WARNING: Post contains graphic content. Viewer discretion strongly advised.
I so wanted this to be a fake. I cannot tell you how long it took for me to bring myself to watch it. It’s bad. Really, really, REALLY bad.
What’s worse, the Chicago PD have confirmed it as real.
If you haven’t seen the video yet, it’s 30 minutes of a group of anti-Trump thugs taunting and torturing a man they’ve kidnapped and tied up. They make him say such lovely things like “F*** Trump” and “F*** white people.” What’s worse, the man appears to be special needs.
There’s a special place in hell for creatures who do this kind of sh*t to special needs people.
Once more – THIS VIDEO IS EXTREMELY GRAPHIC AND DISTURBING. Watch at your own risk –
#BREAKING: Chicago Police tell FOX 32 that four people are in custody after man tied up, tortured on Facebook Live https://t.co/TY2rboK0JE pic.twitter.com/m0z6yRRtUI
— FOX 32 News (@fox32news) January 4, 2017
The good news (if there can be any) is that police were able to track down the pieces of human excrement who did this. According to this, four people have been arrested and charges are expected within the next 24 hours. Police also say that they aren’t sure if this was politically motivated –
Regarding the disturbing video that surfaced on social media of a battery: Incident is under investigation/suspects are being questioned pic.twitter.com/GGi3qs9rGv
— Chicago Police (@Chicago_Police) January 4, 2017
CPD speaking now: “The victim, who is not a Chicago resident, is currently recovering” pic.twitter.com/HH2x73f5Qt
— Brandon Wall (@Walldo) January 5, 2017
Chicago police:
-Suspected attackers stole van, took the victim from suburb-4 people in custody. Charges expected in 24 hours pic.twitter.com/mPkQzhzURN
— BuzzFeed News (@BuzzFeedNews) January 5, 2017
Victim was released from hospital. Chicago police say hate crime charges are possible. “It’s sickening,” police superintendent says.
— Mitch Smith (@MitchKSmith) January 5, 2017
Now, it’s still early in the investigation and I wouldn’t DREAM of jumping to conclusions based on the scant evidence we have (oh no – NOT AT ALL), but I’m just going to hazard a guess that if this was a group of white people who’d tied up and tortured a black guy and streamed their crimes over Facebook Live, there would be a LOT more outrage and calls for justice. Black Lives Matter would be marching on Chicago and there’d be rioting and looting in the streets (also known as a regular Wednesday night in Chicago).
But what do I know? I’m just a chick with white privilege who, if you ask certain swaths of the Cult of Social Justice, doesn’t even deserve to live.
I hope they throw everything they can at these animals that the legal system allows for. I also hope that their victim recovers, both physically and mentally. This whole thing is SICK.