It was a hate crime directed at Black people. The guy was wearing a jacket with two flags on it: one was the Rhodesian flag from the White rule days and the other the apartheid flag from South Africa. My guess--mind you, it's only a guess--is that maybe somewhere along the line he was taught that Black people are the cause of America's problems. One fortunate thing is that he got the feds involved by crossing a state border from South to North Carolina. I don't know if the feds are involved, but if the SC courts try to sweep this one under the rug then nothing would preclude the feds from bringing charges against him.