Parolee charged in brutal beatdown livestreamed on Facebook in Chicago
A parolee in Chicago has been charged with stomping a man’s head and livestreaming the vicious attack on Facebook earlier this month.
Donyell Austin, 23, is the second person facing charges of attempted first-degree murder and aggravated battery in the Aug. 13 attack outside a gas station in Chicago’s West Side that left four people hurt, including a 42-year-old man who remained hospitalized Sunday with life-threatening brain injuries, the Chicago Tribune reported.
Prosecutors in Cook County said during a bond hearing Sunday that Austin stomped the man’s head and broadcast the attack on Facebook Live. The attack occurred after one of the four victims — two men and two women — asked another group of men and women about buying marijuana while outside a gas station in the 1200 block of South Independence Boulevard.
Several of the men and women then followed the two female victims, eventually knocking them to the ground, where they were beaten. One of the male victims, 42, then drove toward the crowd in a failed attempt to break up the melee, but was instead pulled out of the vehicle by Dontae Decatur, 21, Assistant State’s Attorney Ben Williams said.
Decatur then hopped into the driver’s seat and took possession of the vehicle. That prompted a second male victim, 24, to climb out of the back seat before both he and the 42-year-old victim were assaulted by the group, Williams said.
Decatur allegedly fled the scene in the hijacked vehicle but circled back to stomp the head and body of the older male victim until he lost consciousness. The victim was then dragged out of the street and onto a grassy area, where the beating continued, Williams said.
Austin, meanwhile, had been livestreaming the attack on his cellphone and handed his device to another person to capture him stomping and kicking the 42-year-old victim, who was already unconscious. Williams said Austin then got his phone back and boasted about assaulting the man on the live footage.
Three of the four victims managed to escape with cuts and abrasions, but the 42-year-old man was left with severe brain swelling, facial fractures and hemorrhages behind his eyes. He remained hospitalized Sunday in the intensive care unit, Williams said.
Decatur was arrested by police minutes after the attack, the Chicago Tribune reported, while Austin surrendered to authorities Saturday. Austin later identified himself in still photos taken during the assault, Williams said.
A judge denied bail for both Austin and Decatur, who faces charges of attempted first-degree murder, aggravated battery, vehicular hijacking with a firearm and resisting arrest.
Austin, meanwhile, had been on parole on drug charges from Stateville Correctional Center at the time of the attack, according to prosecutors and prison records cited by the Tribune.
Austin’s court-appointed attorney said his client, who has three prior felony convictions, was “only” accused of kicking the victim, but a judge said he was troubled by the allegations and noted that the attorney’s admission would constitute a crime.
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A parolee in Chicago has been charged with stomping a man’s head and livestreaming the vicious attack on Facebook earlier this month.
Donyell Austin, 23, is the second person facing charges of attempted first-degree murder and aggravated battery in the Aug. 13 attack outside a gas station in Chicago’s West Side that left four people hurt, including a 42-year-old man who remained hospitalized Sunday with life-threatening brain injuries, the Chicago Tribune reported.
Prosecutors in Cook County said during a bond hearing Sunday that Austin stomped the man’s head and broadcast the attack on Facebook Live. The attack occurred after one of the four victims — two men and two women — asked another group of men and women about buying marijuana while outside a gas station in the 1200 block of South Independence Boulevard.
Several of the men and women then followed the two female victims, eventually knocking them to the ground, where they were beaten. One of the male victims, 42, then drove toward the crowd in a failed attempt to break up the melee, but was instead pulled out of the vehicle by Dontae Decatur, 21, Assistant State’s Attorney Ben Williams said.
Decatur then hopped into the driver’s seat and took possession of the vehicle. That prompted a second male victim, 24, to climb out of the back seat before both he and the 42-year-old victim were assaulted by the group, Williams said.
Decatur allegedly fled the scene in the hijacked vehicle but circled back to stomp the head and body of the older male victim until he lost consciousness. The victim was then dragged out of the street and onto a grassy area, where the beating continued, Williams said.
Austin, meanwhile, had been livestreaming the attack on his cellphone and handed his device to another person to capture him stomping and kicking the 42-year-old victim, who was already unconscious. Williams said Austin then got his phone back and boasted about assaulting the man on the live footage.
Three of the four victims managed to escape with cuts and abrasions, but the 42-year-old man was left with severe brain swelling, facial fractures and hemorrhages behind his eyes. He remained hospitalized Sunday in the intensive care unit, Williams said.
Decatur was arrested by police minutes after the attack, the Chicago Tribune reported, while Austin surrendered to authorities Saturday. Austin later identified himself in still photos taken during the assault, Williams said.
A judge denied bail for both Austin and Decatur, who faces charges of attempted first-degree murder, aggravated battery, vehicular hijacking with a firearm and resisting arrest.
Austin, meanwhile, had been on parole on drug charges from Stateville Correctional Center at the time of the attack, according to prosecutors and prison records cited by the Tribune.
Austin’s court-appointed attorney said his client, who has three prior felony convictions, was “only” accused of kicking the victim, but a judge said he was troubled by the allegations and noted that the attorney’s admission would constitute a crime.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/nypost...brutal-beatdown-livestreamed-on-facebook/amp/
Where's Charles Bronson when you need him.......
It’s been a very cool and rainy last few weekends also. What will happen when they get a hot and muggy weekend?
its pretty simple who is to blame- themselves. Until they quit caving in to the drug dealers and gangs, it’ll never change. Don’t want to cooperate with the police? Can’t help you. Decades of democratic city government hasn’t helped you either. Thankfully for the city, it is confined to the south and west sides.
its pretty simple who is to blame- themselves. Until they quit caving in to the drug dealers and gangs, it’ll never change. Don’t want to cooperate with the police? Can’t help you. Decades of democratic city government hasn’t helped you either. Thankfully for the city, it is confined to the south and west sides.
So the 2 attacks we had this weekend make a panic and media fueled we have that every weekend in Chicago of shootings , week after week
Why have politicians not made that a vocal point last few years to correct , or maybe they have
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A West Side hospital is not accepting any more patients to its emergency room after a violent weekend in which 40 people were shot, three fatally, across the city.
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Why have politicians not made that a vocal point last few years to correct , or maybe they have
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Trump wanted to send in the National Guard.So the 2 attacks we had this weekend make a panic and media fueled we have that every weekend in Chicago of shootings , week after week
Why have politicians not made that a vocal point last few years to correct , or maybe they have
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- stop and frisk in documented high violent crime areas (better to hurt some feelings than people being assaulted, raped, murdered)
- curfew 9pm-6am for under 18
- surveillence cameras in high documented violent crime areas (traffic signs, electric poles, businesses that agree to have them posted)
- pay officers more, give them large increases for 3-6-10 years tenure
Instead of blaming the police, having bullshit committees formed to "work with the community", this is what needs to be done.
THIS will not be done, no way, activists will say it is racist.
Well, if 98% of the violent crime areas are AA, and they stop and frisk, then it is not racist, it is "reality".
SO the murders will continue, dare not offend AA's.
City police have been neutered, everywhere.
They avoid conflict lest their lives be ruined by their radical Mayors or Circuit Attorneys for doing their jobs.
Thugs are emboldened, now reaching out to areas outide their usual grounds.
This is serious, unbelievable this is actually happening in the USA.
(What ever became of nightsticks?)
They avoid conflict lest their lives be ruined by their radical Mayors or Circuit Attorneys for doing their jobs.
Thugs are emboldened, now reaching out to areas outide their usual grounds.
This is serious, unbelievable this is actually happening in the USA.
(What ever became of nightsticks?)
[h=1]39 shot, 4 fatally, in Chicago this weekend[/h]Fifteen of the shooting victims were wounded in a single attack early Sunday during a party at a South Side business.
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