Thanks for the clarification. I guess the bruising takes a couple of minutes to show up unless skin on the surface is broken. But I’d be willing to bet they are both afflicted with purple and yellow swellings even today.
Note she’s already lost one shoe in that picture. The expressions on their faces don’t show what they’d been through, but shock has some interesting effects. Not to mention that they were probably delighted to see the police after what they’d been through.
I find it hard to believe that the LA GOP Establishment (or even its minions) is so harsh and cold that they would claim that anyone deserved that kind of beating/bone breaking under any circumstances.
This is one where too many pieces just don’t fit.