The four black suspects who tortured and beat a mentally disabled man while live-streaming on Facebook are now being charged with a hate crime as well as many other charges:
BREAKING: Hate crime, battery charges filed against four black suspects accused in beating of white man streamed live on Facebook.
— The Associated Press (@AP) January 5, 2017
JUST IN: Hate crime and felony assault charges filed in Chicago Facebook Live kidnapping and torture case, per Cook County prosecutor pic.twitter.com/t0j8i039Ij
— CBS Evening News (@CBSEveningNews) January 5, 2017
Here’s the list of charges that CBS tweeted (click to enlarge):
I”m glad to see aggravated kidnapping as one of the main charges. For those of you who don’t know, PSMV stands for Possession of a Stolen Motor Vehicle.
I’ll update with more if anything else develops.