Spur ignored the claim that the black woman's child apparently hit the white man's child in the playground outside, and that this is what he was reacting to when he first approached her in the restaurant. This article doesn't even mention this critical piece of information. The truth (or otherwise) of the man's claim could no doubt have been established to everyone's satisfaction, if the media had bothered to interview relevant witnesses at the time.

I despair for the quality of journalism in this country.