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Much like ‘wilding’ before it, the furor over the ‘knockout game’ bears all the hallmarks of an overblown panic over a crime wave that doesn’t exist.
Confirmation bias with a little hype sprinkled on top.
Have you seen this? http://globalgrind.com/2013/12/09/woman-fake-knockout-game-a.../ I'm not making remarks to bolster either direction, but I do find it odd in this particular case the woman blamed black men. It reminds me of several other cases where people who need to cover a crime point towards black men. Here's an article which, minus the political overtones, serves as a good index of instances): http://www.theroot.com/articles/culture/2012/02/white_women_...