Hate crime charges may be brought in the string of massage parlor shootings in the Atlanta area, the city’s mayor said Wednesday. “I think whatever the stiffest, most appropriate charges there are, this guy should face those charges. In Georgia, you can be charged with a hate crime. It covers a variety of areas. And I personally think it would be appropriate, but I will defer to the prosecutors to make that determination,” Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms, a Democrat, said during an appearance on CNN. Law enforcement officials earlier in the day said the man arrested for the eight murders, Robert Aaron Long, admitted to committing them. The white 21-year-old suggested his motivations included sexual addiction, Cherokee County Sheriff Frank Reynolds told reporters. Long also asserts he was not fueled by racism. “I think that it is important that we first acknowledge the fact—I know that many we’ve received a number …