I know and understand this is a serious article, but this makes no sense:
“A Chicago man pleaded guilty to kidnapping a mentally disabled teen and beating him with three friends on Facebook Live in 2017.”
The bonehead didn’t beat the poor guy over the head while wielding three friends.
How about this for a lead:
A judge sentenced a racist, black Chicago man, who pleaded guilty to kidnapping and beating a mentally disabled teen, to nine years in state prison. The defendant uploaded a disturbing video of the crime onto Facebook, which included various racist taunts against the victim. Three of his co-defendants, who participated in the crime, face similar charges.
(The damn media is incapable of writing a cogent and effective paragraph to draw readers in.)