Editor s Note: This report states that footage captured from Chicago Police Officer Eric Stillman s encounter with Adam Toledo took place the night of March 29th. The incident occurred in the early morning hours of March 29th. NewsHour regrets the error.
Questions over the fatal shooting and the role of the police in the death of a teen are front and center in Chicago. There, the mayor, city officials and community leaders are taking stock of how police respond with force, and whether more changes are needed. Stephanie Sy speaks to Hans Menos, the Vice President of Law Enforcement Initiatives for the Center for Policing Equity, for this report.
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On Thursday, after weeks of protests and calls for answers and action, the Chicago Civilian Office of Police Accountability (COPA) released footage of the shooting death of 13-year-old Adam Toledo. Toledo was shot and killed by a Chicago Police officer on March 29, 2021, in the predominantly Latino community of Little Village. The video is graphic, and disturbing, and Adam Toledo is clearly a child. He runs from the police officer, who chases him down an alley with a chain-linked fence along the right side. Toledo stops at the fence, slightly turned away from the officer. The officer screams at him to turn around and Toledo turns around, his hands bare and both up in the air at his shoulders and he is shot. Once in the chest.
Chicago police release footage of fatal shooting of 13-year-old Adam Toledo
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The Chicago Civilian Office of Police Accountability on Thursday released footage of a Chicago police officer shooting and killing 13-year-old Adam Toledo last month. Screen capture/Chicago Civilian Office of Police Accountability
April 15 (UPI) A police watchdog agency released video Thursday of a Chicago police officer shooting and killing 13-year-old Adam Toledo while his hands were raised last month.
The Chicago Civilian Office of Police Accountability, which investigates potential cases of police misconduct, released 17 body camera videos including graphic video from the shooting officer s camera that shows Toledo being shot and lying motionless with blood on his chest and face. They also released four third-party videos, audio transmission, recordings of 911 calls, ShotSpotter recordings, and response and arrest reports.
“We, as a society, failed him. We can’t bring Adam back, but we can strive for a world where no 13-year-old meets such a tragic end,” he said.
As the Toledo family said, we are all pained by Adam’s death and seeing the video cuts us to our core. Let us all join with the family to express our grief peacefully. Rep. Brad Schneider (@RepSchneider) April 15, 2021
Rep. Marie Newman (D-Ill.) said “Reform alone can’t fix this. Public safety MUST be about funding for housing, schools & so much more than just police alone.”
“The current system failed Adam,” she said.
Video was released Thursday of a Chicago police officer shooting and killing 13-year-old Adam Toledo while his hands were raised last month.
The Chicago Civilian Office of Police Accountability, which investigates potential cases of police misconduct, released 17 body camera videos, including graphic video from the shooting officer’s camera that shows Toledo being shot and lying motionless with blood on his chest and face. The shooting officer’s body camera video shows him pushing another man out of the way as he pursues Adam through an alley while shouting “stop” before Adam pauses near a fence. Surveillance video shot from across a parking lot appears to show Adam tossing something behind the fence and later video shows a gun in that location. Adam raises his arms, which appear empty in the videos, as officers shout at him to show his hands and drop whatever he is holding. The officer then shoots Adam less than a second after he began to turn toward the officers with his