Recently in Chicago, 4 black teens made national news by live broadcasting the abduction, false imprisonment, assault with deadly weapon, torture by bodily mutilation, breaking and entering, and conspiracy to commit murder of a mentally disabled white teen on Facebook.

Thankfully the criminals were idiotic enough provide all of the evidence required for their swift prosecution and likely soon to be life imprisonment for the hate crime that they’re being charged with. Honestly, it’s probably one of the most open and shut cases of a hate crime to ever be filled in history seeing as we have video of the entire event.

No one with a brain could argue that this was not a hate crime, but you’ll still see plenty of attempts on Facebook and Twitter. The victim was targeted due to mental disability, being white, and according to the criminals, voting for Trump. So we have three elements to choose from: race, political beliefs, and disability.

Prominent racist race-baiters on the left such as Tariq Nasheed and Jeffrey King (Shaun King) have promptly risen to the occasion to publicly comment on the events, refusing to side with the white victim in typical black activist fashion. I feel sorry for Jeffrey in particular for his identity crisis and self hatred of his own race, as he himself is clearly a confused white man who simply identifies as black (like Rachel Dolezal), but I digress.

The reason I even bring up these social justice warrior trolls is because they have tried to connect the Chicago events to another crime in recent news, where Idaho high school student John R.K. Howard has now pleaded guilty to felony injury of a child in which he sexually assaulted his black football teammate with a coat hanger.

Let me say upfront that I do not condone these actions whatsoever as they are absolutely unjustifiable and appalling, but there are some things that are bothering me about this connection.

One-sided media reporting

Firstly, the radio silence by conservative media outlets on this case is suspicious. The MSM outlets who have reported on it have a horrible history of publishing lies and fake stories that fit their narrative and therefore cannot be trusted (even if maybe they are actually telling the truth for a change).

Unfortunately, the MSM is really all we have to go on as observers in the Idaho case. Therefore, we might be missing critical details, or have incorrect details altogether.

Victim connection

The MSM is quick to draw comparisons to the proclaimed “mental disability” of both victims. The problem here, is that the Idaho victim has schizophrenia, and is not mentally retarded as the Chicago victim. This is an important distinction that I feel needs to be made.

As neither mental state would make for a particularly reliable witness, I would be very cautious to believe either victim’s story. Luckily in Chicago, we have video evidence of the entire event, so no story is necessary. The mind of a schizophrenic on the other hand, can imagine people, places, and entire events that never happened except for in their own minds.

The incident

The Chicago incident started with a stolen car, that was used to abduct the victim and bring him to an isolated location that was then broken into and entered by the attackers. The four attackers then bound and gagged the victim before using a knife to partially scalp him. At one point, the attackers contemplated having to kill the victim.

In Idaho, the victim was attacked in a school locker room by two of his football teammates. The assault was of a sexual nature and done with a coat hanger.

Let’s break this down into some similarities and differences to make comparing these crimes easier to digest.

Similarities

Both victims were mentally vulnerable Chicago: Mentally retarded Idaho: Schizophrenic

Both victims were attacked by those of a different race Chicago: Black on white Idaho: White on black

Racial motive Chicago: Attackers shouted “Fuck white people!” Idaho: Attackers made victim sing KKK song



Differences

Isolated incident vs. repeated incidences Chicago: Crime was committed as an isolated incident without prior interactions between the victim and the attackers Idaho: Crime was the last in a series of ongoing interaction between the victim and the attackers. The victim also alleged that the attackers had previously jumped on and humped him during football practice. In another instance the victim alleges that the attackers stripped him naked on a bus and took pictures of him. This suggests patterns of bullying that were left uninterrupted and over time escalated to the crime.

Location Chicago: Isolated location that was broken into and entered, which fits a pattern of criminals seeking a haven for uninterrupted crime. Idaho: School gym locker room, which again fits a pattern of school bullying.

Timeline Chicago: Victim was held for days against his will. At times the victim was bound and gagged while being held by his attackers. Idaho: Victim was never bound or otherwise held against his will by his attackers. I am unsure of the exact timeline, it’s possibly hours, possibly less, but certainly not days.

Weapon Chicago: Assault with deadly weapon (knife) that was used to partially scalp the victim Idaho: Coat hanger inserted into victim’s rectum and apparently kicked after insertion.

Conspiracy to commit murder Chicago: Attackers pondered killing victim Idaho: None

Political motive Chicago: Attackers shouted, “Fuck Donald Trump!” Idaho: None

Evidence Chicago: Video evidence Idaho: Testimony



Final Thoughts

Both of these crimes are absolutely deplorable. However, it is my opinion that they are not quite the same as some people would like to suggest.

The crime in Chicago has multiple elements of criminal wrongdoings that the Idaho crime lacks. In Chicago, the kidnapping and abduction timeline, nature of the assault by a deadly weapon, and conspiracy to commit murder are what I believe sets these two cases very apart.

I believe that as awful as the the Idaho crime was, it shares more in common with a case of extreme bullying, than that of a criminal crime like in Chicago. Despite having some similarities, there are stark differences in these crimes.

We must also realize that the legal system is bound by the burden of proof through the discovery of evidence. Had we been given video evidence of the Idaho crime, perhaps different conclusions would have been reached. That is likely why the legal repercussions will differ, not because of some perceived racial advantage in one case over the other, but because of the nature of the crimes and the evidence provided.

Furthermore, I find it sick that anyone would respond to someone speaking out against any crime by drawing attention to another crime… as if that is somehow relevant, or worse, justifies the lack of outrage for the first crime.

A crime is a crime, and we should have outrage for all crimes. Cherry picking certain crimes to speak out against because they suit our narrative is wrong.

I invite others to review both cases and draw your own conclusions. Think independently. Question Everything.