http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/crime/227116738-story
I hope this is some of that “fake news” that everyone’s always talking about.
Nope, seems to be real.
http://nypost.com/2017/01/04/special-needs-man-tortured-while-attackers-stream-it-on-facebook/
Is this a hate crime?
I haven’t followed it very closely, but from what I’ve heard it is…and is being prosecuted as such?
JEDIT: Yep.
Four suspects are facing hate crime charges after an 18-year-old mentally disabled man was bound, beaten, taunted with racial slurs and forced to drink from a toilet in a video broadcast live on Facebook, prosecutors said Thursday.