I would have bet the rent before finishing the first sentence that they were teenage African-American thugs.
It isn’t racism. It has simply become a fact of life (or death) in these types of stories. Throw away the key!
Stories I posted earlier this year. With the bottom one, I was within about 15 miles, going to college, from where they kidnapped that 15-year-old girl. I remember it from when it happened. It was 25 and 26 years before they got rid of those animals.
Missing Teenage Girl Found Murdered Near Her Crashed Minivan in Creek (posted with updated info)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3352606/posts
Missouri man faces execution for raping, killing 15-year-old
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3331601/posts