Two residents of Martinez, California, who allegedly vandalized a Black Lives Matter street mural on Independence Day have been charged with a hate crime, officials said Tuesday.
The Contra Costa County District Attorney’s office said Nichole Anderson, 42, and David Nelson, 53, face three misdemeanor charges, including vandalism, for allegedly painting over the mural on Saturday ― shortly after it was completed by community members outside a county courthouse in Martinez.
If convicted, Anderson and Nelson face up to a year in county jail, Becton’s office said.
A local resident had obtained a permit from the city to paint the mural, police said.

https://www.yahoo.com/huffpost/black-lives-matter-mural-martinez-california-hate-crime-013118848.html

What about the people who toppled all those statues of St Junipero Serra?

That Nascar drive said it was a hate crime that there was a rope on his garage door. It took 15 FBI agents several days to figure out that all Nascar drivers' garages have the same rope to use to close the garage door

Regardless of what a person or the media says, a "hate crime" needs to have actual violence against a person.

What you say would be true if we did not live in a time of diabolical disorientation. Your words should be true.
Alas, in these evil times, a couple were just charged with a "hate crime" for painting over (what some would call) graffiti others had painted on the street. It said Black Lives Matter. The government thinks p.c.(and racist) scribbles must be given legal protection.

News item:
2020 has become the year Americans are fired for being related to unpopular people, having dissenting opinions, or daring to utter the words, “all lives matter.” Now, an act of opposing Black Lives Matter is a hate crime.
Californians Nichole Anderson and David Nelson were charged with “three misdemeanor counts, including a hate crime” on Tuesday for painting over a BLM mural, according to the Contra Costa County District Attorney’s Office.
The BLM mural was painted in front of the courthouse on July 4, and soon after, the two began to paint over the letters with black paint.
“We must address the root and byproduct of systemic racism in our country. The Black Lives Matter movement is an important civil rights cause that deserves all of our attention,” Contra Costa County DA Diana Becton said, according to the statement. “We must continue to elevate discussions and actually listen to one another in an effort to heal our community and country.”