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Four people have been charged in Chicago over a beating live streamed to Facebook. In addition to hate crime charges, there are counts of aggravated kidnapping, battery, and unlawful restraint:
Authorities in Chicago charged four people with hate crimes Thursday following the emergence of a disturbing video appearing to show them shouting obscenities about President-elect Donald Trump and white people while abusing a man authorities say has mental health problems. The footage, which Chicago's top police officer labeled "sickening," quickly went viral online. In the shaky video, a terrified young man in a gray hooded sweatshirt and dark pants is seen crouching in a corner, his wrists and neck bound with orange bands, his mouth taped shut.
A young woman films as two young men slash the sleeves of his shirt with knives, then take turns punching him, slapping him and stomping on his head. At one point, one of the men can be seen cutting the victim's hair and scalp with a knife, and the victim is later shown bleeding from his injuries. As the victim cowers with his back to the wall, someone can be heard repeatedly shouting, "F‑‑‑ Donald Trump" and "F‑‑‑ white people."
Throughout the 28-minute video — which focuses mostly on the young woman behind the camera — the group laughs, jokes and listens to music as the victim sits motionless on the floor. About halfway through, someone says the man "represents Trump," and threatens to put him in the trunk of a car and "put a brick on the gas."
Also at NPR, USA Today, CNN, and Reuters.
The video is available at LiveLeak. Feel free to search for it if you wish.
So, did Black Mirror predict this type of event?
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(Score: 1, Flamebait) by VLM on Sunday January 08 2017, @01:06PM
Can't blame the kids too much; chanting "F‑‑‑ white people." was pretty much Hillaries campaign slogan. Weird how that drove whites to vote for Trump. Maybe they need to chant it some more?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday January 08 2017, @06:02PM
I don't understand why people like you continue to beat the dead horse with false information.
Not only did your guy win against all of the liberal media bias heaped upon him, but you perpetuate the problem by engaging in the same bias, and do so liberally. It's like you and runaway and jmorris can't be restrained by 140 characters or less, so you post here instead to emulate the leader.
Newflash: Hillary lost. doesnt really matter in this thread as to why. thanks for your opinion; go on that liberal.bias or whatever that gabi site is called and post there?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday January 08 2017, @06:17PM
Please stop dragging this site's discussion into the hyperbolic gutter.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday January 08 2017, @07:34PM
Got any evidence for that? Maybe an actual quote with a credible citation included? (Note that the word credible is important there) I'm going to lay my cards on the table right now and say you have absolutely zilch to back up that claim. Hint: advocating for a more inclusive society is not the same as shouting "Fuck white people". Also, learn how to spell fuck. It ain't got no '-' in it. Jesus still isn't going to forgive you, even if you think it but don't spell it or say it out loud. Just sayin'.