When a hate crime (against Arabs) is not a hate crime: "Police are not treating this as a hate crime because they say it was a "spur-of-the-moment" argument."

 "A 28-year-old Oak Forest police officer was arrested in connection with an attack on two teenagers in California. The victims said they were targeted because they were speaking Arabic. Investigators can't confirm that Jarrah and his brother-in-law were targeted because of their race. Police are not treating this as a hate crime because they say it was a "spur-of-the-moment" argument."  (thanks Basim)