Brittany Covington, 18, of Chicago; (clockwise from upper left) Tesfaye Cooper, 18, of Chicago; Jordan Hill, 18, of Carpentersville; and Tanishia Covington, 24, of Chicago. Each is charged with a hate crime, aggravated kidnapping, aggravated unlawful restraint and aggravated battery with a deadly weapon.
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Chicago police have hit the four African Americans who allegedly streamed on Facebook Live, an attack on a mentally disabled white teenager with multiple charges.
The Chicago Sun Times reports that Jordan Hill, 18, Tesfaye Cooper, 18, Brittany Covington, 18, and Tanishia Covington, 24, have been charged with aggravated kidnapping, hate crime, aggravated unlawful restraint and aggravated battery with a deadly weapon.
Cooper and Covington were also charged with residential burglary. Hill faces additional charges of robbery, residential burglary and possession of a stolen motor vehicle.
As we previously reported, the four are accused of kidnapping the 18-year old victim and taking him to a Chicago apartment, where they held him for at least six hours. During that time he was tied up with his mouth duct taped.
His tormentors cut his head with a knife,.kick, hit and harass him. He was forced to drink toilet water. At one point the teenager was told to “kiss the floor, bitch,” “nobody can help you anymore.” and forced to say ‘I love black people.’”
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— James J. Vinson (NT) (@JamesJVinson) January 5, 2017
Blacks kidnap and torture white Trump supporter. pic.twitter.com/aNrQuULeRk
Going to collect videos I find in this thread. #BrittanyHerring #BLMKidnapping pic.twitter.com/gZ3JLl0YiB
— James J. Vinson (NT) (@JamesJVinson) January 5, 2017
In another part of the clip the assailants yell "fuck white people" and "fuck Donald Trump."
According to CBS Chicago, the victim's parents dropped him off at a McDonald's on Saturday, December 31, to meet with his classmate Jordan Hill. The two went to an apartment where things got out of control.
"The victim tells us he got into a play fight with Jordan," CMDR. Kevin Duffin said. "And it escalated from there
“The actions in that video are reprehensible,” Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson said during a news conference on Thursday, January 5. “That, along with racism, have no place in Chicago or anywhere else, for that matter.”
President Obama condemned the brutal attack.
“What we have seen as surfacing, I think, are a lot of problems that have been there a long time,” Obama told CBS2 Chicago. “Whether it’s tensions between police and communities, hate crimes of the despicable sort that has just now recently surfaced on Facebook.”
The four suspects will appear in bond court on Friday, January 6.
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