Suspect in racist, anti-gay Bay Area In-N-Out rant faces hate crime charges

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It's because in some cases, threatening an assault (spitting on someone is assault) can be treated as assault legally. Then the added elements of hatred based on belonging to certain groups turn the crime into a hate crime.