The assailants can also be heard laughing, discussing drug use and yelling “F— Donald Trump!” and “F— white people!”

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Police are also aware of a second video that showed the teen being forced to drink out of a toilet, according to NBC Chicago. Tesfaye Cooper, 18, Brittany Covington, 18, and Tanishia Covington, 24, all of Chicago, and Jordan Hill, 18, of Carpentersville, Ill., were each charged with aggravated kidnapping, hate crime, aggravated unlawful restraint, aggravated battery with a deadly weapon and residential burglary, according to WLS-TV. the half-hour video, which exploded on social media on Wednesday, appears to show at least one black man torturing and taunting a white man and making disparaging remarks about President-elect Donald Trump. At one point, as the victim — who appears to be white — crouches against a wall with his wrists bound and his mouth taped shut, someone is heard on the video shouting, “F‑‑‑ Donald Trump” and “F‑‑‑ white people.”

Police said in a statement that the victim, who is believed to be from a Chicago suburb, was in stable condition. He is a suburban Chicago resident described by Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson as having “mental health challenges.”

“There was never a question whether or not this incident qualified as being investigated as a hate crime,” Johnson said. Chicago Police (@Chicago_Police) CPD press conference regarding disturbing live social media video depicting a battery ; victim was tied up https://t.co/jDrjfz4sJV

At another point, a male suspect appears to take a knife to the top of the victim’s head. The man, who was described as mentally-disabled, was taken by the suspects from a Chicago suburb to an area in the southwestern side of the city, and was with them for 24 to 48 hours, police said. I’m so confused.”

In Washington, White House press secretary Josh Earnest said the beating demonstrated “a level of depravity that is an outrage to a lot of Americans.” He said he had not yet spoken to President Barack Obama about the attack in the president’s hometown. Police say the victim had been reported missing for days after being dropped off by his parents at a suburban McDonald's on New Year's Eve to hang out with one of the suspects, whom he went to school with and considered a friend.
Chicago Police arrest four African-American suspects after they stream a video on Facebook showing themselves torturing and scalping a bound and gagged, kidnapped, white man with a mental disorder. The four suspects will face elevated hate crime charges.