I always wonder: What crime is NOT a hate crime? It seems that every type of crime involves hatred in one form or another. Mr Arbery was carrying around some hate, or so it seems.
The offenders are useless idiots, however. If the guy was stealing or vandalizing, he should have been arrested and sent to jail. If the law is not responding, there are ways to get fools to stop messing with your property that don’t involve killing them.
A lot of crimes are rooted in greed or plain old stupidity, no element of hatred involved.