Somehow I doubt that this guy leapt from the passenger seat, Bible in hand, beseeching the crowd in the name of God and the Virgin Mother not to harm his friend, whereupon the overpowering evil in their hearts led them to completely forget their original target and go after him instead. More likely, he saw his homie gettin' dissed, and started a tirade in which God and Mother were only prefixes.
No significant injuries to the driver were mentioned, so they'd have us believe that he was able to hold back "anywhere from two to 20" people bent on hurting the driver.
Sounds pretty normal, if you're willing to go easy on the definition of "confronted;" concerned witnesses are going to approach and check on both people, possibly ask a few questions, make sure they get a good look at the guy, and generally try to get as much information as possible in case he decides to run off before the cops get there. If he seems drunk or uncooperative, this might reasonably be somewhat less than polite.The driver got out of the car to check on the child and was confronted by several people,
Hmm...you'd think at least one officer, or maybe somebody at the hospital would've had the talk with daddy about how boys and girls are different.Police said the injured child was a girl, but White said it was a boy with long hair he wears in a ponytail.