Also, if you check the article (with photos), you can see the race of the mobsters.
The shocking thing here, of course, is that these four young men were turning their lives around and were such positive role models for the community:
Nichols said her son was trying to overcome his troubled past to become a role model and mentor in his Lawndale community. "For this to happen, it starts (the trouble) all over again. It's very disheartening."
"My son was making great strides in his career," she said.
Nichols said there were many men involved in the fight. But the four West Side men are the only ones facing severe charges.
"It was just a brawl," she said. "But they were the only ones arrested. It's so unfair.
"These young men were trying to make a change in their lives. They had difficulties in their pasts. This situation is unbelievable. They did not go out there for this particular incident to happen. They were there doing something positive for themselves."
Pat Herred, a longtime neighbor and friend to the four, said the men had been working recently to improve the community. Edward Robinson was working with the Lawndale Christian Legal Center counseling other young men.
"They were promoting positivity in the neighborhood," she said. "They have been working hard to get their lives back on track. We've had a lot of episodes with our Lawndale youth. These men were working hard to do the right thing."
Reread my post with that in mind. Now I can add from another article nbcchicago.com the following recent development:
"Police said there was no indication this was a racially motivated attack, but detectives said they are looking into all possibilities."This confirms the conclusions of my post that the demographics of the area of this Black mob attack was not Black and it was unlikely that the victims of this attack were Black. And that the attack was another Black on White/Asian/"White-Hispanic" race attack.