united-states criminal-law
In 2011 two 14-year-old girls held an 11-year-old boy down and stripped him completely naked
<p>The girls then uploaded a video of him being held down naked to Youtube and they weren't prosecuted, why is this?</p>
<p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110604124555/https://www.winknews.com/Local-Florida/2011-06-01/Online-video-shows-Fort-Myers-boy-being-bullied" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://web.archive.org/web/20110604124555/https://www.winknews.com/Local-Florida/2011-06-01/Online-video-shows-Fort-Myers-boy-being-bullied</a></p>

<h2>Because the relevant law enforcement decided not to</h2>
<p>In the US (and indeed in all common law jurisdictions), law enforcement and prosecutors have discretion over when and if to lay charges by considering such things as the wishes of the victim, the prospects of success and whether charges would be just in the circumstances.</p>
<p>At best, this allows a measured response to the particular situation. At worst, it enables discrimination and persecution. Either way it solves the problem of allocating limited resources to comparatively unlimited need.</p>
