Serial Killas

http://www.aolnews.com/crime/article/expert-michigan-serial-killer-is-learning-how-to-kill/19584066
I found an article describing recent serial killings in Flint Michigan. The serial killer is suspected of committing thirteen murders. The article focuses both on the killer and the cases.  The cases are held with equal attention because race comes into play. All but one of the murder victims is African American, which caught the attention of Flint's NAACP Branch President. The investigators say that the murders should not be consered hate crimes because the murders were mostly committed on older, more vulnerable men, who happen to be black. I think the article gives equal weight to the victims and the serial killers stories. The article mainly says that the serial killer is still trying to improve therefore he is attacking older men. Investigators also discuss why he uses a knife. They say it is more personal and that he actually wants to see the mutilation he is causing. The FBI and other forces were not mentioned very much, except for the lead investigator and a couple of shout outs to the local police force along with one other FBI agent.. Other then the victims being older, and mostly African American, there wasn't much discussion on whether their families were okay, what exactly happened etc. The article did name the latest victim, but the other possible twelve were not named. Other than possible racist crimes, there wasn't much said about the victims, personally. Rearding the community, the only information given was that the leading investigator alluded to the fact that the areas where the "hunting" occurs could be mostly African American living communities. The leading investigator equates the serial killer to an animal like a lion, and calls what he is doing "hunting". I am not trying to stand up for this serial killer, but I can't help but notice that he is likening a human to a ravenous "flesh eating" monster. The level of emotion and fear increasingly plays a large role towards the end of the article. I thought it was also interesting that the victims, except for their race, was not mentioned when in my mind they should be given equal attention along with their living community and the upset these episodes have caused.