[OrangenowBlue]

I do not think it is a hate crime, but there is a good possibility that it is a crime. What society needs to do is judge each situation individually and on its own merits. Not take the side that fits their political affiliation or belief. The chief investigator wanted to charge him that night but didn't because the D.A. told him not to. They need to gather the information and take it to a grand jury and let them decide. The victim has a history of bad behavior in school and the shooter as a possible pattern of volatile behavior. There is not one poster on here that wouldn't have wanted him arrested if it was their child that had been shot. Regardless if they were a troubled teen or not. I need to move to Florida where if any person bigger or tougher looking makes me feel threatened, I can shoot them without repercussions. Before too long we can go back to the old west and it will be legal to shoot people for snoring too loud, just like John Wesley Hardin.