CHICAGO (AP) — A judge rebuked four Black people accused of beating a mentally disabled White man and broadcasting the attack on Facebook, sternly asking, “Where was your sense of decency?” before denying their attorneys’ pleas to set bail so they might be released from jail. “I find each of you a danger to yourself […]
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Hate-Crime Charges Filed Against 4 in Attack on Mentally Disabled White Man
CHICAGO (AP) — Four Black persons were charged with hate crimes Thursday in connection with a video broadcast live on Facebook that showed a mentally disabled White man being beaten and taunted, threatened with a knife and forced to drink from a toilet. The assault went on for hours, until Chicago police found the disoriented victim walking […]
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Police: Charges ‘Soon’ in Chicago Beating of White ‘Mentally Challenged’ Victim Aired on Facebook
CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago police don’t believe a man beaten in an assault broadcast live on Facebook was targeted because he was White despite profanities made by the accused assailants about White people and President-elect Donald Trump, a police spokesman said Thursday. This image from a video that was broadcast live on Facebook and later […]