The fact that this happened at a known gay bar in the heart of a city as big as Orlando, during Pride Month, is more than enough proof to classify this as a hate crime
Also there was a man arrested earlier today with weapons and ammo + explosives who was headed to L.A.'s pride parade in West Hollywood
http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-gay-pride-la-weapons-20160612-snap-story.html
this is so fucked up, jesus christ