Where is the outrage?

In an absolutely senseless act of cowardly violence, the driver of an automobile drove into a crowd, killing one and injuring a score of others.

The Twittersphere, other social media, bloggers, and main stream media rightfully decried this heinous act, characterizing it as racist violence.

But where is the outrage at other senseless and heinous acts of violence allegedly perpetrated by others?  What about recent reports of roving gangs attacking people in Philadelphia?  What about the now infamous knock out attacks?  What about riots in Baltimore and other cities?

It seems the metrics used when deciding to explode a topic on Twitter or lead with a story in the main stream media are quite different, depending on the identities of the alleged perpetrator(s) and victim(s).

Should we want to move forward as a society, then all senseless and heinous acts of violence must be roundly and uniformly condemned by all, regardless of the identities of the alleged perpetrator(s) and victim(s).  

Otherwise, those tweeting, posting, blogging, writing, commenting, broadcasting, etc. severely diminish and delegitimatize their observations and arguments.

Outrage at any senseless and heinous act of violence should be universal, regardless.