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Authorities in Chicago released police body camera footage Thursday showing an officer shooting dead a 13-year-old Latino boy, as the mayor of America s third-largest city appealed for calm over the excruciating video.
The shocking footage shows teenager Adam Toledo running from officers in the small hours of 29 March and then being hit with a single shot to the chest as he stops and raises his hands.
Prosecutors say he was armed, although no weapon is visible in his hands in the video when he is struck.
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Tensions over racism and policing are already high in the United States as nearby Minneapolis hosts the trial of a white former policeman charged with murdering African American George Floyd in the same week that the fatal police shooting of an unarmed Black motorist sparked violent protests in a suburb of the city.
Video released of police shooting boy, 13, in Chicago
Updated / Friday, 16 Apr 2021
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A frame grab from video released by the Civilian Office of Police Accountability (COPA) reportedly shows the shooting of Adam Toledo
Authorities in Chicago have released police body camera footage showing an officer shooting dead a 13-year-old Latino boy as the mayor of the US s third-largest city appealed for calm over the excruciating video.
The footage shows Adam Toledo running from officers in the early hours of 29 March and then being hit with a single shot to the chest as he stops and raises his hands.
Prosecutors say he was armed, although no weapon is visible in his hands in the video when he is struck.
Chicago releases video of police shooting 13-year-old dead
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CHICAGO, April 16, 2021 (BSS/AFP) – Authorities in Chicago released police body camera footage Thursday showing an officer shooting dead a 13-year-old Latino boy as the mayor of America’s third-largest city appealed for calm over the “excruciating” video.
The shocking footage shows teenager Adam Toledo running from officers in the small hours of March 29 and then being hit with a single shot to the chest as he stops and raises his hands.
Prosecutors say he was armed, although no weapon is visible in his hands in the video when he is struck.
Tensions over racism and policing are already high in the United States as nearby Minneapolis hosts the trial of a white former policeman charged with murdering African American George Floyd in the same week that the fatal police shooting of an unarmed Black motorist sparked violent protests in a suburb of the city.
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Weigh day: Embarrassing - Air NZ weighs its passengers
14 Apr, 2021 01:33 AM
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Passengers on Air New Zealand flights were today asked to submit to themselves being weighed as well as their luggage. Photo / Glenn Jeffrey
Passengers on Air New Zealand flights were today asked to submit to themselves being weighed as well as their luggage. Photo / Glenn Jeffrey
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Passengers on Air New Zealand flights were today asked to submit to having more than their luggage weighed before take-off.
Travellers were told that they needed to have themselves weighed as well.
Broadcaster Hilary Barry shared her own experience, tweeting that the experience was not ideal .