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Latino groups to ask Justice Department to investigate Adam Toledo shooting By Sara Burnett Lawyers demand a Justice Department investigation into Adam Toledo’s fatal shooting Latino lawyers and leaders hold a news conference to demand a Department of Justice investigation into Adam Toledo’s fatal shooting and demand Mayor Lightfoot accelerate Chicago police reforms. CHICAGO - Latino lawyers and community leaders on Tuesday will ask the Department of Justice to investigate the fatal shooting of a 13-year-old boy by a Chicago police officer. The group also will call on Mayor Lori Lightfoot to accelerate court-supervised changes to policing in Chicago, end foot pursuits by officers, and to invest federal COVID relief dollars to help young people in the neighborhood where Adam Toledo lived and died. ....
We cannot wait : Latino groups in Illinois call for DOJ probe into police shooting of Adam Toledo Christine Fernando, USA TODAY Replay Video UP NEXT A group of Latino lawyers on Tuesday called for the Department of Justice to investigate the fatal shooting of Adam Toledo by a Chicago police officer. The group, which includes the Hispanic Lawyers Association of Illinois and the Pilsen Law Center, called on the DOJ to investigate the circumstances that led to and resulted in Adam s death. The group also pushed for stronger policies regarding foot pursuit and car chases, clearer training guidelines, and more guidelines on police interactions with children. ....
USA TODAY A group of Latino lawyers on Tuesday called for the Department of Justice to investigate the fatal shooting of Adam Toledo by a Chicago police officer. The group, which includes the Hispanic Lawyers Association of Illinois and the Pilsen Law Center, called on the DOJ to investigate the circumstances that led to and resulted in Adam s death. The group also pushed for stronger policies regarding foot pursuit and car chases, clearer training guidelines, and more guidelines on police interactions with children. Faith and trust in the police department are in short supply in the Latino community, said Pilsen Law Center founder Arturo Jáuregui at a Tuesday news conference. An objective investigation conducted by the Justice Department would send a message to our community that this time is different. ....
Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times More than a dozen Latino leaders gathered at the Pilsen Law Center Tuesday to call on the U.S. Department of Justice to investigate the fatal shooting by a Chicago police officer of 13-year-old Adam Toledo and for new policies to stop future acts of police violence. “The killing of Adam Toledo at the hands of the police brings to the forefront the pressing need to address the Chicago police enforcement policies and practices in the Latino community,” attorney Arturo Jáuregui, said, reading from a joint statement. “Latinos, like their African American neighbors, have always been on the receiving end of poorly conceived police law enforcement policies and practices.” ....