Nearly $100K raised for Chicago beating victim
An online effort to raise money for a mentally disabled man whose beating was broadcast live on Facebook in Chicago has brought in nearly $100,000.
The GoFundMe campaign called "Let's show the Chicago victim love" had a goal of $10,000. As of Saturday the account had reached more than $92,000.
Four black suspects are facing charges of battery, kidnapping and hate crimes in connection with the attack on the 18-year-old victim. The suspects two men and two women are black and the victim is white.
Authorities say the victim was tied up for several hours. Video footage shows the assailants taunting him with profanities against white people and President-elect Donald Trump.
The victim's family, through a spokesman, has declined to comment on the attack.
A Chicago judge refused to allow the four suspects to leave jail, saying they are accused of such "terrible actions" that they are a danger to society.
Cook County Circuit Judge Maria Kuriakos Ciesil rebuked them during a Friday court appearance, asking: "Where was your sense of decency?"
The beating of an 18-year-old youth was captured on video by one of the assailants and has since been viewed millions of times on social media.
(China Daily 01/09/2017 page11)
