Maggie Maybe<p>This is absolutely not legal advice because I’m not a lawyer, and it probably wouldn’t be applicable in this particular situation anyway.</p><p>But there is a provision in the law (in a couple of the states I have lived in anyway) that is called “If not but for”, I don’t think it works in criminal cases. It’s more of a civil thing.</p><p>If not but for him saying the N-word and refusing to leave, nobody would have kicked his ass.</p><p>Again, probably not applicable in criminal cases, but an adult is supposed to attempt to mitigate the damages . . . if you can leave the place you were told to leave & that would make the assault stop, you LEAVE.</p><p>But also HOW IS THIS A HATE CRIME?? Because he was being hateful and he refused to leave and people beat him for it? Unless they mean they were going to arrest him for a hate crime, then I’m OK with that.</p><p><a href="https://www.binnews.com/content/2025-05-22-man-stripped-naked-beaten-with-poles-after-hurling-n-word-at-bar/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">binnews.com/content/2025-05-22</span><span class="invisible">-man-stripped-naked-beaten-with-poles-after-hurling-n-word-at-bar/</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/WhiteTrash" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WhiteTrash</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/DrunkMenSuck" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DrunkMenSuck</span></a></p>