These kids are feral. They'll stab you in the gut and not have a second thought about it.
I taught for many years in an urban high school. And most of the kids - black and white - were very nice. Pleasant and easy to deal with...when one-on-one. But the group dynamic was totally different.
Mob mentality is a dangerous thing. So if you can retreat, retreat. Standing your ground is a poor choice. Trying to reason with a mob, that’s also a poor choice.
From 2Kings chapter 2:”23From there, Elisha went up to Bethel, and as he was walking up the road, a group of young men came out of the city and jeered at him, chanting, Go up, you baldhead! Go up, you baldhead! 24Then he turned around, looked at them, and called down a curse on them in the name of the LORD. Suddenly two female bears came out of the woods and mauled forty-two of the young men. 25And Elisha went on to Mount Carmel, and from there he returned to Samaria.”
The kids ought to be glad the man wasn’t Elisha!