Adam Toledo, 13, was shot and killed by a Chicago police officer on March 29
Prosecutors told a court that he was holding a gun when shot by Eric E. Stillman
But newly released footage shows that his hands were empty when he was shot
On Twitter Congresswoman AOC said the prosecutor lied about killing a child
She refuted the Cook County State s Attorney office s claim it was an error on behalf of the persecutor, saying he did not make an error. He lied.
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In spite of his youth and the fact that he wasn’t armed, some on the right are rushing to malign him. Advertisement Hide
No one will be surprised that far-right troll Andy Ngô is among those gleefully smearing Toledo.
Ngô tweeted a screenshot from the video which appears to show the child with a weapon in his hand and wrote sneeringly of “armed teen, Adam Toledo, who was known in gang circles as ‘Lil’ Homicide’ and ‘Bvby Diablo. ”
Chicago Police have released the body camera footage of the police shooting death of armed teen, Adam Toledo, who was known in gang circles as Lil Homicide and Bvby Diablo. https://t.co/6sv4Rg813vpic.twitter.com/81lwI36ik9 Andy Ngô (@MrAndyNgo) April 15, 2021
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On March 29, police in Chicago, Illinois chased 13-year old Adam Toledo down an alley and shot him, killing the unarmed seventh grader as he raised his hands. The recently released body camera footage shows police demanding that the young boy show them his hands. When he does, the cops fired.
This murder comes at a time when demanding justice for police-perpetuated killings is at an all-time high, with the murder trial of Derek Chauvin ongoing in Minneapolis, and the killing of 20-year-old Daunte Wright by Officer Kim Porter just days ago.
In a press conference on April 2, Toledo s mother, who was not aware her son was killed until two days after the shooting, demanded answers from the Chicago Police Department. They had a lot of options, she told reporters while visibly emotional, indicating that officers could have shot him in his legs, his arms…I don t know, but not kill my baby.
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