Brittany Herring Covington – who went by “Herring” on Social Media before her arreest, and “Covington” in recent reports, avoided a possible 33 years in prison on multiple counts, including a hate crime, aggravated battery and aggravated kidnapping – a charge which was dropped along with several others as part of a plea agreement.<\/p>\n
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Brittany Herring (Covington) mugshot<\/em><\/p>\n Cook County Circuit Judge William Hooks handed down the slap on the wrist to Covington, who pleaded guilty to a hate crime, aggravated battery and intimidation charges – telling the teen that he could have sent her to prison, but told her “I’m not sure if I did that you’d be coming out any better.<\/strong>”<\/p>\n Hooks warned Covington that should she violate the terms of her probation – which includes a ban from social media for four years, she would face prison time. As part of the plea deal, prosecutors agreed to drop additional charges\u00a0including kidnapping<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Judge William Hooks, Cook County IL<\/em><\/p>\n “Do not mess this up<\/strong>,” Judge Hooks said to Covington, who stood in front of him in a blue jumpsuit. Hooks is notably the first African-American president of Chicago’s Federal Bar Association, a past president of the Cook County Bar Association, and a member of the\u00a0Muslim Bar Association of Chicago<\/a>.<\/p>\n Tanisha Covington, Tesfaye Cooper,\u00a0<\/em>Brittany Herring Covington,\u00a0<\/em>Jordan Hill and victim<\/em><\/p>\n The brutal attack<\/strong>\u00a0took place in early January, after four black Chicago teens kidnapped the mentally disabled white teen and held him captive for nearly two days – binding his hands and feet with duct tape and gagging him with a sock, before using a knife to cut and stab the victim while laughing, shouting racial slurs\u00a0and issuing death threats<\/strong>.\u00a0In one segment of the livestreamed attack, one of the females can be seen laughing as she punches the victim. At another point, one of the male attackers wraps a cord around the victim’s neck while he groaned in pain, and in another a male approaches the victim with a knife and asks the others “Should I shank his ass?” Other notable quotes include:<\/p>\n \n\u201cFuck Donald Trump, Fuck white people<\/strong>\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cThere\u2019s gonna be a murder. Pop pop pop<\/strong>\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cWe gonna put this bitch in the trunk, put a brick on the gas, like aaaaaaaaah\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cPistol whip his ass, fool\u201c<\/p><\/blockquote>\n After nearly 48 hours, the kidnapped teen escaped after the kidnappers left the apartment to confront a neighbor who had called 911 to complain about the noise coming out of their apartment where the torture was taking place.<\/p>\n The video, which can be seen\u00a0here<\/a><\/strong>, or\u00a0here<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>immediately went viral. After the teens were arrested, Chicago PD initially said it\u00a0was not racially motivated<\/a>, despite it\u00a0clearly being a hate crime.<\/strong>\u00a0Jordan Hill, 18, of Carpentersville; Tesfaye Cooper, 18, of Chicago; and Brittany Herring’s sister Tanishia, 24, were each charged with aggravated kidnapping, hate crimes, aggravated unlawful restraint and aggravated battery with a deadly weapon.<\/p>\n After her arrest,\u00a0<\/strong>Brittany Herring Covington bragged on Facebook from a smart phone she was able to sneak into jail, posting “yall mad?<\/strong>” and “Sittin in dis cell on my celly talking to yall trippin. Erbody got phones in her these day<\/strong>,” and typing “Tfse”\u00a0which stands for “The Funniest Shit Ever.<\/strong>”<\/p>\n And for her participation in the brutal crime, Herring-Covington only received 200 hours of community service and four years of probation.\u00a0<\/strong>Meanwhile, a Broward County, Florida man who vandalized a Mosque and left bacon inside was sentenced to\u00a015 years in prison last week<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n![](\"http:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/user237925\/imageroot\/2017\/12\/07\/williamhooks.jpg\")
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