Police: Beating of mentally disabled man on video began after friendly encounter

[SecularMotion]

Source: MassLive

CHICAGO (AP) -- The two 18-year-olds had been schoolmates, police say. After meeting at McDonald's, they spent two days together, driving around visiting friends. Then a pretend fight between them escalated into a brutal beating of a mentally disabled teenager that has stirred racial tensions and outrage after being broadcast on Facebook Live.

How the white suburban teen ended up beaten by four black people, threatened with a knife and taunted with profanities against white people and President-elect Donald Trump is among the puzzles authorities are still trying to piece together after the four were charged with hate crimes on Thursday.

The alleged attackers will make their first appearance in court Friday, when they also face charges of kidnapping and battery for the assault, which was captured on cellphone video by one of the assailants and viewed by millions on social media.

Read more: http://www.masslive.com/news/index.ssf/2017/01/police_beating_of_mentally_dis.html

[Coolest Ranger]

1. I hope the next time

a group of white people kill or beat one of us you'll give the victim the same amount of support you are giving for the victim in this case. Now don't get me wrong, the suspects are going to get what's coming to them, but I seem to recall a similar case in the area where the victim was raped by four white folks but no outrage on that one. Hell the suspects in that case were not charged with a hate crime.

[Rustyeye77]

2. Any link ?

I will be more than happy to show support of the victim and curse to hell the ones who did it.

[Coolest Ranger]

3. I am not

going to play this any link game BS. Google

[Johnathan146]

4. I couldnt find anything

Maybe because it nerer happened.

[christx30]

6. Here's the story:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2016/05/25/white-high-school-football-players-in-idaho-charged-with-raping-black-disabled-teammate-with-a-coat-hanger/?utm_term=.bef7911f8cda

notice the words "raped teammate with a coat hanger" in the URL. Horrible incident.

[Rustyeye77]

11. Thank you for finding this.

"The Oct. 23, 2015, incident has rocked the tiny town of Dietrich, Idaho. This spring, after several months of investigation, the state attorney general’s office filed sexual assault charges against the three. Two of the teenagers are being charged as adults and could face life in prison, under Idaho law."

enjoy life in prison

[SweetieD]

30. They already sentenced him and he got probation No Jail Time let alone prison

The other two were juveniles so it is unknown what they got but I doubt they got any time.

[karynnj]

12. DU reacted with outrage - as the search function easily finds

Here are a few of the links - all with posts expressing outrage:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10027855349

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10141585560

http://upload.democraticunderground.com/10027855206

You could have a point saying the country as a whole reacts less, but you need a different atrocity to say that DU does not respond.

[Rustyeye77]

13. Thank you for posting that.

These 3 animals should die in prison. Good bye trash.

[christx30]

17. Johnathan146 was denying it took place

because he couldn't find it, so I was being helpful in getting the link. Took me 20 seconds, using "rape with coat hanger" in Google.

But as much as I hate these incidents, they are helpful. When someone points to this or the Chicago incident and says it's a childish prank or "boys will be boys", it allows you to dismiss them utterly. "Because you have that opinion about this sociopathic behavior, I know that everything you say is complete horseshit. Thank you for this valuable time savings."

[Jose Garcia]

5. I hope that next time

no one kills or beats anyone.

[Coolest Ranger]

7. AMEN

[IronLionZion]

8. If someone posted a rape news story

I guarantee DUers felt outrage regardless of race.

[Rustyeye77]

9. Take those 3 white trash punks and let them rot in jail.

Bastards.

I hope the victim is recovering.

[karynnj]

10. I have never seen a post here dealing with a gang rape where there was not outrage.

No matter what race, religion, gender or orientation. If you find one, I would question whether it was posted when a lot of other things were happening and it sunk without comment.

If you seriously think there would not have been outrage if the colors were flipped here, I suggest that you are bringing that expectation here.

[Coolest Ranger]

23. and you just prooved

my point. Selective out rage. So don't come preaching to me about stuff like this

[karynnj]

37. It proved no such thing - and the one example someone came one with was NOT

TRUE, because there were at least 3 DU threads with many expressing anger.

You need to check out why you are reacting with anger to anyone who disputes your unproven - or unprooven to use your spelling - harangue.

[Rustyeye77]

38. Kick for response

Too bad these 3 bastards got off.

[uppityperson]

22. I remember a lot of outrage about that. That was very wrong

[HoneyBadger]

14. A pretend fight that escalated

Into 4 people torturing 1 and live streaming it.

Alrighty then. Not sure if that is a defense or a plea for a stiffer sentence.

Advice: don't get into pretend fights with mentally disabled people

[Coolest Ranger]

26. There isn't no damn defense for that

They need to be thrown under the damn jail. But I want to know where the hell were the damn parents at

[sarisataka]

15. Has this passed your

"Sniff Test" yet?
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10028433354

[MicaelS]

24. I want to know that also. n/t

[sarisataka]

25. Not yet

the poster is still sniffing:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10028433354#post51

[SecularMotion]

27. Still sniffing

As more details are revealed, it appears this story may not be the white supremacist wet dream that posters were drooling over yesterday.

[melman]

29. Wow

What an ugly post.

[sarah FAILIN]

36. if it does turn out to be not everything they thought,

I'm not going to expect any apologies.

I'm honestly pissed off we can't discuss the strangeness of the situation with out being called conspiracy theories or deniers.

[hexola]

16. The victims brother was on TV

No Comment - except I had to disable my brain's stereotyper...

It didn't work - I thought he looked like a Trump supporter...(thats how bad things are folks!)

[sarisataka]

18. How did he look

like a Trump supporter?

And really, would it make a difference?

[melman]

20. What do you mean?

And how is it relevant?

[MichMary]

32. Oh, well then . . .

I guess if the brother looks like a Trump supporter, then the kid deserved everything he got.

So, your brain came equipped with a stereotyper. Cool.

[fishwax]

39. ?

[Sunlei]

19. The kidnapping charge is the most serious Felony.

[Rustyeye77]

21. Minimum 6... max 30

Plus the other charges.

[yagotme]

28. Yeah, but in IL, they have a habit of going with the lesser charges,

and less time. Prisons are full, don'tcha know.

[Rustyeye77]

33. Lets hope they get the max.

nt

[yagotme]

34. Yes.

But as a former correctional officer in IL, I fear the worst.

[BainsBane]

31. Horrible crime

[romanic]

35. Guess you have to sniff something else.