[OldPossum]

...that this is not a general characterization of how, you know, the city of Detroit and its residents generally respond in these situations,”

There is nothing about race here, but I think one can be sure that if the driver was white and the assailants black, you can be sure that that is the way "residents" always respond in those kinds of situations.

[cripplecreek]

It would be no different if the driver were black (and may very well be).