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Here's why guys assaulting women on TikTok will probably get away with it
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The latest incident occurred on Wednesday, leaving the 23-year-old victim with a broken nose. Even if the suspect is taken into custody, don’t expect the punishment to last long.
Hannah E. Meyers is director of policing and public safety at the Manhattan Institute.
In 2013, Manhattan arraigned 7,446 misdemeanor assaults, and of the cases they prosecuted, 2,833 (38% of cases) ended in convictions. But last year, with the arraigned assaults rising to 8,833 cases, convictions more than halved to 1,387 (only 16% of cases).
Further, even defendants who are convicted are pleading to lesser charges with fewer consequences and a deceptively light criminal record. In 2013, a third of misdemeanor assault convictions resulted in actual misdemeanor guilty pleas. By last year, it had fallen to a fifth – with the rest of convicts pleading down to a mere violation/infraction.