How is This a Hate Crime?

Tell me whether you think this is a hate crime or whether things are getting out of control:

A New York City journalist films pro-Palestinian protesters as they throw red paint on homes of leaders at the Brooklyn Museum.

What do you say? Hate crime? Because it happened. Samuel Seligson, uninvolved in any vandalism, was arrested on felony hate crime charges.

What do you say? Hate crime? Because it happened. Samuel Seligson, uninvolved in any vandalism, was arrested on felony hate crime charges.

New York City's finest -- why would they do this? Political bias? Why? How could justice in the U.S. be so wrong?

(Note: see correction in article headlined "Seligson was Allegedly Involved in Vandalism, after All")