(CNN) A judge Tuesday dropped the hate crime charge against a former University of Maryland student accused of killing a black college student at a campus bus stop, according to court documents. Sean Christopher Urbanski, who is white, is charged with first-degree murder in the stabbing death of Richard Collins III in the early morning hours of May 20, 2017. The judge said prosecutors did not prove the killing was motivated by hate, the Baltimore Sun reported. The first-degree murder charge is expected to go to the jury on Wednesday, the Sun reported. The group "shows extreme bias against women, Latinos, members of the Jewish faith and especially African-Americans," University of Maryland Police Chief David Mitchell had said.

Source: CNN December 18, 2019 06:11 UTC