Jordan Hill and Tesfaye Cooper are two of the four teens charged with hate crime for torturing a mentally disabled Donald Trump supporter in Chicago. Jordan is from Carpentersville, IL, a town in the Chicago metropolitan area. Tesfaye is from Chicago. The attack was recorded by Brittany Covington and live streamed on Facebook.
Brittany’s sister, Tanisha Covington, was also involved in the kidnapping. Brittany’s 30-minute Facebook Live video shows the teens tie the mentally disabled man up and scream insults about white people and Donald Trump. People around the nation used social media to express their anger.
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A picture of the victim, Austin Hilburn is shown in the following tweet:
His name is Austin Hilbourn.💔 Please pray for him and his family. May he recover fast. #BLMKidnapping pic.twitter.com/JTdEGw4S0M— Tennessee GOP (@TEN_GOP) January 6, 2017
Some responses to the incident don’t make sense:
If anyone was wondering what Obama’s legacy is, meet #BrittanyHerring who took part in the #BLMKidnapping torture of a disabled white kid. pic.twitter.com/Sn1HsdJCjE— Tennessee GOP (@TEN_GOP) January 6, 2017
The tweet below explains that there would be riots if the four teens were white. I think black people would stand alongside whites if they decided to riot in response to the incident. I have seen white people in Black Lives Matter riots. The incident was horrific, making it difficult not to express anger towards the four teens.
Can you imagine how many riots we would have around the country if the terrorists were white? #BLMKidnapping pic.twitter.com/8JARibCb3K— Steve Hirsch (@Stevenwhirsch99) January 5, 2017
The tweet below mentions President Barack Obama. I would love to hear the president’s response to the incident. There’s no doubt that the president is ashamed of the four Chicago teens.
If 4 white people tortured a mentally challenged black person & shouted F**K Obama, every major city would be burning tonight#BLMkidnapping— Nat Shupe (@NatShupe) January 6, 2017
The wrong reaction to the incident is, “Why would she live stream the video on Facebook?” The correct response to the kidnapping is, “How could the four teens be so evil?”
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