At what point will this be considered a hate crime?

In April St. Louis youths playing the "knock-out game" beat, kicked and punched 72-year-old Hoang Nguyen and his wife on their way home from the grocery store.
Nguyen died in the attack.

In June black youths playing the "knock-out game" targeted and beat a gay man going to work. The victim suffered a broken nose, a sore jaw and a black eye.

Now this...
This past week black youths in St. Louis playing the "knock-out" game are targeting white cyclists in the city.