The Chicago Tribune
Chicago is a city in mourning. A city fractured. And yet body camera footage from the March 29 shooting death of Adam Toledo binds us in a most tragic way. We knew the videos from the police oversight agency were coming. But witnessing, absorbing, what actually happened has been shattering.
This is only the beginning of a long and painful journey about that night; about Chicago police training, tactics and interactions with minority communities; and about the thousands of kids who get lost in the system. We will continue to question what prompted an officer to pull his trigger in a split second as Toledo appeared to raise his hands, unarmed. And we’ll continue to examine the chain of events that landed a 13-year-old in an alley in the middle of the night, running from police.
Former Congressman Luis Gutierrez blasts Kim Foxx for her handling of Adam Toledo case
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Police may soon need permission to chase a suspect
Chicago police may soon need permission to chase a suspect on foot. Chicago is one of the murder capitals in the country.
Mayor Lori Lightfoot is considering a momentous change to Chicago police procedure: requiring officers to get a supervisor’s permission before beginning a foot chase.
“No one should die as a result of a foot chase,” she said.
She’s right, they should surrender.
How could she be this dumb and be the Chicago mayor?
The mayor promised to announce details of a new policy “soon.”
The move follows an incident with an officer who chased and fatally shot 13-year-old Adam Toledo who only dropped his gun as the officer fired his gun. Video of the incident shows the 13-year old dumping what appears to be a firearm 7/10ths of a second before he turns and raises his hands. Toledo apparently was handed the gun by Ruben Roman, who allegedly had just used it to fire eight rounds at a passing vehicle. Appar
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
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