It could be argued in multiple ways. First in this (and many) cases, there was a racially motivated crime committed against themselves. Secondly, scapegoating a target race encourages animosity and erodes community trust, which is exactly what a hate crime does.
Of course a law like that would never pass because only precious POC ever fake hate crimes.
Bah, faking a hate crime should be a hate crime.
It could be argued in multiple ways. First in this (and many) cases, there was a racially motivated crime committed against themselves. Secondly, scapegoating a target race encourages animosity and erodes community trust, which is exactly what a hate crime does.
Of course a law like that would never pass because only precious POC ever fake hate crimes.