“F*ck Donald Trump!” “F*ck white people!” "I lost every f****** thing I got. You think it would hurt me to kill you, n*****? F*** you!" "Let's put him out of his misery." This was shouted by young adults Jordan Hill, aged 18; Tesfaye Cooper; aged 18; Brittany Covington, aged 18; and Tanishia Covington, aged 24 as they met with a special needs student. They invited him for a sleepover and the plan was to meet them at a McDonald’s and they would then head to their home. What wasn’t part of his plan is that after his mom dropped him off at the McDonald's he would be taken against his will in a stolen van, bound and gagged, beaten, and later tortured on video for everyone on Brittany’s facebook to see. (2. Hate crime, kidnapping charges filed against
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Partly thanks to the attack being streamed on facebook, posted to youtube, and quickly spread around the internet. Don Lemon, a CNN Anchor said this on-air, “I don't think it's evil. I don't think it's evil. I think these are young people, and I think they have bad home training...I have no idea who is raising these young people because no one I know on earth who is 17-years-old, or is 70-years-old, would ever think of treating another person like that. It is inhumane, and you wonder, at 18 years old, where is your parent? Where is your guardian?” A kidnapping that would have been a murder had the victim not escaped, is blamed on bad home training by CNN. When a video of the brutal attack was shown on air CNN muted the audio so viewers wouldn’t hear “F*** Donald Trump!,” and “F*** white people!” cried out by the kidnappers. This network tried desperately to downplay this terrifying act of kidnapping, torture, and attempted murder in order distract viewers from the possible connections to the black lives matter movement, which the network is very much in favor of. Despite its “tolerant left” message, the media pushes intolerance and does all they can to sway people to their views, disregarding journalist ethics. CNN isn’t the only crooked media outlet, and this isn’t the only crooked thing they’ve done. (Chicago hate crime proves once
Partly thanks to the attack being streamed on facebook, posted to youtube, and quickly spread around the internet. Don Lemon, a CNN Anchor said this on-air, “I don't think it's evil. I don't think it's evil. I think these are young people, and I think they have bad home training...I have no idea who is raising these young people because no one I know on earth who is 17-years-old, or is 70-years-old, would ever think of treating another person like that. It is inhumane, and you wonder, at 18 years old, where is your parent? Where is your guardian?” A kidnapping that would have been a murder had the victim not escaped, is blamed on bad home training by CNN. When a video of the brutal attack was shown on air CNN muted the audio so viewers wouldn’t hear “F*** Donald Trump!,” and “F*** white people!” cried out by the kidnappers. This network tried desperately to downplay this terrifying act of kidnapping, torture, and attempted murder in order distract viewers from the possible connections to the black lives matter movement, which the network is very much in favor of. Despite its “tolerant left” message, the media pushes intolerance and does all they can to sway people to their views, disregarding journalist ethics. CNN isn’t the only crooked media outlet, and this isn’t the only crooked thing they’ve done. (Chicago hate crime proves once