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(3,731 posts) Thu Jul 18, 2013, 09:41 PM Jul 2013

It has to have an element of hate for a race as a motivating factor

which there is no proof of yet, the FBI did a pretty extensive investigation looking for evidence of Zimmerman being a racist, they concluded that Zimmerman wasn't a racist.
I'm pretty sure that there will be no Federal charges filed as the DoJ would have to completely throw out their own FBI's report, plus throw out the Daryl Parks statement, not even the state believed it was a race hate crime.