Hate Crime At Cracker Barrel?

From CNN: "The FBI is investigating as a possible hate crime an incident in which a woman was beaten to the ground in front of her child at the entrance to a Cracker Barrel restaurant in Morrow, Georgia, south of Atlanta." Misdemeanor battery and disorderly conduct charges and a felony charge of cruelty to children have been filed against Troy Dale West Jr. for his alleged actions directed at US Army reservist Tashawnea Hill.