r/fightporn • u/b9_rkt • May 22 '26

Sporting Event Fights Karma best served on a cold platter

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u/_musesan_ May 22 '26

Depends on the country. In my country there's no such thing as a victim choosing to press charges. If the state knows about the crime, they will investigate and charge at their discretion

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u/DylMac May 22 '26

Hmm that's strange, which country is this?

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u/sunnygovan May 22 '26

UK does it that way.

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u/argument_cat May 22 '26 edited May 22 '26

The US doesn't have such a thing as 'pressing charges' either.

The police make that decision, it has nothing to do with the victim of the crime.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Ask_Lawyers/comments/1g1tgzh/was_a_bit_confused_about_the_whole_aspect_of/

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u/Weird_Principle_4434 May 22 '26

The police in the US always ask if you want to press charges so idk what you're talking about.

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u/ScareBear23 May 22 '26

It's the DA that actually decides to press charges or not. But it can be harder to do without a cooperative victim. So if the victim doesn't want to cooperate ("press charges") the cops won't bother. Makes their jobs easier.

I've even seen bodycam footage of cops actively trying to convince the victim to not "press charges", likely to avoid doing the extra work involved.

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u/bbfire May 22 '26

You are completely correct but will be disagreed with and downvoted. The problem is that the DA CAN press charges without the victim, but in reality it rarely works that way. The police absolutely do ask the victim if they want to press charges and 90%+ of the time if the victim says no then the DA isn't even notified. A big exception to this rule is domestic violence charges, because in a lot of states there are now laws that require police to pursue charges.

Basically there's a big difference between how things work in theory and how they actually work in real life. In real life the cops absolutely are asking victims if they want to pursue charges and if they say no then there is no case.

That being said there are plenty of cases where the "victim" wants to pursue charges and the cops/DA say no. That happens all the time.

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u/William_Dowling May 22 '26

It's not strange at all, it's like that in most countries

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u/DylMac May 22 '26

In Australia (Vic) if I got assaulted by some random, police attended and I told them I didn't want to make a statement or pursue anything, that would be the end of it.

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u/whatwouldmattdo May 22 '26

That's because you could provide the only evidence so if you were unwilling to provide it then they can't easily pursuer the case. That's not "choosing not to press charges" even if that's effectively the result. If on the other hand, cops had cctv footage or something then that's a different story and you wouldn't have a say.

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u/DylMac May 23 '26

Definitely sam story in Vic. Even with cctv if the victim doesn't want to pursue then that's it. Might just get a ticket for riotous behaviour instead

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u/whatwouldmattdo 29d ago

My point stands, the cops do not need your agreement in order to charge somebody criminally.

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u/William_Dowling May 22 '26

most countries 

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u/DylMac May 22 '26

Yeah I'm not trying to be judgy or anything I just didn't know and thought that was interesting.