[ShadowDancer]

Why is race relevant?

It shouldn't be but you know damn good and well it this had been reversed, as in the teacher was black and the assailant was white, both races would have been reported in the piece.

[Petronski]

...if this had been reversed, as in the teacher was black and the assailant was white, both races would have been reported in the piece.

And that would be wrong. Two wrongs do not make a right.