[kevin017]

the white assailant is totally irrelevant to this. the charges filed against the black kids should be based on what charges are typically filed for similar crimes around the country, not based on what the white kid was charged with.

the white kid perhaps should've been charged more harshly, but perhaps not, you're just arm-chair judging that he should've been because its convenient to your argument. Additionally, you are commonly minimizing everything you don't like ("five kids kicked him in the arms and legs for a short period of time before it was broken up.") and maximizing what you like, such as how the DA wasn't even going to charge the white kid for simple assault but at the emphasis of the black community grudgingly decided to file. you're not being objective in the slightest.

it seems to me as though attempted murder was way too much, and simple assault might be a little bit too weak. but if they're charged with attempted murder and go to trial for it, if its SO obvious they're innocent, they'll be found not guilty right quick don't you think.

lastly, i dunno where you're from, but where i'm from a white kid getting beaten up = assault, while a black kid getting beaten up = assault + hate crime, so its pretty much inherently impossible for a white vs. black crime to be punished less than a black vs. white crime, and i find it funny you think white people get away with these types of crimes while black people don't, because in my experience it has been exactly the opposite.