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Activists on Thursday gathered at the Little Village alley where 13-year-old Adam Toledo was shot by a Chicago Police Department officer calling on Mayor Lori Lightfoot to end the city’s use of a gunshot detection system that dispatched officers the night Toledo was killed.
About 100 people joined a march from an alley near the intersection of West 24th Street and South Sawyer Avenue to the nearby office of Ald. Mike Rodriguez (22nd), whom event organizers targeted along with the mayor because they felt Rodriguez was insufficiently committed to the cause of canceling the ShotSpotter deal.
“Every time the city of Chicago and Lori Lightfoot decides . to invest in CPD or invest in technology like ShotSpotter, they are taking away your opportunity; they take away opportunities at full-quality lives,” said Alyx Goodwin of the Action Center on Race and the Economy.
Chicago cops are accused of fabricating evidence from ShotSpotter technology used by departments around the US that detects gunshots with artificial intelligence and led to fatal police shooting of 13-year-old Adam Toledo
Activists in Chicago are demand the CPD end its contract with ShotSpotter, an AI-powered hidden-microphone system used to detect gunshots
Reports have shown that its sensors are disproportionately placed in minority communities
The technology immediately dispatches police to the alleged location of a gunshot, which led to the March 29th shooting of 13-year old Adam Toledo
In a number of cases, prosecutors have withdrawn its findings due to inaccuracy claims where it appears police have had the information altered
Man with Adam Toledo the night he was fatally shot by police pleads not guilty to gun charges
By FOX 32 Digital Staff
Published
Ruben Roman pleads not guilty to gun charges
The man who was with Adam Toledo, 13, the night he was killed by police is pleading not guilty.
CHICAGO - The man who was allegedly with 13-year-old Adam Toledo shortly before the child was shot to death by a Chicago police officer in April is pleading not guilty to gun charges.
Ruben Roman, 21, is facing felony gun charges. He was initially charged with felony child endangerment for having Toledo with him.
Man with 13-year-old shot by police enters not-guilty plea
by The Associated Press
Last Updated Jun 30, 2021 at 6:57 pm EDT
CHICAGO (AP) A man who was allegedly with a 13-year-old shortly before the child was shot to death by a Chicago police officer pleaded not guilty Wednesday to a variety of charges.
Defense attorney Michael Oppenheimer, during a hearing before Cook County Circuit Judge Charles Burns, entered the not-guilty plea on Ruben Roman’s behalf.
Roman, 21, was indicted in May on three counts of unlawful use of a weapon and one count of recklessly discharging a firearm. Not included is a child endangerment charge which were filed against Roman when he was arrested.
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