Alleged Hate Crime: 19-Year-Old From Illinois Says He Was Sent To A Hospital For Talking To A White Woman!

"Family members of a man severely beaten at a
party in West Chicago last weekend say the attack
was racially motivated.

The alleged victim is black. The three men charged
in the case are white.

Christopher Phillips, 19, says he spent seven
hours in the emergency room and another five hours
in surgery getting a wire implanted in his jaw.

However, he says what he sees as the motive behind
the alleged assault is worse than his injuries.

Phillips showed ABC 7 his injuries: a fractured
jaw, four missing teeth, and cuts and bruises on
his body.

"That was probably the worst pain I've ever felt
in my entire life," said Phillips.

Phillips, a College of DuPage student, says he was
beaten early Sunday morning at a late-night house
party in suburban West Chicago. He says he was the
only African-American at the party when he was
confronted by Thomas Randich, 19, after speaking
to a young woman." - 7 News