Posted on 01/05/2017 1:06:57 PM PST by SeekAndFind
Ed Morrissey covered the disturbing video showing four people torturing a mentally-challenged man earlier today. He wrote at the time “If we are to have ‘hate crimes,’ then this clearly falls within that classification.” Now the four individuals who were arrested have been charged with hate crimes and other charges. From NBC5 Chicago:
Jordan Hill, 18, of Carpentersville; Tesfaye Cooper, 18, of Chicago; Brittany Covington, 18, of Chicago; and Tanishia Covington, 24, of Chicago, were each charged with aggravated kidnapping, hate crime, aggravated unlawful restraint and aggravated battery with a deadly weapon. Hill, Cooper and Brittany Covington also face charges of residential burglary. Hill was also charged with robbery.
Police Cmdr. Kevin Duffin had earlier said he wasn’t sure if the kidnapping and torture represented a hate crime. From the Associated Press:
Asked Wednesday about the racial comments on the video, Duffin said the four people in custody were “young adults, and they make stupid decisions.”
When considering a potential hate crime charge, investigators will have to determine whether the racial remarks were “sincere or just stupid ranting and raving,” Duffin said.
A city of Chicago web page devoted to hate crime victim assistance says a hate crime is an act of bigotry based on a number of factors including “physical or mental disability.” So even if police believe the motive here was about the victim’s disability, rather than his race, it would seem they still have cause to judge this a hate crime.
The victim is said to be traumatized by his ordeal. His parents had dropped him off at a McDonalds on Saturday where the 18-year-old was to meet a friend. He was reported missing by his parents on Monday and found wandering the streets on Tuesday. He eventually led police back to the scene of the crime. NBC5 reports the kidnappers were texting the man’s family during the incident:
Police said the suspects had been sending the victim’s parents text messages while holding him hostage.
“This is going to affect him for probably the rest of his life,” the teen’s grandmother said.
There’s no indication what was in those text messages. Were they hoping to ransom the victim or simply trying to terrorize his family?
Gee..ya ####ing think?!?!?!!!
Not a fan of hate crime logic, but surely this human garbage qualifies.
If not, Trump and Sessions would’ve rightly hung those bastards.
“even if police believe the motive here was about the victim’s disability, rather than his race”
How about all of the above
Bet the perps are allowed to plead out to a slap on the wrist....
If any one ever needs the definition of hate just show them these faces
The question is why isn’t every black-on-white crime considered a hate crime? The comparatively few white-on-black crimes certainly are.
Is a Hate Crime “Plead Out-able”?
I really don’t care much about the motive. The DA must charge them with kidnapping, and make them see serious jail time, or resign.
mother ####ers!!!
I’m going to the garage to hit the bag.
Those ####s.
Complete this sentence:
IF BARACK OBAMA HAD A SON...
If the prosecutor wants to deal, sure. None of these are federal charges, are they? If not, all the more reason to suspect a deal.
RE: The question is why isn’t every black-on-white crime considered a hate crime? The comparatively few white-on-black crimes certainly are.
Why isn’t black on black or even White on White crime considered hate crime?
Is there an assumption that when you torture or kill someone of the same race, there is no hate in it?
As I understand this.... The Hate Crime charge is because the victim is mentally disabled.
Not for being white.
After all, it’s still OK to scream “**** White People”. That’s not a hate crime.
That third one from the left could certainly pass as Moochies son.
The answer is that the labeling of “hate crime” is the product of an agenda meant to go only one way. A crime is a crime, regardless of the criminal’s feelings or motive. But if we’re going to have them, it’s a hate crime in itself to have them only go one direction.
What a brood of Orcs if I ever saw some!
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