# How is this NOT a hate crime?

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**Created:** [June 16, 2003, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-this-not-a-hate-crime/182310 "2003-06-16T21:39:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![Nightime](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Nightime](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nightime)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2003, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-this-not-a-hate-crime/182310/101 "2003-06-23T13:39:08Z")

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Esprix:

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> Did you read the linked articles? Did you hear about the slew of anti-gay epithets he was spewing while he was hitting him?

I had not read the specific epithet that I believe you are referring to. I just did, and I now believe that it was most likely a hate crime.

However, the article also says that he only allegedly said it, and while I think he probably did, the jury may not have wanted to convict him based on something that only allegedly was said but was never proved.

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