Four people have been arrested in the US city of Chicago over a video live-streamed on Facebook, in which a bound and gagged man was assaulted.
The man being assaulted has special needs, police say. His assailants can be heard making derogatory statements against white people and President-elect Donald Trump.
In one part of the video they use a knife to remove part of his scalp.
Chicago police have described the video as a "sickening" possible hate crime.
The assault went on for two days, until the man was found disorientated, walking the streets.
"It makes you wonder what would make individuals treat somebody like that," said Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson.
"I've been a cop for 28 years, and I've seen things that you shouldn't see in a lifetime, but it still amazes me how you still see things that you just shouldn't."
What did the video show?
The incident happened in a flat on Chicago's West Side. In the 30-minute video, the attackers can be seen cutting the 18-year-old victim's clothes, dropping cigarette ash on him, pushing his head back with a foot and drawing blood by cutting off some of his hair with a knife.
Several people can be seen drinking, laughing and smoking, while their bound and gagged captive cowered in the corner of the room.
In other videos posted online the young man is beaten, made to drink from a toilet bowl and forced at knife-point to say "I love black people".
An African-American woman talks to the camera, sometimes with slurred speech. At least two male African-Americans are also visible in the footage.
How did police find them?
The unnamed white victim is a school acquaintance of one of the attackers.
Police say they found him on Monday wandering in the streets in a disorientated and distressed state after the assault.
Later they say they responded to reports of an assault close to where he was discovered and uncovered evidence of violence and damage to property.
They described him as facing "mental health challenges". They believe he may have been kidnapped for up to 48 hours prior to the assault.
He was taken to hospital, traumatised by the attack, and had difficulty communicating with police, but was later released from hospital.
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