Centaur, of course this would never be acceptable. I don't believe my post implies that. I was making a point that so many people here jump to conclusions without knowing the circumstances. And while they may not justify the actions they sure may explain them. Is it possible that he deserved what he got? But it's obvious that much of the sentiment here is that this occurred because the majority of the participants were black. And had it been a group of whites it would not have happened. Which is complete BS. Here is just one example of three WHITE guys that attacked on off duty officer (herd mentality and testosterone some may say) and left the guy paralyzed.
http://www.soonerfans.com/forums/sho...ring-bar-brawl
Whites tend to have this superiority complex and believe that it's other races that partake in this behavior, not white people themselves. I just gave one example and something that happened here recently and could list countless others.
Who knows why things went down the way they did. If you want to condemn for their actions for basically jumping this referee then you should also applaud the fact that they stopped without seriously injuring the guy. This was a rather benign ass beating in the grand scheme of things. The guy was up walking around at the end of the video. The people could have very easily continued to beat him but they did not.