[Pro Sniper]

Kyle may be a crackhead brute, but he can clearly hold his own when it comes to confrontation.. without stepping over a line. We saw him chew up Michael and his pathetic attempt to "out him"..and now we've seen him run rings around a silly wannabe gangsta kid. Make no mistake, this is exactly what Kyle was after. Knowing the volatile idiot he was up against, he simply behaved in a way which he knew would rile the immature fool into crossing a line with his gangsta threats. Had it not been that day he achieved his goal, it would've been another day. The silly boy didn't even have enough composure or smarts about him to not only refuse to play into his hands, but to actually plot a constructive course that would ensure the demise of his goading savage. Nobody should have any sympathy for such a fool.

As for similar incidents and blatant hypocrisy, there's no point burying your head and pretending it doesn't exist. It's obvious there remains a privilege that whites have over blacks. For when they're selling Dane as the "loveable rogue", Dillon as the "big friendly giant" etc.. it takes much more severe behaviour from these types before expulsion is ever considered.

Having said that, let's not forget that this particular incident was brewed up over a considerable period of time. This wasn't just a "heat of the moment" word or line that came from his mouth during a 1on1 argument. Or words said about someone behind their back. There was sustained aggression shown throughout that sitdown meeting. Standing up stomping around with his hood raised, acting like a crazed hopper from the ghetto, muttering pointing a 45 in Kyle's face, which eventually led to direct threats of using a deadly weapon against him. In itself, the crazed hopper, tough guy gangsta demeanour was nowhere close to grounds for expulsion, but add the direct threats with a deadly weapon on top of them(with the multiple times he said Kyle's "muscles wouldn't help him" on the outside).....this was hardly a "shocking", "unjust" decision. And in this case, we can say the colour of skin is irrelevant. Black on white, black on black, white on black, or white on white, the same behaviour from anyone would've almost certainly had the exact same outcome.