How does getting the juvenile records blame the police officer that was attacked by the thug.
And how is he a “victim” anyway when he got what he got only after assaulting the police officer, severely? Blacks are always victims, no matter what-and even when it’s self-inflicted, like the looted businesses, whites are to blame and must pony up whatever is required to “fix” it.
Because it can be probably shown he was a "thug-in-training", and his behavior did not magically change when he got the societal Mulligan turning eighteen.
It doesn't. It's just an appeal to emotion, rather than to logic.
The author's audience is all about emotion.