The 18-year-old suspects — identified as Jordan Hill, Tesfaye Cooper, Brittany Covington and Tanishia Covington — were charged Thursday ahead of an afternoon bond hearing.
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The charges also include aggravated unlawful restraint and aggravated battery with a deadly weapon.
Chicago police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi had tweeted Thursday morning that authorities were continuing to investigate the “senseless attack,” potentially as a hate crime after the attackers, who are black, were heard yelling anti-white epithets at various points throughout the 30-minute video.
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