[Bizhvywt]

“I think the “hoodie” plays a bigger role in this very unfortunate event..”

I don’t own a hoody, but given that it was raining and he had a cell phone earpiece on, I think that it was reasonable for the kid to have the hood on. Not that it matters.

[ZX12R]

I don’t own a hoody, but given that it was raining and he had a cell phone earpiece on, I think that it was reasonable for the kid to have the hood on.

It is not the hoody itself, or it's practicality as wearing apparel, but the impression that someone wearing one can convey, unfortunately, because of thugs who commonly wear them for an identity concealing device.