Conservatives couldn't wait to baselessly tie the Chicago kidnapping video to Black Lives Matter

Although police said on Thursday they see no connection between the four black teens who allegedly hold a young, mentally challenged white man against his will for hours and livestreamed themselves repeatedly assaulting him and Black Lives Matter, that didn’t stop conservatives on the internet from rushing to link the movement to the heinous crime.

In a news conference on Wednesday, Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson said while hate crime charges against the four suspects were possible, there is no evidence so far to indicate that the attack was politically or racially motivated. But try telling that to the right-wing trolls and, in some cases, flat-out white supremacists who immediately christened the incident the “#BLMKidnapping.” More established Republicans also wasted no time in getting on board with the speculation.