CHICAGO – A Carroll County judge is siding with Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul in a lawsuit accusing two white former Carroll County residents of using a lynch effigy to intimidate their Black neighbor. In 2022, Raoul filed the office’s first-ever hate crime lawsuit against Chad Hampton of Victoria and his mother, Cheryl Hampton of Rock Island. The suit claims the pair engaged in months of racist behavior aimed at intimidating their neighbor, Gregory Johnson. The harassment culminated with the defendants using a noose to lynch an effigy of their neighbor from a tree in their front yard. The judge ordered the Hamptons to pay 90-thousand-dollars.
Judge Sides With Illinois AG In Hate Crime Suit Accusing Pair Race-Based Intimidation
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