You KNOW, because it wasn't stated in the article, that the assailants were black, and the victim was some other race.
Otherwise, it would have been clearly stated.
The day before Christmas Eve, I had to stop at Walmart after work to get a few last minute items. While pulling past the front of the store, 6-8 "black youths" on foot stopped right in the middle of the traffic lane to "chat". After waiting 30 second or so for them to move on, and while several other vehicles backed up on both sides of the chatting "youths", I tapped my horn lightly "beep beep" to encourage them to move along.
You should have heard the foul, racist, and infuriating language directed at me for having the nerve to ask them to get out of the road.
Well, I was just coming off duty (I'm a part-time cop) and was still in uniform. So I got out of my car - instant silence from the "youths". Calmly and politely, I advised the nice young people to "move along before you spend Christmas in jail." Amazing how quickly the street cleared.
Back in the sixties my husband's mother was harassed by a group of blacks that had been blocking one of the main streets in town.
The next night he drove very slowly down the same street with one hand out the window. He fired two rounds from his service .45 and they scattered.
Problem solved.