Must America’s “hate crimes” brigade rush to judgment before all the facts are in? Apparently they must, but that’s exactly what you’d expect from people who want to criminalize thoughts, not actions. And nothing illustrates the rush-to-judgment mentality more than what happened in a Baltimore-area McDonald’s in mid-April.

The incident was captured on a cell phone video. It was posted on You Tube and went viral, so this isn’t just a local story any longer.