Somebody pinch me; the prosecutors did something sensible? Maybe they had just finished cutting a bunch of recidivists some sweet plea bargains and this was the last file on their desk keeping them from their tee-time or a long weekend at their lakeside home?
It's clear that if he meant them major harm he'd have used the other side of the hatchet. When such a situation arises you don't have time to go rooting through the garage to find the self defense instrument that is assertive, yet not
too dangerous; threatening, but only of harm, not death; scary, but not politically incorrect.......
You grab the first freaking thing that comes to hand that's adequate and proceed to deal with the parasite that initiated the situation.