Probably none of those options are accurate, but the journalists are having a field day because it is possible to make some dramatic stories around any combination of them.

We have all the cliches for a deep south racist drama.

• a southern location
• lazy biased cops
• unmotivated thrill seeking youth
• the victim’s ridiculous black name.
• his hoodie
• an archtypical white vigilante hero/villian
• fearful residents
• an empathetic black president
• incompetent sensationalist media
• a court room climax

Tragedy, pathos, revenge, injustice, social inequality? Its all there. Write your own drama, the truth is irrelevant.
Which actors would you cast in the main roles?