Diversity is our strength. Imagine a country of only white people. What a chilling prospect. Of course I'm kidding- that would be great!
Posted on 01/06/2017 6:45:08 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
When hate crime charges were brought against four suspects accused of kidnapping and torturing a schizophrenic 18-year-old man yesterday, it was not immediately clear if the charges stemmed from the victim’s race or from the fact that he was mentally-challenged. The AP reports today that the four suspects were charged with two separate hate crimes, one based on the victim’s race and the other based on his disability.
Lawyers for the four suspects portrayed them as responsible adults and asked a judge to grant them bail so they could return home while they await trial. The Associated Press reports the judge asked, “Where was your sense of decency?” before denying the request.
“I find each of you a danger to yourself and society,” Cook County Circuit Judge Maria Kuriakos Ciesil said, sounding baffled that the suspects who hold jobs, attend school and, in one case, care for a brother in a wheelchair could be charged with attacking the 18-year-old victim. How, she wondered, could she agree to allow people accused of such “terrible actions” to walk out of jail?
It was also reported yesterday that the suspects had texted the victim’s family during the attack. Today it was revealed that one of the suspects had demanded $300 from the victim’s mother for his return. We also learned that some of the suspects had previously been arrested in connection with serious crimes, though it’s not clear the arrests resulted in any convictions:
Hill, for example, was arrested as a juvenile in 2015 on allegations of armed robbery, possession of a stolen vehicle and residential burglary. Chicago police said they did not know the disposition of those arrests by suburban officers.
Tanishia Covington was arrested in 2007 on attempted armed robbery and aggravated battery charges. Police records do not show any convictions as a juvenile. As an adult, she was arrested on charges of battery and aggravated assault, but those charges were dropped.
Finally there was some detail about how the victim escaped. Apparently a downstairs neighbor heard the fighting and threatened to call the police. Two of the suspects went to the neighbor’s door and broke it down. That apparently was when the victim was able to get away. Reports published yesterday suggested that police had found evidence of a fight at the scene. That may have been a reference to the broken down door. Presumably the neighbor is the one who called the police.
They are even worse than we thought. Subhuman savages.
Now I am confused.
This says that the victim was schizophrenic yet earlier I heard that he was mentally challenged.
Big difference.
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Ransom too? Damn, they are going to be locked up long time...
Diversity is our strength. Imagine a country of only white people. What a chilling prospect. Of course I'm kidding- that would be great!
What is that, a .22LR carbine?
So they tortured his family as well. Only God can redeem these miscreants. Everyone involved needs praying for.
That’s a BB gun on the right????
Schizo and ADD
This is unfathomable! This is unthinkable!! They won’t be able to attend Obama’s farewell speech at McCormack Place next week! How could the judge DO such a thing!!!
These people confirm the negative stereotypes.
Wish blacks got upset at the blacks that reinforce these. I suspect the liberals of all colors have made it impossible for them to correct themselves.
With apologies to Don Imus ~ they be some nappy-headed ho’s!
Granny got her pr machine rolling...with siblings..they all say we are very very sorry and didnt raise them that way....sounded scripted
Twin carder is hilarious.dude got kicked out of court..you need ebonics translator for him
Also stupid savages for posting incriminating evidence, in the form of a video, on a public site and then making so much noise as to attract a neighbor's attention.
They were event security, weren’t they?
Granny’s comments dont mean less than jack crap in a court of law.
These kinds of statements are attempts to rationalize and excuse away criminal behavior.
I think for these kinds of cases if/when they lose the loser lawyers who took these cases, and asked for bail cuz they are good people, etc, and people like granny also should do some time in the hole.
Btw..not sure if carder was talking about breaking his brother out of jail if the bond was 1/2 million. .or if he was going to pay that bail..but reporter didnt quite know what to say
Used brother in a wheelchair to try to get bail for cooper
I believe God has given these perps over to a “reprobate mind” as spoken of in Romans 1:28-31.
God’s given up on them. Nothing can help them now.
And, that just about proves the kidnapping charge. He originally went voluntarily with them, which might have provided some wiggle room on that charge, but a ransom demand is way over the top.
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