And it leaves one ugly truth sitting in the open: even when a deadly encounter is recorded, and even when the public reaction is immediate and intense, the legal system may still produce the least satisfying outcome for the people demanding accountability—no charges, no trial, no verdict, and no clear answer beyond “not provable” or “not prosecutable.”
That gap—between what people feel they saw and what prosecutors say they can prove—is where these cases live and die.
