Not if the victim's White

[A Theist]

More racial double standards...A White combat veteran was fatally stabbed to death by five Black men, (who just happened to be soldiers themselves). Police initially thought it was a hate crime motivated by race but have now changed their minds even though racial slurs were shouted at the victim as they drove by in their car.

But of course it's not a hate crime if the victim happens to be White...

Here's how the newspaper describes it:

The crime does not appear to be racially motivated, although police initially believed it may have been because of the comment yelled about the soldiers being "white boys." Here's how the newspaper describes it:

The crime does not appear to be racially motivated, although police initially believed it may have been because of the comment yelled about the soldiers being "white boys." When detectives interviewed the victims and the suspects, (Lakewood police spokesman Chris) Lawler said nobody could remember the exact comment and race was never discussed during the confrontation. Geike and the soldier who stabbed him never spoke during the altercation.

Earlier, Matthew Barnes, a soldier who was holding Geike in his arms when he died, told KIRO that someone in the car had yelled "cracker" and "white" at the soldiers numerous times.

"Cracker" sounds racial to me...
http://www.thetimesherald.com/usatoday/article/2935737