Technically it is a hate crime when you commit a crime against someone specifically because you think they're of a particular ethnic or other protected group, even if they're not, but in reality? They're not going to prosecute some fucking autistic retard for just being retarded. Chris would get away with it now just like he got away with it then (assuming that like back then he didn't have a bunch of priors which would fuck him now if he actually did this now again).
Not only that, but Chris is now also considered part of a "special protected class" on top of being a Mongo. He identifies as a transgender woman, and they're like the most special and protected of special protected classes these days. If that whole "hit Snyder with a van" ordeal happened today the judge would have gone just as easy on Chris, and may even be more lenient. There may have even been massive backlash against Snyder for "discrimination and bigotry" against a poor transwoman. Wouldn't matter if Snyder is Jewish, or even black, he's still a Cis-Het male which would make him an evil oppressor of the patriarchy in regards to Chris.