***They beat him for no reason other than looking for a seat, if it was a nerd black kid would they have not beat him for the same thing also?
Unless you can prove they wouldn’t then how can you charge them for what they were thinking?***
Does it matter to you what they were thinking? They beat someone up. They deserve to be charged.
That's my whole point, charge them for the crime they can prove they did, not what they were "thinking" while they did it.