Why the hell would you yell "<your race> power" before beating people if you weren't racist? If some gang from 60th street yells "60th roolz" and then attacks some people, they're saying their area is the best/better than the victims. I didn't read the hate crime criteria from nyc.gov (btw, wtf..) but if you yell "black power" it's implying that blacks are better than/above/whatever others.
And I'm sure it's possible that some of those kids thought "ok these adults are letting the _white kids_ keep playing and won't let us.. so fuck them, lets get these people cause they won't let the _black kids_ play." which is pretty stupid, but some kids are pretty stupid these days.
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