I had decided to let the debate about whether or not the brutal, stomach turning murders of Channon Christian and Christopher Newsom warranted a “hate crime” designation, roll on without any more comment from me. I was pretty clear in June when I wrote:
I am still not convinced that the torture and murder of Christian and Newsom is a hate crime in the most rigid definition of the term. I am not convinced that the race of the victims had much to do with how they were murdered. But, …