Mistreatment in Chicago was hate crime

Mistreatment in Chicago was hate crime

World January 6, 2017 08:06

chicago - The four suspects were arrested Wednesday in connection with the abuse of an eighteen-year-old mentally disabled man in Chicago on Thursday 'hate crimes' accused in Illinois. The suspects- two men and a woman of eighteen years and a woman aged 24- are also accused of kidnapping, illegal tying and inflicting injury with a deadly weapon.

The four suspects are black and the victim white. The assault is considered a hate crime because the suspects reviled victim to his race and also his intellectual limitations. The victim and the perpetrators knew each other from school, police said.

The assault, which was partly streamed via Facebook Live, also attracted the attention of President Barack Obama. Who called it a despicable act. 'What we see on the surface are problems that have been around a long time. '

The four suspects are arraigned Friday in court.

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