Keep in mind he cannot run he has a broken arm and leg. If he did then they accuse him of fleeing the scene. This is a no win situation for him. The father was wrong (again I cannot say I would not do they same) and a tragedy followed.
Right. I understand the father being angry and upset, but I will bet there was an element (perhaps a very strong element) of race anger involved, but at the same time, I would not discount the possibility that the father’s anger could have been wholly a manifestation of fear alone for the well being of his daughter.
I almost put my nephew’s eye out with a stick branch because I didn’t see him walk up beside me as broke and pulled a large branch off the tree. It was a pine, and the jagged broken edge gouged him quite hard in the eye area, which he immediately covered with both hands as he screamed. I dropped to my knees on the ground in front of him and quickly pulled his hands away, and the relief I felt at seeing a bleeding gouge on his cheekbone right under his eye did not let me forget the immediate anger that flooded into me a second later as I shouted “I told you to stay back”. Of course, that was immediately followed by instant regret and relief again. (Note: His parents received a house call from DYS when, after he went back to school and was asked what happened to his eye, told his interrogator that “My uncle hit me in the eye with a stick...”)
In the case of this guy, it sounded to me like they were barhopping or doing something at bars with at 4 year old kid at 10:30 PM and I felt that was irresponsible and not looking out for the welfare of his child, but I would reserve judgement. For all we know, he might have gone to the bar to get the keys to his apartment or something like that.