re: Life In New York: Fox News Weatherman Beaten To Pulp On Subway, Goes On Fox & Friends

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Caught the segment… they asked if he would press charges and he backed off, didn’t want to ruin their lives.

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inconsistent with the OP. Which is correct?

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Found the following in the New York Post

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A rep for the city Law Department, which prosecutes juvenile crimes in the Big Apple, said in an e-mail that the victim has to file a complaint with the Department of Probation before it gets involved. Probation would then decide whether to refer the case to the Law Department for prosecution, the representative said.

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Sounds as if they were not charged at the scene because they were juveniles. Klotz can still have them charged in the juvenile system, if he files a formal complaint. Sounds like he is not going to exercise that option.

Basically, he is complaining that "someone should do something," while declining to do his part to get the ball rolling in the system.

Additionally, New York law allows the 17-year-old to be charged as an adult.