Title is from the comments attached to this excellent bit of real journalism.
http://karldufresne.blogspot.com/2023/03/if-eliana-rubashkyn-is-grateful-to-new.html
From the article -
"Will the New Zealand Police be charging Rubashkyn with common assault? They
know her identity; the whole country does. What’s more, the crime was witnessed
by everyone who watched the TV news. Self-defence is unlikely to fly as a
justification. So what’s stopping them?"
It was assault by any definition. A failure to prosecute would be worse than
dereliction of duty, it would be conspiracy to commit assault or similar.
Well Commissioner Coster - we are waiting!