LA County DA details crackdown on hate crime; suspect in 2023 Metro bus stabbing gets life sentenceA Santa Monica man was sentenced to life in prison for the hate crime stabbing of a passenger on a Metro bus in 2023. A Santa Monica man was sentenced to life in prison for the hate crime stabbing of a passenger on a Metro bus in 2023. A Santa Monica man was sentenced to life in prison for the hate crime stabbing of a passenger on a Metro bus in 2023. A Santa Monica man was sentenced to life in prison for the hate crime stabbing of a passenger on a Metro bus in 2023. McDonnell said hate crime incidence, however, is trending downward from the 838 attacks, a record high, that were logged in 2023.