You can't take the killers version of what happen and say based on that it "isn't considered a hate crime"
or state
"the Black victims were in contact with the killers due to that attempted gun sale, not because the Black men were attacked "just for being Black."
as if it is a fact. The killer could be lying about what happen.
>but.... > >as long as the situation was the killers and the victims >hidden away trying to do a shady deal, it's hard to see how >any other "possibilities" can be brought into it. > > >There was some kind of "deal" going down. > > >Stuff that happens out in the open with bystanders, etc. has a >chance to reveal other elements of the situation. > > >I don't know how this situation can get out of the cover of a >deal going down.