Written by  Jeannine Bell , Indiana University ____ A white man travels to one business and kills several workers. He then kills more people at a similar business. Six of the eight people he killed are Asian women, leading many people to call for him to be charged under the new state hate crime law . Authorities resist, saying they aren’t sure that racial bias motivated the man’s crimes. That’s the situation unfolding in the Atlanta area in Georgia, right now . But there is often a gap between public opinion and law enforcement when people believe a hate crime has been committed, whether against LGBTQ people, racial minorities or Jewish people. Hate crimes and hate murders are rising across the U.S., but long-term polling data suggests that most Americans are horrified by bias-motivated violence . They also support hate crime legislation, an effort to deter such attacks. Yet officials often resist the quick classification of incidents as a hate crime. Hate crimes have precise...