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Seven teenagers have been charged for the brutal Bridgeport beating of a 17-year-old high school student that was taped and posted on YouTube, reports the Chicago Tribune.

One of the defendants, 17-year-old Raymond Palomino, will reportedly be charged as an adult for robbery and aggravated battery, and his bail was set at $100,000. He is reportedly the son of Michael Palomino, a Cook County sheriff's deputy.

Six teens are being questioned in connection with the brutal Bridgeport beating of a 17-year-old boy on Sunday, reports CBS Chicago. The beating was reportedly captured on video and posted on YouTube, the popular video-sharing site.

The video graphically portrays the boys kicking, punching and dragging the helpless teen around a snowy alleyway while yelling racial slurs at him. One boy can be heard saying to the victim, who appeared to be of Asian descent: “Am I speaking Chinese to you, n——?” However, authorities said the beating did not appear to be racially motivated. You can watch the video here, but it does contain scenes of graphic violence, racial slurs and profanity:

Indian political and spiritual leader, Mahatma Ghandi, once stated: "An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind." For career criminal Exulam I. Holman, that same idea could also land him in jail.

Holman was arrested for allegedly trying to gouge out his uncle's eyes while the two men fought over a remote control on New Year's Eve, according to the Chicago Sun-Times.

A Facebook photo of a bound and gagged 22-month-old girl was no laughing matter for Chicago police. Her South Side father was charged with aggravated domestic battery after he turned himself in on Tuesday, despite his protests that the photo was a joke, reports the Chicago Tribune.

Twenty-one-year-old Andre Curry faces significant jail time for the felony. He was also ordered to stay away from his daughter, other children and the Internet while his case is pending.

A 22-year-old and an 18-year-old gang member from Albany Park shot a 10-year-old trick or treater on Halloween night because they believed the boy to be a gang rival. The boy was shot in the leg and is in good condition at Children’s Memorial Hospital.

The two gangbangers face aggravated battery charges for the Halloween shooting.

Tim Snyder really wanted beer. He wanted it so bad that he broke into two Bucktown apartments in search of the tasty brew. When he couldn't find any, he got violent. Now the man faces multiple counts of aggravated battery. Given his prior convictions, Snyder may face the most severe Illinois aggravated battery charge.

Early Saturday morning, the 36-year-old hotel event coordinator forced his way into a building on the 1300 block of North Dean, reports the Chicago Sun-Times.

Former Illinois Fighting Illini basketball player Jereme Richmond was released from a Lake County Jail a second time after he posted a higher bond due to a failed drug test.

Richmond had been charged with aggravated battery and unlawful use of a weapon. The former basketball player is accused of beating and threatening a woman believed to have been someone he dated, reports the Chicago Sun-Times.

Tiffany Startz was on trial for killing aspiring rapper John Powell. Startz threw the fatal punch that killed Powell. There was even a Youtube clip that showed the lethal blow. Yet a judge let her walk, finding Startz not guilty of reckless conduct and battery.

Last year, Powell performed with his rap group at a house party. At the party, a man approached Powell and asked him if he would accept $5 for getting punched in the face by a girl, reports the Chicago Sun-Times. Powell accepted, and Startz punched him in the face.

Jimmy Mounts and Tiffany Stantz were to stand trial on charges of reckless conduct and battery in the death of aspiring rapper Josh Powell. But just before the trial was to start, Mounts pleaded guilty to obstruction of justice and may avoid jail time altogether.

Last year, Josh Powell performed at a house party with his band Krazy Killaz. At the party, Powell was offered $5 from Mounts to take a punch by a girl. Powell, a 25-year-old man who weighed 140 pounds, accepted and he was punched by Tiffany Stantz, a 22-year-old woman weighing 142 pounds.

At Jay Mariotti’s preliminary hearing, a Los Angeles Superior Court judge found enough evidence to order Mariotti to stand trial and answer to felony charges of stalking and assault of his ex-girlfriend.

According to the Los Angeles Times, Mariotti, the long-time Chicago Sun-Times columnist and former ESPN television personality, was accused of confronting his ex-girlfriend at a Los Angeles restaurant, the same day that a court had ordered him to stay away from her due to an earlier battery charge.

Mariotti was also charged in a separate incident a few months later, when he again confronted his ex-girlfriend at a restaurant, only this time he was accused of pulling her hair, grabbing her cell phone, and yelling at her.