How do you stop police shootings?
One way is to
stop police.
And in light of the tragic death of 13-year-old Adam Toledo, Mayor Lori Lightfoot has a novel idea.
For any unfamiliar with the case, here’s a summary of the tragic turn of events by Chicago’s CBS2:
Early this past Monday morning, Chicago Police arrived for a ShotSpotter alert of multiple shots fired in the 2300 block of South Sawyer Avenue in the Little Village area. Grainy surveillance video shows officers pulling up and getting out, but what played out next in the alley is only captured on police body camera.
AP Photo/Jae C. Hong
The bodycam footage from the killing of 13-year old Adam Toledo was released today by Chicago’s Civilian Office of Police Accountability (COPA). Along with the Officer’s footage, COPA released 16 body-cam videos, 4 third-party videos, a transmission from the Office of Emergency Management and Communications, two audio recordings of 911 calls, six ShotSpotter recordings, and response and arrest reports.
The footage was previously reviewed by Toledo’s family and legal representation on April 13, 2021.
These are difficult to watch and hear, and what it shows is, in my opinion, still unclear. While people on Twitter have screen shot one very grainy moment where it appears Toledo has empty hands up, from my watching of the actual footage in real time, I feel it gives a different perspective.