Vigil held for Hartford pastor shot in possible hate crime
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HARTFORD, Conn. (WTNH) — Pastors open the vigil with a word of prayer at the spot where Dr. Augustus Sealy was shot three times Sunday morning while planting flags outside his church, First Church of Nazarene in Hartford. Now police say the shooting may be a hate crime. Pastor Sam Saylor says the community is in shock.
I'm confused why they would consider this a hate crime. Is it a hate crime if another Black shot the pastor or only if a white man did the crime ? The story does not elaborate.
Seems like all murders are hate crimes. Terrible story about a good man being killed.
The story offers no reasons why the police think this may be a "hate crime".
The motive that the perpetrator didn't like the victim's race, color, creed or natural origin is pretty low on the list of usual motives for any shooting.
The vast majority of shootings are "love crimes"- done for motives of robbery, revenge, jealousy or just plain old thrill seeking.
The good thing about this is that detectives probably have a good beat on who the perp was, otherwise how could they otherwise realisticly speculate on a motive?
“We do hear from residents that that church is very accepting and open to the LGBT community,” said Deputy Chief Brian Foley. “There were some statements made at the scene that certainly keep the idea of this being a hate crime open to investigators.”
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