Jim, it was not witnesses being reassured that it was not racism, it was local communities.
Do you claim that the police were lying to them?

The murder took place in rush hour in front of horrified commuters.
I know Manchester well enough to know that the crowds would be multi-ethnic, so this Libyan Arab was singled out for some other reason.

Dave,
"It is the prosecution case "
Exactly - what else are they going to say?

Do you suppose that the defence case is that they were just racists!??

The DPP, informed by the Police, say it was gang violence not racism, but what do they know compared to you Dave?
You should tell them about your pub experiences.