You may be right about the racial aspects, but consider that “southern” (California) Latino gang members, “Surenos,” profess PARTICULAR hatred for Northern California Latino gangsters, “Nortenos.” My point is that a Latino Giants fan might have been beaten even more quickly or severely. (Unimaginable ...)
Mr. Stow, in fact, has dark hair and a ruddy complexion from pics I saw. Maybe they thought he was a cholo too? But, I don’t think we need to get too complex about this. The homies went to Chavez Ravine looking for some “action.”