Your understanding of the law has a long way to go before it catches up to my kindergarten age grandchild. Hate crime has zero to do with murder or the substantive crime committed. Instead, it has everything to do with the miscreant's motive. Blacks could kill every white person on the planet, and as long as the crimes were motivated by something other than hate of the victim for being a member of a legally protected class of people, it will not be a hate crime. A call to arms: All Republicans get your GED; it's free.