A day after a motion was filed (presumably with the Missouri Grand Jury painstakingly “investigating” Michael Brown’s death as though the case was being tried there) to open Brown’s juvenile court file- if there was one- officials have stated that he was never adjudicated of a serious A or B felony.

Here is what that means:

Missouri law must allow for the adjudications of kids with A or B felonies to be in the public record.

Here is why the statement violates the Juvenile Code in Missouri:

The dumbass official who stated he had no A or B felonies has implicitly stated there was other stuff in Brown’s file.

As a juvenile, he was entitled to the cloak of confidentiality guaranteed to all kids.

Here is why it is infuriating:

He’s dead and there had been no showing whatsoever that his confidential juvenile record has any relevance at all to why he is dead.

If the officer did not know anything about Brown’s history, it is per se irrelevant to why he is dead, because the officer’s state of mind, and not Brown’s previous conduct- if any- is what is relevant to the self defense equation.

Put simply, it doesn’t matter if Brown had a record, if that was unknown to Wilson.

Second, if whatever might be in Brown’s file is nonviolent in nature, and even if Wilson knew it, it is still irrelevant to the self defense equation, because you don’t just get to execute “bad guys.”

Cops are not juries.

Cops are not judges.

Cops are not executioners.

And bashing this kid all over again re-victimizes him, and tortures his family.

It is also a poorly played hand by all concerned about future rioting, particularly because these debates are occurring behind the cloak of secrecy of the Grand Jury.

This trial- and all pretrial issues- should be held in the light of day in a public courtroom and subject to public scrutiny.

An indictment should issue because factually speaking, there is probable cause to believe that a homicide occurred.

There is probable cause.

If Brown had shot Wilson, in identical circumstances, he would already have a trial date.

No one disagrees with that.

No one.