Wouldn’t it be up to the prosecutor or district attorney’s office, or whatever they call them in New Mexico to determine if criminal charges are warranted against these officers.

I would have assumed that Phil’s lawyers contacted this office to file a criminal complaint, if the office didn’t pursue the complaint, then the LEO’s will not face criminal charges.

Remember O.J .Simpson, (lets not turn this into a O.J. Simpson argument), he was found not guilty in the criminal charges, but in a later civil trial he was found guilty and was libel for the amount awarded by the court.

Hopefully this will be the same with Phil, even though the officers get to keep their jobs, they will have to suffer financially for the rest of their careers, unless the City or the union picks up the court awarded damages

Mr. Elliott