I'm not arguing that they "act[ed] in bad faith". I'm arguing that they misused data that they had. And so they actually didn't have enough evidence to file a

I'm not arguing that they "act[ed] in bad faith". I'm arguing that they misused data that they had. And so they actually didn't have enough evidence to file a police report. But it's also arguable that the police screwed up, by not noticing that the photo from the video didn't match the suspect. So maybe the kid should also sue the police for false arrest.