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ItsjustMe

(11,170 posts)
Thu Apr 15, 2021, 10:18 PM Apr 2021

Video of fatal Chicago police shooting of 13-year-old Adam Toledo released

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/video-fatal-chicago-police-shooting-13-year-old-adam-toledo-n1264172

A Chicago police oversight board released body-camera video Thursday of an officer fatally shooting a 13-year-old boy, images that Mayor Lori Lightfoot called "excruciating."

The officer can be seen running down an alley, chasing Adam Toledo last month and ordering him to stop, according to footage made public by the Civilian Office of Police Accountability.

"Freeze stop! Stop right f---ing now! Hey show me your f---ing hands! Drop it, drop it," the officer seems to say in the video before firing a shot.



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Video of fatal Chicago police shooting of 13-year-old Adam Toledo released (Original Post) ItsjustMe Apr 2021 OP
Unrealistic to freeze the video. Show the entire video. Sneederbunk Apr 2021 #1
And then? dpibel Apr 2021 #2
Less than a second Hawker123 Apr 2021 #4
You saw a weapon? dpibel Apr 2021 #6
A child. Who might have been carrying a cell phone. Or a candy bar. Or nothing at all. Scrivener7 Apr 2021 #7
Not justifying anything. Hawker123 Apr 2021 #9
And both of his hands were up when he was shot. Yes, you are justifying. And that's a lot sadder. Scrivener7 Apr 2021 #11
Actually no Hawker123 Apr 2021 #12
So, if you weren't in bed, you were fair game. So what you're saying is that it was the Scrivener7 Apr 2021 #13
Nice, such a welcoming place. Hawker123 Apr 2021 #14
Very true Hawker123 Apr 2021 #3
So if there's time pressure... dpibel Apr 2021 #5
Yep. That's what our new guest is saying. Scrivener7 Apr 2021 #8
Should not have fired in my opinion. Hawker123 Apr 2021 #10
 

Hawker123

(74 posts)
4. Less than a second
Thu Apr 15, 2021, 11:49 PM
Apr 2021

Of time to make the decision after the chase with a person who was carrying a weapon.

Scrivener7

(50,774 posts)
7. A child. Who might have been carrying a cell phone. Or a candy bar. Or nothing at all.
Sat Apr 17, 2021, 07:37 AM
Apr 2021

What I see is that child putting both hands up in surrender.

If a cop can't distinguish that from reaching for a gun, and if their reaction to a child putting up both hands in surrender is to murder that child, they don't belong in the job.

Spare me this moronic crap. Stop trying to justify the murder of children.

 

Hawker123

(74 posts)
9. Not justifying anything.
Sat Apr 17, 2021, 09:22 AM
Apr 2021

It was not a phone or a candy bar found next to him. It was a gun that had been discharged. Just some facts sadly. That child should not have been out at 3AM with that adult criminal.

Scrivener7

(50,774 posts)
11. And both of his hands were up when he was shot. Yes, you are justifying. And that's a lot sadder.
Sat Apr 17, 2021, 09:26 AM
Apr 2021

And I guess when you were young and you were out late, if you had been murdered it would be your own fault, right? Because that's what you are saying here.

 

Hawker123

(74 posts)
12. Actually no
Sat Apr 17, 2021, 09:32 AM
Apr 2021

I was young and I had to be home in bed at night. My parents would have tanned my hide. I am glad people can have opinions here. Have a great day my new friend. 👍

Scrivener7

(50,774 posts)
13. So, if you weren't in bed, you were fair game. So what you're saying is that it was the
Sat Apr 17, 2021, 09:36 AM
Apr 2021

kids fault. He did what the cops told him and the cops shot him, and that's just what he deserved because he wasn't home in bed.

I'm not your friend.

dpibel

(2,803 posts)
5. So if there's time pressure...
Fri Apr 16, 2021, 12:18 AM
Apr 2021

shoot first, figure it out later?

Would that be what you're saying?

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