The girl's family had filed a complaint with the police but no action had been taken. Her father may have taken matters into his own hands, because the neighbors had also filed a complaint.
The girl's grandmother took the video because the boy's father had been mocking the girl at the bus stop. It wasn't a situation where she was lucky and caught the only time he did it.
She posted it to YouTube and public reaction caused the police to act on the family's complaint against the boy's father.
I have no idea what other actions by the boy's father were detailed in the complaint.
This sounds more up the alley of stalking. Which could also easily result in worse than 30 days in jail, WITHOUT the “hate crime” fillip.
The point seems to be that this “hate crime” business is superfluous at best, egregious at worst.
Agreed, sounds more like a case of harrassment or as Hi Tech said, stalking. I don’t see a need for a hate crime law here, we have enough laws on the books for this.