Read this excerpt from We've Got a Job: The 1963 Children's March. During the fifteen minutes after the bus arrived, racists assaulted not only the Freedom Riders but also other
passengers - both black and white - who happened to be on the same bus, as well as bystanders waiting i
station to welcome their friends and family to Birmingham. The assailants also went after local white reporters,
destroying cameras, film, and a microphone.

Which words from the excerpt best convey the tone?

local, went after
bystanders, assailants
*assaulted, destroying
Freedom Riders, waiting