Was April under 18 years old?
Were the turtles human?
Was April older than the turtles?
Were the turtles the real victims?
So the original April was an adult and the turtles were teenagers, clearly the turtles were the victims because of voting law democracy magic
April and Splinter were adults who were trafficking under age turtles. Shredder was a government agent trying to stop their human trafficking operation. April and Splinter groomed the Turtles to think Shredder was the bad guy.
@shortstories Or maybe April is the Madame?