THIS is the harrowing moment a gang of black teenagers, including two girls, allegedly held a special-needs man hostage and tortured him while streaming the sick footage live on Facebook. The group of four appearing in the video, were identified and charged with committing a hate crime on Thursday as a result of their shocking behaviour.
According to Cooks County State's Attorney Office, Jordan Hill, 18; Tesfaye Cooper, 18; and sisters Brittany, 18, and Tanisha Covington, 24, were charged with aggravated unlawful restraint, aggravated kidnapping, aggravated battery and a hate crime. Hill, Cooper and Brittany Covington were also given the additional charges of residential burglary, ...
The four friends were arrested in Chicago, Illinois, after police were made aware of the 30-minute video on social media. A police spokesman said they had copped to the torture in interviews with cops and none of them had expressed remorse. 12.
Invalid Date, THESE are the four thugs charged with a hate crime after they live streamed the torture of a mentally disabled man on Facebook. Jordan Hill, 18, Tesfaye Cooper, 18, and sisters Brittany, 18, and Tanisha Covington, 24 , were charged with aggravated unlawful restraint, aggravated kidnapping, aggravated battery ...
A Facebook spokesman said the company removed the video because it does "not allow people to celebrate or glorify crimes on Facebook.". It comes after sickening video footage showing a man being beaten by a pair of youths because he voted for Donald Trump was shared online. We pay for your stories!
The oldest member of the gang Tanisha Covington was also arrested and charged Credit: AP:Associated Press. The gang of black teenagers made the 18-year-old victim drink toilet water while taunting him with racial slurs and beating him. The live stream - which has now been deleted - showed the victim cowering in a corner with his arms tied ...
The four friends were arrested in Chicago , Illinois, after police were made aware of the 30-minute video on social media.
The victim, a resident of Crystal Lake, was bound for up to five hours and was “able to escape when a downstairs neighbor calls the police complaining of all the noise.”. After the police were called to the scene, the Covington sisters kicked in the door of the downstairs neighbor, Duffin said.
The victim was reported missing by his parents on Monday. On Wednesday, Duffin was hesitant to peg the attack a hate crime, drawing the ire of some social media users. “Although they’re young adults, they’re 18. Kids make stupid decisions,” said Duffin at a Wednesday press conference on the incident.
Hill, Cooper and Brittany Covington also face charges of residential burglary. Hill also faces charges of possession of a stolen motor vehicle. Video of the torture has stunned the country, not just because of the graphic abuse, but because of the comments made by some of the assailants.
The victim’s parents reported him missing Monday, telling police they had not heard from their son since dropping him off Saturday at a McDonald’s in the Chicago suburb of Schaumburg, about 20 miles from their home in Crystal Lake.
At one point, Cooper took the cellphone from Brittany Covington while it was still streaming live to her Facebook, Lanier said. He then turned the phone’s camera onto the bound-and-gagged victim and captured footage of Covington slapping him, according to the prosecutor.
Hill, described by prosecutors as the ringleader, pleaded guilty last week to the same two charges and was sentenced to eight years in prison. Sisters Brittany and Tanishia Covington have also pleaded guilty to the assault.