I agree. It doesn’t take much street smarts not to approach two strangers on a city street at 2 AM. Something’s funny here.
If you’re going to make a buy, you really should bring money... I’d ask the father if he is missing a gun from his night stand. Sounds like his little darling was boxing over his class.
I didn't see anything in the story to cast suspicion on the victim. The victim didn't randomly walk up to two black dudes at 2:00am. The story says they called out to the victim and asked for a light. Now I don't know anything about this kid's politics, but if he's anything like my white Seattle friends he probably heard a little voice in his head that said "stay away from these guys", which was then shouted down by the much louder voice in his head that said "if you don't give them a light you're a raaaacist".
Could it be that he was just 16? Maybe he had some alcohol at that party?
That combination right there easily reduces smart to dumb.