Event

2017 Chicago torture incident

3 Jan 2017 · 41.85° N, 87.65° W

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When
3 Jan 2017
Kind
Event
Coordinates
41.85° N, 87.65° W

Placed at the town named in the title of the event it links, Chicago.

Summary

Four African-American individuals kidnap a mentally disabled white man in Chicago, Illinois and livestream their torture of him on Facebook, shouting "Fuck Trump" and "Fuck white people" while doing so, prompting widespread reactions on social media. The four suspects are later arrested and charged with a hate crime.

2017 Chicago torture incident

Livestreamed torture incident

In January 2017, four black perpetrators: Jordan Hill, Tesfaye "Teefies" Cooper, and Brittany and Tanishia Covington tortured, committed a hate crime and other offenses against a mentally disabled white man in Chicago, Illinois. The attackers, two men and two women, laughed as they kidnapped and physically, verbally, and racially abused the teenaged victim. The incident was livestreamed on Facebook.

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