Alabama officials are trying to decide if a vicious weekend attack on a tourist in Pickens County was a hate crime.
Sheriff David Abston said 25-year-old Rodney Outlaw of Noxubee County was physically tortured and then dragged behind a car for about one mile, south of Carrollton.
Outlaw is in serious condition at a Tuscaloosa hospital.
Abston was asked if he thinks this is a hate crime.
"We haven't ruled it out," said Abston. "Either he has a problem with his memory or he's afraid of his safety."
The victim had been visiting friends in Pickens County.
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