Did you see his previous criminal charges? Everything ain't white supremacy.
those previous charges could support both yours and his arguments low key.
Obviously as you're implying repeat offenders tend to receive longer sentences
but had he been a white person he might not have been a repeat offender to begin with, because of white supremacy.
Like remember them three cacs that murdered a black jogger? The police initially just took their word for it being self defense and let them off, before a black judge got involved and levied charges.