A 54-year-old man asked a man on the street the location of the nearest gay bar, saying that he wanted to kill some gay people. He showed the bystander his gun, walked to a popular gay bar, calmly ordered a beer and then opened fire, killing one person and wounding six others. The man later told an officer that he just "came from the fag bar and blew them away."
The patrons of the bar were victimized because they were gay

Could this be prosecuted as a hate crime in your state? If you live in the following states, no.

States With Hate Crime Laws That Exclude Sexual Orientation:

Alabama
Alaska
Colorado
Idaho
Maryland
Michigan
Mississippi
Montana
New York
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio
Oklahoma
Pennsylvania
South DakotaTexas
Utah
Virginia

States With No Hate Crime Laws For Anyone

Arkansas
Georgia
Hawaii
Indiana
Kansas
New Mexico
South Carolina
Wyoming

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