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April 22, 2021 - 6:12 PM
CHICAGO - Cook Countyâs top prosecutor said Thursday she bears the responsibility for not viewing the footage of 13-year-old Adam Toledoâs fatal shooting or reviewing the misleading description of his killing by Chicago police before it was read by prosecutors in court.
Stateâs Attorney Kim Foxx said during interviews with local media that she is responsible for anything that comes from the stateâs attorneyâs office, including the prosecution s inaccurate initial description of the incident that implied Toledo was holding a gun when he was fatally shot.
âIn this instance, the public was relying on information that our office presented to the court and the media relied upon that wasnât fully accurate,â Foxx said. âI own that.â
Heartbreaking.
That description is undeniable in the otherwise controversial shooting death of 13-year-old Adam Toledo by Chicago police.
The most obvious headline for the story of the videoâs release last week was simple: Police video shows 13-year-old was shot with his hands up.
Microseconds matter.
But frame grabs of his hands up show only a tiny slice of those fateful early morning hours on March 29. Watching the video posted by the cityâs Civilian Office of Police Accountability, which investigates such cases, I found myself playing and replaying the microseconds, as measured by the videoâs time code, shortly after 2:30 a.m. in which young Adam brought his empty hands into view in the dark alley at almost the same time that police Officer Eric Stillman fired his weapon.
Prosecutor didn t view video of Adam Toledo s shooting in advance
The prosecution s inaccurate initial description implied 13-year-old Adam Toledo was holding a gun when he was fatally shot by a Chicago police officer. Author: Associated Press Updated: 1:03 AM EDT April 23, 2021
CHICAGO Cook County’s top prosecutor said Thursday she bears the responsibility for not viewing the footage of 13-year-old Adam Toledo’s fatal shooting or reviewing the misleading description of his killing by Chicago police before it was read by prosecutors in court.
State’s Attorney Kim Foxx said during interviews with local media that she is responsible for anything that comes from the state’s attorney’s office, including the prosecution s inaccurate initial description of the incident that implied Toledo was holding a gun when he was fatally shot.