[MrB]

The man was attacked because he denied the mob of their white prey.

[Robert DeLong]

Can't really tell the race of the woman he escorted out to her car. She did have grey hair but she looked like she could be black as well, though light-skinned. Couldn't really get a good look at her.

If they had wanted to attack her, it's obvious that he couldn't have stopped them. So he denied them nothing. However, he did change their attention to him if she was indeed the focus of their attack.

[Robert DeLong]

Okay she was white