Originally Posted by Greg700

I can see being pissed about the racism, but not the criminal charges.

The victim was knocked unconscious with one of the first blows and was kicked repeatedly while laying unconcious, on the ground, by six guys. Racist or not, that's overboard, and they deserve to be charged.

If there is a problem with white kids getting off easy then fine, protest that. But why would you want these kids to be released from prison? What business do they have stomping on an unconscious kid unless they were trying to kill him? How does that not warrant an attempted murder charge?

I have heard about the white kid who supposedly hit a black kid with a beer bottle and was 'only' given assault and battery charges. However, that doesn't seem nearly as severe. I have seen a lot of guys get hit by beer bottles during brawls, and I am absolutely positive they all lived, and that their attackers were simply trying to win a fight...not kill anyone.

Perhaps there is an underlying racist sentiment that has some influence on how charges are filed, but at the same time I dont think the two incidents mentioned are in any way comprable.