If you lunch a black man but take his wallet it’s still a hate crime. Same logic should apply. There is no reason to kill someone during a robbery. It’s extra.
Your example may or may not be a hate crime.Did the white guy punch the black person to steal his wallet or did he punch him because he wanted to punch a black person and the wallet was an afterthought?
If a robber kills someone during or after a robbery because they saw the robbers face and could identify the robber to police or the victim didn't cooperate in the robbery by fighting back etc that is not a hate crime.
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