Was rabbi killing a hate crime?

Police in Miami say no hate crime, they peg the fatal shooting of a rabbi on Saturday as growing out of an attempted robbery.

The rabbi's family and friends disagree, contend it was a hate crime, and dispute the police explanation.

From the New York Post:

“It was not a robbery,” said Elehana Giezinsky, 56. “The criminal element in Miami and New York knows that the Orthodox don’t carry money on the Sabbath.”