[Cementjungle]

They never would have been charged if it were not for all the social media attention to this incident.

[cloudmountain]

They never would have been charged if it were not for all the social media attention to this incident.

True enough.

[sport]

Correct!

[Albion Wilde]

They never would have been charged if it were not for all the social media attention to this incident.

And thank God for it.