Everyone knows only white people can commit “hate crimes” in the Obama Nation.

COLUMBIA, SC (WISTV) — Prosecutors say the brutal beating of a teenager last week in Columbia’s Five Points doesn't appear to have been racially motivated, but the U.S. attorney is still reviewing the case.

Fifth Circuit Solicitor Dan Johnson, who will prosecute the eight people charged with attacking 18-year-old Carter Strange on June 20 before leaving him for dead, said no evidence suggests the beating was racially motivated other than the race of the people involved. Strange is white; the eight suspects are black.

However, Johnson said his office asked U.S. Attorney Bill Nettles to review the evidence to make sure hate crime charges are not warranted.

A hate crime is legally defined as an attack motivated entirely or primarily by prejudice.

The seven juveniles charged with attacking Strange faced a judge on Monday, who granted a request that the defendants stay in jail until trial. The unnamed suspects’ next court date hasn't been scheduled yet, according to Johnson.

The eighth suspect, 19-year-old Thyeem Henrey, appeared in court on Friday afternoon. The judge set bond at $750,000, which must be paid in full to allow Henry’s release.

Police say Strange was jogging home just after midnight when the suspects approached him in a parking lot near Blossom Street and beat him up.

A passerby found him a block away two hours later, and called 911.

Strange said he had to have emergency brain surgery and facial reconstruction surgery after the attack, but is making a remarkable recovery. “My physical condition is amazing,” said Strange. “I mean, the condition I’m in right now is a miracle.”