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.
That two-bit shyster needs to go to jail too.
I haven’t noticed this type of behavior in responsible adults.
There are plenty of people of all races who don't act like these savages.
There's no doubt in my mind that the truly fascist, profoundly intolerant Left is to a degree responsible for fomenting such hatred in this country, by spreading their hysterical, unhinged lies and demonization of conservatives and Trump supporters, especially minority ones, and, of course, White people in general.
But it's important that we don't resort to the same broad-brushing which the Left is guilty of. That simply provides them with more cover for their hate, which, when propagated over large swaths of the population, represents the greatest of all dangers to American Liberty.
Trump supporters must push back fiercely (and cleanly) to continuously remind our fellow citizens who the true forces of division are, and to bring more and more of the People into the movement— including and especially minorities. This means refraining from gratuitous racial antagonism.
Donald Trump improved his share of both the Black and Hispanic vote as compared to Mitt Romney in 2012, and that was accomplished in the face of an unprecedented campaign of character assassination against both Trump and his supporters, perpetrated by an array of Enemies the likes of which one man has never faced on behalf of this Republic.
President Trump's serious minority outreach is something the movement should build on, and not something to be squandered by joining the Left in sowing needless division.
"Unity, unity, unity" should be President Trump's mantra and goal— even in the face of the cancerous hate we have seen in this particular crime. Only then will these despicable foes in the Establishment and Media (but I repeat myself) be isolated and exposed to the nation as the malevolent frauds that they are, and only then will their misguided followers awaken from their mass-psychosis.
These traitors on the Left are actually trying to foment civil war, and the Trump movement must patiently do things the right way, without taking any shortcuts, and without sacrificing our integrity.
That means that we will have to bear many snakes slings and arrows, and we'll frequently have to take the high road, which can be very difficult.
We mustn't play into their hands, because in the end, if we "do the right thing", we will ultimately win. President-elect Trump has been placed in an extremely difficult situation. But I believe he's up to the task.
This was a peaceful Revolution that occurred last November, and we must see to it that the People understand that the violent rhetoric, malicious scheming, and criminal action in this country is occurs almost uniformly in the realm of the sleazy, illegitimate, and repudiated Left.
I second that.
Also sounds like they did not release the victim either, he escaped or the police found him where he was kidnapped
That makes a big difference
Kidnappping
False imprisonment
Assault with a deadly weapon
Hate Crime
Probably drug charges
Underage drinking
These four are 18 , adults and they are going to do hard time for this
Amen.
Spot on. We’ve been given a merciful reprieve. The work is only beginning, and our character will be tested.
Yes, the fact that he escaped makes one wonder if they planned, ultimately, to kill him. Make a snuff film.
There’s also a Federal torture statute they could be charged with once the new DOJ takes over.
The Federal crime is 50 years.
Is this group affiliated with the Stone gang in Chicago? Didn’t I hear that on the video?
True, schizophrenics often have high IQs with horrid social skills.
But CNN says they are just mismanaged kids.
A cop found him walking down the street looking disoriented and not dressed for the weather. His family had reported him missing.
They were an aspiring black gospel quartet slated to appear at Obamas farewell tour.
Yup....just teenage pranks.
The drugs these savages are on have a Drano effect. Along with the miserable parenting they have received all remaining human brain function goes in the toilet and what’s left is a sub human feral abomination.
In PC Leftist America today, its even better to be retarded than white.
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“it was not immediately clear if the charges stemmed from the victim’s race or from the fact that he was mentally-challenged.” Does it REALLY MATTER? Is there a difference?
Goes without saying, to a True Conservative.
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