A white family in New Mexico was rushing to bring their badly injured dog to a vet, when some thugs stopped them and (for no reason at all) decided they were threatening someone somehow.

The thugs made some get out of the car and pointed guns at them, as they did nothing but say, "Our dog's gonna die."

The article does not say how many minutes the thugs delayed this trip to the veterinarian, so we can't try to guess whether the dog might have survived without their intervention.

Another commentator pointed out that it is rare for whites to get this horrible treatment, but blacks learn that for them it is standard.

This instance clearly illustrates how thugs can perceive threats and defiance where there are none at all.