It didn’t come up in conversation. I know you’re just curious, but I’m not sure what that has to do with it. Whether the perps were white, black or whatever, they’re f-ing thugs. The rape and robbery were no less traumatic for the victim regardless of their race.
Has plenty to do with it.
If the victims are white, it’s a hate crime.
True that these guys are thugs regardless of the race of the victim and true that this horrific event was traumatic for the victims regardless of their race. It's also true, though, that if the victims are white and the perpetrator are black the media often hides the parties' races and relegates the story to local news. Exactly like we see here.
If numerous white guys busted into a black home, howver, and repeatedly raped the mother and daughter (this, of course, never happens), the media would make the parties races an integral part of the story and the story would be national news. Further, nearly all black Americans would care more about the story under those circumstances, so I fail to see why it's wrong for a white person to express more concern when the victims are white and the perpetrators are black like we are seeing more and more as time passes.