Chicago teen’s death puts focus on split-second police decisions
It happened in less than a second.
Thirteen-year-old Adam Toledo dropped the gun he’d been holding, turned and began raising his hands just as the officer had commanded. Then the cop fired a single shot, killing the boy in the dark Chicago alley.
The graphic video that became the latest tragic touchstone in the nation’s reckoning with race and policing puts a microscope on those split-second decisions with far-reaching and grave consequences. Investigators are still sorting through exactly what happened, but the shooting has raised difficult questions about why the boy wasn’t given more time to comply and whether the deadly encounter could have been prevented in the first place.
The death of a Chicago 13-year-old is putting focus on split-second police decisions Share Updated: 12:03 PM PDT Apr 20, 2021 By LINDSAY WHITEHURST, Associated Press
The death of a Chicago 13-year-old is putting focus on split-second police decisions Share Updated: 12:03 PM PDT Apr 20, 2021
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Show Transcript the tragic final moments of a 13 year old boy s life unfolding in just 19 seconds Chicago police releasing this body camera footage and we warn you that it s disturbing, showing officer eric Stillman responding to a shots fired call before chasing one of the two suspects down in an alley. Please stop right now and show me your hands, Stop it, shots fired, shots fired. Get an ambulance out here now. The officer firing a single fatal shot into the chest of Adam to leo despite efforts to save him, the team was pronounced dead at the scene. No parent should ever have a video broadcast widely of their child s last moments. Yeah
It happened in less than a second. Thirteen-year-old Adam Toledo dropped the gun he'd been holding, turned and began raising his hands just as the officer had commanded. Then the cop fired a single shot, killing the boy in the dark Chicago alley. The graphic video that became the latest tragic touchstone in the nation’s…
It happened in less than a second.
Thirteen-year-old Adam Toledo dropped the gun he’d been holding, turned and began raising his hands just as the officer had commanded. Then the cop fired a single shot, killing the boy in the dark Chicago alley.
The graphic video that became the latest tragic touchstone in the nation’s reckoning with race and policing puts a microscope on those split-second decisions with far-reaching and grave consequences. Investigators are still sorting through exactly what happened, but the shooting has raised difficult questions about why the boy wasn’t given more time to comply and whether the deadly encounter could have been prevented in the first place.
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