harris, after hitting him he stopped to see if the boy was okay, to check um on him and then he was attacked. a lot of people, everyone here is pretty much upset about this. black, white, you name it, everyone is ticked off that this happened. and they want to seat guys responsible brought to justice. >> all right. mr. beckman, how do you see he it? is there a race component here? >> maybe not initially, bill, but certainly on a secondary level. i talked earlier tonight with a lady named debra hughes who is a former nurse who came to steve utash's aid after he came to be beaten on the ground outside that gas station. she said the words that were being shouted first by one man who said you are the one who hurt my nephew. then she said other men were shouting from the mob that was around. there were 100 to 150 people around. others shouting it's the white guy. get the white guy. that may be just a means of identifying him. but the issue of race came up in that way the shocking thick is that none of the people in this crowd except