Chicago cops file hate crime charges in kidnapping, attack

Published January 5, 2017 5:04pm ET



Chicago police on Thursday filed hate crime and battery charges against a group of black adults accused of kidnapping and attacking a mentally disabled white man.

Jordan Hill, 18, of Carpentersville, Tesfaye Cooper, 18, of Chicago, Brittany Covington, 18, of Chicago, and Tanishia Covington, 24, of Chicago were charged with aggravated kidnapping, hate crime, aggravated unlawful restraint and aggravated battery with a deadly weapon.

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