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A rally was held Friday evening in the Chicago neighborhood of Logan Square, demanding justice for 13-year-old shooting victim Adam Toledo.
The crowd congregated in Logan Square Park, where several of the speakers called for defunding and abolishing the Chicago Police Department. Other speakers presented demands for rent control, better jobs, and increased funding for youth-oriented social programs. According to the Chicago Sun-Times, organizers expressed that these things could be accomplished with a reduction of funding for the Chicago Police Department.
USA Today breaking news reporter Grace Hauck captured some of the event:
More than a thousand people are in Logan Square, Chicago, to demand justice for 13-year-old Adam Toledo, fatally shot by Chicago police officer Eric Stillman March 29. pic.twitter.com/1KRMbhHawV
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Chicago releases video of police executing 13-year-old Adam Toledo
On Thursday, the city of Chicago’s Civilian Office of Police Accountability released video footage of the police execution of 13-year-old Adam Toledo on March 29.
In the shocking, violent footage, the youth is approached during a chase by Chicago Police Department (CPD) officer Eric Stillman, who ordered him to “show me your f cking hands,” an order with which he complied. As he turned, with his hands raised, to face the officer, Toledo was fatally shot in the chest.
Screenshot captured from the bodycam footage of the Chicago Police officer involved in Toledo’s shooting
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