Racist who livestreamed torture of disabled man back behind bars

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One of the twisted brutes who livestreamed the racist torture of a white disabled man nearly a decade ago is back behind bars for chasing down and mugging a cyclist, according to police.

Tesfaye Cooper, 30 — who spent roughly seven years in prison for terrorizing and beating a mentally disabled man in Chicago in 2017 — was arrested on April 8 for allegedly beating up the cyclist and stealing his bike with an accomplice, CWB Chicago reported.

Cooper and Mazi Pearson, 33, are accused of shouting “GDs!” — or Gangster Disciples!” — before chasing the victim into a train station, punching and spitting at him, police told the station. 

Tesfaye Cooper, 30, was arrested for robbery April 8. Chicago Police Department

In 2017, Cooper, who is black, and three other accomplices live-streamed the horrific hate crime on Facebook in which they bound, gagged and cut the special-needs man with a knife.

In the video, someone is heard urging the victim to say, “I love black people” and “F–k Donald Trump, n—a, f–k white people!” 

Tesfaye Cooper, 30, and three accomplices live-streamed the torture of a white disabled man in 2017. Facebook Live

Cooper was charged with aggravated kidnapping, hate crime, aggravated unlawful restraint and aggravated battery with a deadly weapon.

His accomplices, Jordan Hill, Brittany Covington, and Tanishia Covington, were hit with the same charges.

Tesfaye Cooper, Brittany Covington, Tanishia Covington and Jordan Hill were charged, with aggravated kidnapping and taking part in a hate crime. AP

In the mugging case, the cyclist was also white, though Cooper was reportedly not charged with a hate crime.

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