This seems to be a trend these days and is exasperated by the media. The various governments in some areas feel a great deal of pressure to cave to the mob mentality any time some sort of "progressive" issue goes viral. I would hope that there is almost no chance that these two will serve any time at all let alone be convicted of a hate crime. The city is likely saving face to prevent the mob from destroying more property.

It is upsetting to see this imbalance of reaction over crimes, for sure, but keep in mind that it is all politically motivated and isn't a reflection of what the actual law is. Hopefully people will come to their senses and vote out all of their elected officials in these areas that are doing these things. Or move somewhere else.

I think that we are coming to a point where certain states become extremely red and others become extremely blue, which is kind of what it was like before but the notion of swing states could end up becoming a thing of the past at this rate.