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Actions by Missouri Governor Jay Nixon and St. Louis Prosecutor Bob McCulloch only inflamed the situation in Ferguson.

CLEVELAND, Ohio-- The Ferguson Grand Jury did not find probable cause to indict officer Darren Wilson because Prosecutor Robert McCulloch, acting like Wilson's defense attorney, didn't want them to.

McCulloch's grand jury process, leaks to the press, comments made during his bizarre, ill-timed verdict announcement, and information revealed in the document drop, prove that earlier demands that a special prosecutor be named were justified.

The grand jury verdict was a foregone conclusion the moment Missouri's spineless Governor Jay Nixon refused to name a special prosecutor.

Attorneys for Michael Brown's family had substantial probable cause to formally request Nixon remove McCulloch. McCulloch's Father was tragically killed in the line of duty by a black assailant. McCulloch said he couldn't become a policeman, so he became the "the next best thing" a prosecutor. In over 20 years as Prosecutor he has never charged officers in a shooting. Including a case where two unarmed men were killed after being shot 20 times. McCulloch's relationship with the black community has been as cold as Buffalo, only it got colder in the last election where McCulloch was involved in two racially charged campaigns.

Living up to his controversial reputation, McColloch turned the normal grand jury process into a de facto trial of Michael Brown, minus the Judge, cross-examinations from opposing attorneys and public transparency.

Legal experts argued the McCulloch had the legal authority and ample probable cause to charge Wilson without going to the grand jury. He could have opted for a Judicial Hearing, that would have been a public proceeding.

A typical grand jury proceeding lasts no more than a day, often just hours. The Prosecutors office recommends an indictment and only presents a portion of the evidence that supports it. The threshold for the jury is probable cause.

One of the several dubious statements McCulloch made in his verdict announcement, is that it's the duty of grand jury to determine the facts and the truth of a case. No, it's not, that's the duty of a trial jury. The only duty of a grand jury is to determine the low threshold of probable cause.

Instead of the normal proceeding, McCulloch did a document drop on the grand jury, overwhelming them with all the evidence and witness accounts both for and against Wilson, without recommending any of the five possible charges presented to them and offering minimal instruction and guidance. Evidence and witness accounts that would never make it into a legit trial, were given to the jury to sort out for themselves.

The grand jury heard from 60 witnesses, most significant, of course, was Darren Wilson. Despite being the target/defendant in the Prosecutors office proceeding, Wilson was not subjected to cross-examination by McCulloch's assistants.

Grand jury documents reveal Wilson was only subjected to softball questions by prosecutors. Among those were leading questions that appeared to be carefully worded to help Wilson meet the Use of Deadly Force standard the jury had been instructed on.

The prosecutors initially gave the jury the statute on deadly force that had been ruled unconstitutional and redacted. When they realized their "mistake" they withdrew the instructions. But the jury had already read the passage that said an officer could shoot to kill a fleeing individual.

While the prosecutors were treating the defendant Wilson with kid gloves, they played hardball with witnesses whose testimony didn't match Wilson's narrative.

McCulloch has come under heavy criticism for disparaging those witnesses. In his verdict announcement McCulloch boasted how witnesses were challenged and discredited when their accounts allegedly didn't match the physical evidence. McCulloch cited the inconsistent witness testimony as a reason not to bring charges. That's news to his fellow prosecutors and attorneys around the country. Because in just about every case brought to trial there are conflicting witness accounts. That's why you have trials, to have a jury determine the truth after hearing conflicting witnesses cross-examined by opposing attorneys.

Not all witness accounts that didn't match the physical evidence were challenged by prosecutors. The testimony of Wilson didn't match physical evidence. And the testimony of a witness McCulloch had described as one of the more credible, had significantly changed.

Witness 10's testimony was one of the few that matched Wilson's narrative from start to finish, especially Wilson's claim that Brown bull rushed him (while his body was full of multiple bullets). When Witness 10 was first interviewed by investigators he said he was 100 yards way from the scene, but by the time he testified before the grand jury, his story had now changed. He now claimed he was 50 to 75 yards away. McCulloch found his testimony more compelling than unchanged testimony from witnesses who were 20 ft and 20 yards away, who saw Brown stumbling forward, reeling from multiple gunshot wounds.

Prosecutors didn't challenge Wilson's assertion that he "felt like a five-year-old grabbing on to Hulk Hogan", even though Wilson's young, healthy, 6'4", around 215 pounds and was armed with a gun. That's one big, well-armed 5-year-old the Ferguson P.D. hired to police their city.

A little "Excessive Use of Force" trivia: Convicted L.A. PD officer, Stacey Koon compared Rodney King to the Hulk and Tasmanian Devil.

Prosecutors also didn't challenge Wilson's assertion that he was pummeled so severely by Brown that he feared one more punch might be fatal. Photos of Wilson only show barely-visible, rosy abrasions that could easily be mistaken for slap marks or "beer blush".

The Justice Department continues to investigate Wilson for excessive use of force and other civil rights violations, along with the Ferguson Police Department. That's one of the reasons McCulloch's disparaging comments about witnesses was so offensive and inappropriate.

Based on McCulloch's unusual handling of the grand jury, his comments in the press conference and what's been revealed in the released documents, the Justice Department should consider expanding their investigation to St. Louis County Prosecutors office.

Michael Brown's body was left out on the street for more than four hours by the City of Ferguson. Now it's Lady Justice that's been left out to dry. The case has finished like it started. McCulloch does like consistency.