With identity politics, yes. There is no way to push back against this anymore, either. The victimhood hierarchy is too firmly established. If you do not have the right identity, or if your attacker ranks more highly in the oppression game, you get nowhere.

https://www.the-sun.com/news/37410/dad-left-paralysed-with-half-a-skull-and-sunken-brain-after-brutal-attack-by-thug-who-gets-just-two-months-in-jail/