I am a victim of my own prejudice.
I made too many assumptions and an imagined Hollywood production ran through my mind. The adult parent walking the children home after an 8:00 pm Disney movie sounds more likely, but the omission of that background from the journalist was sloppy or I just seemed to miss what they were doing.
I won’t go into details other than I’m not a pit bull defender. I don’t have any good memories of the Bronx and I had a similar experience in San Diego with my Golden Retriever who though didn’t slip the leash and bite anybody, put on a fearsome display of aggressiveness.
Oh, my previous post I forgot to say I apologize for stereo typing too fast.