Ake - No, *not* definitely racist. I think you've missed the point. Kriss Donald was picked on because he was in the wrong place at the wrong time. At this point, there seems no definitive evidence as to whether he was picked on purely because he was white, or because he was white *in the wrong place*.

I admit, it's a very fine distinction, but racism, as a rule is not territorial. Gang rivalry almost invariably is. From the sum total of the limited evidence available through the Cat, I would say that Kriss Donald was a gang killing, not a racial one.

He wasn't picked on because he was white. They could have picked virtually anyone from anywhere. They appear to have specifically cruised the area of a (white) rival gang. They could have have picked a number of white areas. What they chose was the area of the gang that had earlier offended them. Colour/race was, seemingly, beside the point.

The gangs may be loosely organised along race lines, but primarily they are clans. Groups of linked individuals, regardless of blood tie/prejudice.

I loathe the way the PC press automatically scream "Racist!!!" any time it's white vs. black. That doesn't mean I'll leap onto a potential black vs white scenario & look for the opposite. The ONLY clear cut thing about the Donald case so far seems to gang.

Not race.