Racist or not Racist, that is the question

A few days ago, I came across an article entitled "Three Black Students Arrested for Waiting at a Bus Stop". Of course an article with a headline such as that was enough to get my attention so that I read further into the situation. Allegedly, three young black boys were arrested and charged with disorderly conduct by police officer who ordered the boys to disperse. The boys refused to vacate the premises and explained that they were instructed by their coach to board that specific bus in order to meet him at a scrimmage for their school basketball game. The police report stated: "“pedestrian traffic while standing on a public sidewalk…preventing free passage of citizens walking by and attempting to enter and exit a store…Your complainant gave several lawful clear and concise orders for the group to disperse and leave the area without compliance." Now maybe that is the case or maybe it wasn't being that there are many different versions as to what "actually happened". However if the students repeatedly explained why they were standing there, shouldn't that have solved the mystery as to why they were standing at a BUS STOP? The number of articles that have been produced with this repeated subliminal message that law enforcement don't like African American teenagers, has been something we (the public) have been hearing constantly since the popular and infamous Trayvon Martin case. It enrages the masses, it gets people talking and most importantly..it sells. Despite this, it is important that we don't quickly deem everything as "racist". Sometimes, such as situations like this, you are reading about an overzealous cop who just wanted to make an arrest. Let us not allow the media to exploit the clearly sensitive topic of "RACE" in our community and turn everything into a race war. Granted I am not trying to take away from situations that are race based, but I just find it hard to believe EVERYTHING has racial under tones, but then again I could be wrong. What are your thoughts? Has our society become so obsessed with deeming everything racist? Or have we been able to move past that issue?

**update the charges against the boys have been dropped. 

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/12/02/three-black-students-waiting-for-bus-arrested-after-cops-order-them-to-disperse/