I think the outcome of those scenarios would depend on the police you'd be dealing with (a la Trevon Martin, where they did nothing and then reversed temselves due to public pressure, leading to the chief resigning, and so on and so forth) and/or the bent of the jury at a trial.
The law is not very clear to me, and I too wish someone would explain it. No matter what, I'd rather suffer the broken hip (or whatever she suffered) and hope they catch the guy (they did, didn't they?) to stand trial, than have even one of your scenarios hanging over my head.
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