Black on White Crime Exempt From Hate Crimes Laws?

Imagine a family standing outside their friends' home while watching fireworks with the homeowners. Then imagine a mob of about 50 racists approaching and ultimately attacking the family who doesn't share the mob's race.

Was it the KKK?

Nope.

Phil Trexler at the Akron Beacon Journal repors that it was a group of black teens who were shouting, "This is our world" and "This is a black world". Yup, after trespassing onto the property of a white family, the black teens shoved members of the Marshall family, including a teenage girl they pushed to the ground.

Quoting from Trexler's piece...

They said it started when one teen, without any words or warning, blindsided and assaulted Marshall's friend as he stood outside with the others.

WOW! Sounds like a hate crime, doesn't it?

Not so fast...

Akron police are investigating. Right now, the case is not being classified as a racial hate crime.

Perhaps this ambiguity will cause Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson to head to Akron!

h/t to Drudge