[JL8Jeff]

Well, 7 tickets is pretty serious so you need to fight that. You might want to contact a lawyer to get a decent idea of what you are up against. I would think that if you keep the racial stuff out of it you might have a better chance of getting the bogus stuff dropped. Once you bring in the racial stuff, expect it to get ugly. If you were not with that other group then you should be able to state your case and get those tickets dropped. Take a deep breath, start slowly and don't overreact. You were in the wrong place at the wrong time but you should be able to fight it since you did nothing wrong.