Then I saw the picture and went "what?"
Look, bad is bad, evil is evil. While his race does not lead a thinking person to say, "we have to keep an eye on the blacks," it does bring up the question of his associations and affiliations. What groups did he belong to. Who was helping him. Did anyone know what he was doing and sat back and let him?
His Muslim affiliation only helps point us in the direction of where to look, not that all black Muslims are rifle toting psychos...