I see these guys around a lot and have to admire them for their work. Sometimes they go into neighborhoods that are not very safe. It almost surprises me that more of them aren't victimized.
I assume these kids were white. Shot by a black man? Gee, it couldn't be a hate crime. Just imagine though if some of farrakhan's followers were shot or killed by a white guy. The national media would be screaming about it.
Most Mormon missionaries are white. I have never had a black Mormon come to my door. Jehovah's witnesses are more diverse. I have had black, Asian, and white Jehovah's witnesses visit.
I admire all missionaries of all denominations who try to spread peace and love in this very troubled world.
My eldest son got hit in the head with a egg-sized rock thrown by some local boys while visiting a tough neighborhood in Manchester, England on his mission. It almost knocked him unconscious and his first thought was anger and retaliation. But then he remembered why he was there, staunched the wound with a cloth, and got on with the work.
My second oldest son was regularly in places in and near Riverside, California, that seemed quite unsafe.
Most missionaries are white and of European extraction, but by no means all of them. These days you likely to run into a lot of darker-skinned Samoan, Tongan, or South American missionaries assigned to missions in the United States. One of the missionaries in our area here in Utah is ethnic Tongan, from Compton, California ( a very rough neighborhood). He's a fine young man.