Actually he seemed genuinely ticked off at those kids, and I wouldn't say he was lenient (I wasn't really trying to make a statement about that with my story, so maybe I gave a false impression by mistake). I'm white and my friend that I was arrested with was black, and we received the same treatment from the judge (not from the cops though, but that is a different story) - and from what I saw those two kids were the only ones who got chewed out, the rest of us were just arraigned and sent on our way for further processing.