User talk:2601:181:4102:95C0:E5CC:6822:8FCD:BF7F

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Hi! Welcome to Wikipedia! I saw your edit here. Please note what V (for verifiability) says: "Its content is determined by previously published information rather than the beliefs or experiences of editors."

The references for the case explicitly stated there was controversy in regards to race over the fact that the victim was white and the people attacking him were black, even though Baltimore's police chief (who was white) said that the crime had no racial motive. This is why the races are mentioned here. However, since the crime was never prosecuted as a hate crime, I'm okay with the racial descriptions being deleted from the lede. However I restoed Benefeld's race as the source "Fentonhate" does refer to it in regards to this controversy.

(I myself do not believe there was a racist motive behind the attack)

WhisperToMe (talk) 01:03, 9 September 2019 (UTC)