To Kill a Mockingbird

to kill a mocking bird chapter 14

when seeing scout and jem in town a man on the street mumbles they c'n go loose and rape up the countryside for all of em who run this country care ehat does he mean? why does he say such a thing at sight of scout and jem?

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The man is prejudiced against black people. He has made up his mind that Tom Robinson is guilty and blames Atticus for deffending Tom.The man has the bigoted and false perception that most black men want to rape white girls. He says this to intimidate Scout and Jem.