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Barakat’s friends took to Twitter this week with the hashtag, “#Curry4Deah,” in the hopes of getting Curry to honor their friend at an upcoming game.
Because of the high burden of proof to show the suspect’s motivation, hate crimes are seldom prosecuted, says criminologist Jack Levin.
The FBI began an investigation of the deaths as a possible hate crime. It announced that it had “opened a parallel preliminary inquiry to determine whether or not any federal laws were violated related to the case.”
It appears that Barakat, Mohammad, and Abu-Salha were beginning their lives as caring, responsible people.
Craig Hicks, the man identified by police as the shooter of three Muslims in North Carolina, recently posted a photo of his loaded gun on Facebook.
Friends of Deah Barakat, who was shot and killed Tuesday evening along with his wife and sister-in-law, remember him as a brother-like figure they looked up to.
