Man won't face hate crime charges for anti-Muslim outburst

SOUTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. (AP) — An Exeter man police say was caught on surveillance video directing an obscenity-laced anti-Muslim tirade at a convenience store clerk on Christmas Eve will not face hate crime charges.Police tell WPRI-TV that the South Kingstown town lawyer has ruled that hate crime laws don't apply to "petty misdemeanors" like Thomas Giese's outburst on Dec. 24. [...]