Four charged over ‘sickening’ attack streamed on Facebook

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"111265417"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><p>Hate crime and assault charges have been filed against four people over an attack on a man with special needs which was streamed live on Facebook&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Prosecutors in Cook County&comma; Illinois&comma; announced charges against three 18-year-olds &&num;8211&semi; Jordan Hill&comma; Brittany Covington and Tesfaye Cooper &&num;8211&semi; and 24-year-old Tanishia Covington&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The group have also been charged with kidnapping&comma; aggravated unlawful restraint and assault with a deadly weapon&period; Three of them have additionally been accused of burglary&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The charges stem from an incident which lasted 48 hours and targeted a white man police described as having &&num;8220&semi;mental health challenges&&num;8221&semi;&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><i>&&num;8220&semi;He&&num;8217&semi;s traumatised by the incident&comma; and it&&num;8217&semi;s very tough to communicate with him at this point&comma;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;i> police commander Kevin Duffin said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Excerpts of the video show the victim with his mouth taped shut slumped in a corner&period; He has a wound on his head&comma; and a red band appears to be around his hands&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Police superintendent Eddie Johnson described the video as &&num;8220&semi;sickening&&num;8221&semi;&comma; and added&colon; <i>&&num;8220&semi;It makes you wonder what would make individuals treat somebody like that&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;i><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The investigation began on Monday after officers found a man &&num;8220&semi;in distress&&num;8221&semi; and &&num;8220&semi;in crisis&&num;8221&semi; walking on a street&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The man was taken to hospital&comma; and it was later discovered that he had been reported missing from a Chicago suburb&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>At about the same time&comma; police took several people into custody at a nearby address where they found signs of a struggle and property damage&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Investigators determined that the missing man had been at the same address&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div style&equals;"padding-bottom&colon;15px&semi;" class&equals;"wordads-tag" data-slot-type&equals;"belowpost">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div id&equals;"atatags-dynamic-belowpost-68cd1d2316c3f">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<script type&equals;"text&sol;javascript">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;getAdSnippetCallback &equals; function &lpar;&rpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;if &lpar; false &equals;&equals;&equals; &lpar; window&period;isWatlV1 &quest;&quest; false &rpar; &rpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&sol;&sol; Use Aditude scripts&period;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;tudeMappings &equals; window&period;tudeMappings &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&semi;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;tudeMappings&period;push&lpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;divId&colon; 'atatags-dynamic-belowpost-68cd1d2316c3f'&comma;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;format&colon; 'belowpost'&comma;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub; &rpar;&semi;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub;&NewLine;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;if &lpar; document&period;readyState &equals;&equals;&equals; 'loading' &rpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;document&period;addEventListener&lpar; 'DOMContentLoaded'&comma; window&period;getAdSnippetCallback &rpar;&semi;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub; else &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;getAdSnippetCallback&lpar;&rpar;&semi;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;script>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>


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