, really shouldn;t have but probably under instructions from her department to work with the film crew without going too far...
As far as it being the DA's decision to prosecute.. this is absolutely correct... but the investigating officer is holding all the cards.. it is ALL in the way it is presented to the DA... Heck you can charge a ham sandwich with a crime if you spell it out right, and still be truthful.... It is all in the way it is explained...
There is the law, and there is justice... looks like she was leaning towards the latter...
Seems to me, the shooters biggest mistake in this was not putting the hole in the front... " Ah excuse me sir, you forgot your change..."
Would I have leaned towards charging him... I really kind of doubt it... I would have to keep my mouth shut and opintions to myself until all the evidence was in and witnesses interviewed... If it came down to just the two of them, no witnesses, both stories jive, and turdley has confess to the robbery... I would charge the greater crime, the robbery... and if I have charged the robbery victim with assault... what happens to my robbery? We get back to, is it the law, or is it justice... Who wins... I say lets get the REAL bad guy off the street..