The Huffington Post recently reposted a compare-and-contrast piece between the above youngsters. Both committed the same acts, but the way in which both were reported and the responses people had (and likely still have) to both are remarkably different. One is treated as "adorably naughty," the other as a sure-fire sign of budding criminality.
It's all about perception - how you see people and what you believe people to be like.
