McKinney himself, talking for the first time (he did not testify at his trial), told ABC's Elizabeth Vargas that "it wasn't a hate crime... [A]ll I wanted to do was beat him up and rob him."
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In fact, McKinney said, "I have gay friends. ... You know, that kind of thing don't bother me so much."
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