
April 15, 2021 - Full Show
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The city releases police body camera video of the moment 13-year old Adam Toledo was shot by a Chicago police officer. We’ll have the latest, plus reaction from Toledo’s community and protesters.
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April 15, 2021 - Full Show
4/15/2021 | 56m 46sVideo has Closed Captions
The city releases police body camera video of the moment 13-year old Adam Toledo was shot by a Chicago police officer. We’ll have the latest, plus reaction from Toledo’s community and protesters.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship[♪♪♪] >> GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO "CHICAGO TONIGHT."
I'M BRANDIS FRIEDMAN.
>> A DRAMATIC DAY IN CHICAGO.
WE'LL DEVOTE TONIGHT'S ENTIRE PROGRAM TO THE FATAL POLICE SHOOTING OF 13-YEAR-OLD ADAM TOLEDO.
IN A MOMENT I WILL WALK YOU THROUGH THE VIDEO OF THE SHOOTING RELEASED BY THE CIVILIAN OFFICE OF POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY.
PHIL PONCE WILL BE HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE PROCESS OF THE INVESTIGATION.
AND WE WILL HAVE REPORTS LIVE AROUND THE CITY FOR RESPONSE FROM DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES.
>> YES I AM AMANDA VINICKY I'M LIVE IN LITTLE VILLAGE.
THIS IS THE COMMUNITY WHERE ADAM TOLEDO GREW UP.
IT IS ALSO WHERE HIS YOUNG LIFE CAME TO A SUDDEN AND TRAGIC END.
WE SPENT THE DAY SPEAKING WITH COMMUNITY LEADERS, TALKING WITH RESIDENTS TO GET THEIR FRANKLY HORRIFIED REACTIONS TO THE VIDEO MADE PUBLIC TODAY.
AND WE WILL TALK TO THE ALDERMAN OF THE 22nd WARD ABOUT THE NEXT STEPS FOR CHICAGO AND THIS COMMUNITY.
>> THERE IS A PROBLEM IN OUR COMMUNITY.
>> AND THIS IS PARIS SCHUTZ LIVE AT THE CLOUD GATE SCULPTURE OF THE BEAN IN MILLENNIUM PARK WHERE A GROUP OF DEMONSTRATORS GATHERED IN THE WAKE OF THE RELEASE OF THAT VIDEO SHOWING THE DEATH OF ADAM TOLEDO AT THE HANDS OF A POLICE OFFICER.
MAYOR LIGHTFOOT CALLED UP FOR BEEFED UP SAFETY PRESENCE ACROSS THE CITY NOT JUST IN LITTLE VILLAGE BUT HERE AND COMMERCIAL CORRIDORS AND NEIGHBORHOODS IN ANTICIPATION OF POSSIBLE DEMONSTRATIONS.
WE WILL HAVE MORE FROM HERE.
NOW BACK TO YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>> AS WE MENTIONED WE ARE DEVOTING TONIGHT'S PROGRAM TO THE DEATH OF ADAM TOLEDO.
IN A MOMENT WE ARE GOING TO SHOW YOU VIDEO FOOTAGE RELEASED BY THE CIVILIAN OFFICE OF POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY.
A FEW NOTES FOR SHOWING THE VIDEO.
WE FEEL IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE PUBLIC TO SEE EXACTLY WHAT HAS BEEN RELEASED.
WE WILL BE SHOWING IT A FEW TIMES AS IT HELPS INFORMS THE DISCUSSIONS WE WILL BE HAVING.
THE VIDEO IS GRAPHIC AND DIFFICULT TO WATCH.
INDEED, YOU WILL SEE A 13-YEAR-OLD BOY SHOT TO DEATH.
WE ARE ONLY PLAYING THIS VIDEO IN FULL TONIGHT BECAUSE WE FEEL IT'S IMPORTANT 0 SHOW WHAT HAPPENED BUT WE WON'T BE USE IT IN FULL OTHERWISE.
AGAIN THIS VIDEO IS DISTURBING AND EXPLICIT LANGUAGE IS USED.
WE START WITH TWO MINUTES OF VIDEO BEGINNING WITH THE MOMENT THE OFFICER GOT OUT OF THE POLICE CAR AND STARTED TO CHASE THE BOY.
YOU WILL NOT HEAR AUDIO FOR THE FIRST 15 SECONDS.
>> FREEZE, STOP!
STOP!
RIGHT... NOW!
HEY, SHOW ME YOUR -- HANDS!
STOP.
STOP!
SHOTS FIRED.
GET AN AMBULANCE HERE NOW!
>> LOOK AT ME.
LOOK AT ME.
ARE YOU ALL RIGHT?
WHERE ARE YOU SHOT?
24 AND SAWYER IN THE WEST ALLEY.
NEED AN AMBULANCE GOT A GUNSHOT VICTIM.
SHOTS FIRED BY THE POLICE.
>> WHERE ARE YOU SHOT, MAN?
STAY WITH ME, STAY WITH ME.
>> GET AN AMBULANCE ROLLING.
>> SOMEBODY BRING THE MEDICAL KIT NOW.
>> CAN SOMEONE SEND THE MEDICAL KIT 24TH AND 40TH.
>> I NEED A MEDICAL KIT.
UPPER CHEST.
CHEST WOUND.
HURRY UP.
>> WHERE IS HE SHOT AT?
[ALL TALKING AT ONCE] CHEST HEAL.
CHEST HEAL.
CHEST HEAL.
STAY WITH ME, HEY, STAY AWAKE, MAN!
>> I WILL START CPR I'M NOT FEELING A HEART BEAT.
>> SO TO RECAP YOU SEE AND HEAR THE OFFICER CHASING THE 13-YEAR-OLD THROUGH THE ALLEY HE SHOUTS AT HIM TO STOP AND SHOW HIS HANDS AND YELLS DROP IT, DROP IT, DROP IT.
AS HE WAS TURNING AROUND WITH HIS HANDS RAISED.
THE OFFICER IS 34-YEAR-OLD ERIC SPELMAN.
AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT RELEASED A SLOWED DOWN VERSION OF THIS VIDEO SHOWING FREEZE FRAMES TO SHOW SPECIFIC POINTS.
WE ARE ABOUT TO AIR A PORTION WITH THE POINT LEADING UP TO THE SHOOTING BUT NOT THE SHOOTING ITSELF.
HERE IS A LOOK AT THE VIDEO SHOWING THE OFFICER CHASING TOLEDO ON THE OFFICER'S BODY-CAM.
C.P.D.
POINTS OUT THAT TOLEDO HAD A FIREARM THAT HE TOSSED BEHIND THE FENCE JUST BEFORE HE WAS SHOT.
THIS ANGLE SHOWS THE SHOOTING FROM ACROSS THE PARKING LOT.
YOU SEE TOLEDO NEXT TO THE FENCE AND THE C.P.D.
FREEZES THE VIDEO POINTING TO THE MOMENT WHEN TOLEDO DROPPED THE WEAPON AND SEEING THE WEAPON ON THE PAVEMENT NEXT TO THE FENCE.
THIS AFTERNOON A LAWYER FOR THE ADAM TOLEDO'S FAMILY SAID IT IS STILL TOO EARLY TO DETERMINE WHETHER TOLEDO HAD A GUN AND SAID MORE INVESTIGATION IS NECESSARY BEFORE THAT CAN BE DETERMINED.
>> ADAM DURING HIS LAST SECOND OF LIFE, DID NOT HAVE A GUN IN HIS HAND.
THE OFFICER SCREAMED AT HIM.
SHOW ME YOUR HANDS.
ADAM COMPLIED, TURNED AROUND HIS HANDS WERE EMPTY WHEN HE WAS SHOT IN THE CHEST AT THE HANDS OF THE OFFICER.
HE DID NOT HAVE A GUN IN HIS HAND CONTRARY TO THE REPORTS MADE EARLIER TODAY.
>> FEELINGS ABOUT ADAM TOLEDO'S KILLING ARE PARTICULARLY RAW IN LITTLE VILLAGE WHERE TOLEDO'S FAMILY LIVES.
AMANDA VINICKY AND PLOW DOUCE IRMARIES SA NELSON SPENT THE DAY TALKING WITH LEADERS AND THEIR COMMUNITY AND THE SHOOTING.
AMANDA JOINS US TO CONTINUE OUR SPECIAL COVERAGE FROM LITTLE VILLAGE.
>> ADAM TOLEDO ONLY 13 YEARS OLD, SEVENTH GRADE.
HE LIVED AND DIED IN LITTLE VILLAGE.
THE WEST CHICAGO HEAVILY LATINO NEIGHBORHOOD KNOWN TO SOME AS THE MEXICO OF THE MIDWEST.
THE ALLEY ON THE SCREEN IS THE 23, 2400 BLOCK OF SAWYER WHERE THE FOOT CHASE THAT ENDED IN TOLEDO'S DEATH TOOK PLACE.
>> THE COMMUNITY IS HURTING, RIGHT?
THE COMMUNITY IS ASKING QUESTIONS.
THE COMMUNITY IS ASKING FOR SUPPORT.
OUR YOUTH ARE ASKING FOR SUPPORT.
>> JESSE HUERTA LEADS YOUTH VIOLENCE PRECONVENTION AND STREET OUTREACH EFFORTS IN CHICAGO THAT HAS THREE OUTPOSTS IN LITTLE VILLAGE.
HE IS CAREFUL WHEN CHOOSING HIS WORDS WHEN TALKING ABOUT THE TOLEDO SITUATION.
HE DOESN'T WANT TO PUT WORDS IN THE MOUTH OF THE 13-24-YEAR-OLDS HE WORKS WITH BUT SAYS THERE IS ANGER, THERE IS FEAR AND CONFUSION ABOUT HOW AND WHY THIS HAPPENED.
LITTLE VILLAGE RESIDENT BARBARA SUAREZ GALEANO SAYS MANY MEMBERS OF HER GROUP THAT IS ORGANIZED COMMUNITIES AGAINST DEPORTATION ARE PARENTS WHO KNOW THE FEAR WHEN THEIR CHILDREN ARE OUTSIDE ON THE STREETS.
>> CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT IS AN OCCUPYING FORCE IN COMMUNITIES OF COLOR, BLACK AND BROWN COMMUNITIES, COLONIZED COMMUNITIES FORCIBLY MIGRATED.
IT'S LIKE HAVING SHARKS IN A FISH TANK ALL DAY EVERYDAY WAITING FOR AN OPPORTUNITY TO ATTACK, TO GO IN, TO MURDER, JAIL OR LIKE DRAG SOMEONE AWAY.
>> SHE SAYS THE TOLEDO SHOOTING WAS LIKE POURING SALT ON OPEN WOUND.
NOW, WE DID SPEAK WITH HER BEFORE THE VIDEO WAS MADE PUBLIC.
BUT SHE SAYS SHE DIDN'T PLAN TO WATCH IT.
>> IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOT FOCUS TOO MUCH ON THE SURVEILLANCE CAMERA VIDEOS AND THAT NARRATIVE BECAUSE WE FEEL LIKE SOMETIMES IT IS A DISTRACTION FROM THE ISSUE WHICH IS THAT EVERY TIME POLICE ARE INTERACTING WITH BLACK AND BROWN PEOPLE THEY ARE VIE LIGHTING THEIR VIOLATING THEIR RIGHTS AND MURDERING THEM.
WE WANT TO CALL FOR DEFUNDING THE POLICE AND CALLING TO FIGHT AGAINST THE NARRATIVE THE POLICE PRESENTS WHICH IS THAT THERE IS EVIDENCE THAT JUSTIFIES THE MURDER OF A 13-YEAR-OLD BY AN ADULT UNIFORMED MAN WITH A GUN.
>> SHE DOESN'T WANT BETTER TRAINING OR NEW POLICIES FOR POLICE.
THE ONLY SOLUTION IS TO DEFUND THE C.P.D.
AND PUT THAT MONEY INSTEAD TOWARDS SOCIAL PROGRAMS.
THE LEADER OF THE VOLUNTEER ORGANIZATION LITTLE VILLAGE COMMUNITY COUNCIL SAYS CHICAGO NEEDS TO INVEST MORE HERE.
BALTAZAR ENRIQUEZ SAYS LITTLE VILLAGE HAS LOST TRADE SCHOOL, THEY HAD START PRESCHOOL PROGRAMS AND RESIDENTS HAD TO FIGHT FOR PARKS AND PARENTS HAD TO GO ON A HUNGER STRIKE TO GET A HIGH SCHOOL HERE.
>> THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL NEIGHBORHOODS.
WE HOLD 12 BANKS.
THERE'S 12 FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS IN THIS COMMUNITY.
THAT SHOWS THAT THERE IS A LOT OF MONEY HERE BECAUSE THE FAMILIES THAT LIVE HERE ARE HARD-WORKING FAMILIES.
PEOPLE WITH MORALS AND VALUES.
AND OUR CULTURE IS RICH.
OUR FOOD IS DELICIOUS OUR MUSIC IS WONDERFUL.
THIS IS THE BEST COMMUNITY.
BUT YET WE GET TREATED LIKE ANIMALS.
YET WE GET MARGINALIZED.
WE GET CALLED NAMES LIKE THEY ARE ATTACKING ADAM'S MOM AND ADAM AND SHAME ON THOSE PEOPLE FOR ATTACKING US.
>> BALTAZAR ENRIQUEZ SAYS MAYOR LORI LIGHTFOOT NEEDS TO STOP ACTING TOUGH AND HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH REAL RESIDENTS, COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS LIKE HIS, LEADERS ON THE GROUND.
AS FOR THE C.P.D., HE SAYS THERE IS NO NEED FOR TACTICAL TEAMS HE SAYS POLICE NEED TO HAVE A DEESCALATION FORCE A SOCIAL WORKERS FORCE.
>> IN ENGLAND SOME OF THE OFFICERS DO NOT CARRY GUNS.
BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT AGGRESSIVE.
THEY WANT TO DEESCALATE THE ISSUE.
HERE IN CHICAGO, IT'S SHOOT FIRST ASK QUESTIONS LATER.
AND THIS IS WHAT WE'RE DOING TODAY IN THE ADAM TOLEDO'S CASE HE SHOT HIM FIRST AND NOW THEY WANT TO ASK THE QUESTIONS.
>> MEANWHILE, LIFELONG LITTLE VILLAGE RESIDENT FANNY MEDINA SAYS THAT SHE DIDN'T WANT TO WATCH THE VIDEO BUT SHE SAYS SHE DID.
SHE IS A MOM AND WANTS TO BE INFORMED.
WE SPOKE WITH HER OUTSIDE GARY ELEMENTARY BOTH WHERE SHE AND TOLEDO WENT TO SCHOOL.
>> I MEAN, REGARDLESS OF THE SITUATION, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THIS 13-YEAR-OLD BOY HAD A WEAPON ON HIM OR NOT, HE IS A BOY.
VISIBLY A BOY.
THIS IS NOT A LITTLE BOY THAT LOOKS LIKE A GROWN MAN.
AND EVEN THEN POLICE OFFICERS THAT IS NOT THEIR JOB TO QUOTE-UNQUOTE UNPETITION SOMEONE AND TAKE MATTERS INTO THEIR OWN HANDS AND YOU KNOW, MAKE THE DECISION TO SHOOT AND KILL SOMEBODY.
>> NOW, DURING HER PRESS CONFERENCE TODAY MAYOR LIGHTFOOT SAID THAT TODAY IS FOR GRIEVING.
TOMORROW IS FOR REFORM.
BUT JESSE HUERTA OF ENLACE CHICAGO SAYS THERE'S NO TIME TO WAIT.
>> WE DON'T HAVE A TOMORROW FOR SOME KIDS, RIGHT?
THE ADAM TOLEDO SITUATION SHOULD HAVE NEVER HAPPENED, RIGHT?
SO THERE IS NO TOMORROW FOR HIM OR FOR HIS FAMILY.
SO IF WE KEEP PUTTING THAT NARRATIVE OUT THERE THAT THERE IS A TOMORROW FOR SOME PEOPLE THERE'S NOT.
SO THERE IS A TODAY TO START DOING THAT WORK.
>> HUERTA DID BEGIN DOING THAT WORK THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING ENLACE VIOLENCE PREVENTION CASE MANAGERS PLAN TO REACH OUT TO THE YOUTH THAT THEY WORK WITH ABOUT THE VIDEO SHOWING TOLEDO'S DEATH.
YOUTH NEED TO KNOW THEY HAVE A SAFE PLACE TO HAVE THIS CONVERSATION, DIFFICULT AS IT MAY BE, A CRITICAL ONE TO HAVE.
MEANWHILE, THERE WAS A FAIRLY SMALL MARCH THAT BEGAN ON 26TH STREET EARLIER THIS EVENING WITH MORE ACTIONS PROTESTING, POLICE BRUTALITY PLANNED.
>> WE'RE ASKING THEM TO PEACEFULLY, WE CAN GET THIS DONE.
AND SHOW THEM THAT WE'RE NOT THE SAVAGES.
THE SAVAGES ARE THEM.
>> EVERYONE THAT WE SPOKE WITH STRESSED THAT, THAT ACTIONS, PROTESTS BUT THEY WANT ANYTHING TO BE PEACEFUL WHEN THERE ARE UPRISINGS AND BRANDIS BACK TO YOU.
>> WE'LL SEE YOU IN A LITTLE BIT.
>> SEVERAL PROTESTS ARE PLANNED AROUND THE CITY TONIGHT AND TOMORROW.
POLICE AND CITY OFFICIALS HAVE BEEN PREPARING FOR DEMONSTRATIONS FOLLOWING RELEASE OF THIS VIDEO AND THE VERDICT IN THE TRIAL OF FORMER MINNEAPOLIS OFFICER DEREK CHAUVIN IN THE DEATH OF GEORGE FLOYD.
AND MILLENNIUM PARK TONIGHT A GROUP OF PROTESTORS HAD ALREADY BEEN PLANNING TO DEMONSTRATE AGAINST THE DEATH OF DAUNTE WRIGHT AT THE HANDS OF A POLICE OFFICER IN MINNESOTA.
PARIS SCHUTZ IS LIVE DOWNTOWN AND JOINS US NOW.
PARIS?
>> YEAH, BRANDIS AND THAT PROTEST HAS JUST DISPERSED THEY HAVE SET OFF MARCHING TO THE WEST FROM MILLENNIUM PARK DOWN TOWARD MICHIGAN AVENUE AND THIS PROTEST WAS TO HAVE PROTESTED THE DEATH OF DAUNTE WRIGHT.
BUT FOCUSED TODAY ON ADAM TOLEDO IN THE WAKE OF THE RELEASE OF THAT VIDEO.
IT WAS A SMALL DEMONSTRATION OF A COUPLE DOZEN FOLKS AND THEY WERE CALLING TOLEDO AND NOT JUST WRIGHT BUT BLACK AND BROWN YOUTH THAT HAVE BEEN KILLED AT THE HANDS OF CHICAGO POLICE.
AND EARLIER WE SPOKE WITH RABBI FROM CHICAGO ACTIVIST COALITION FOR JUSTICE AND HE SAYS HE BELIEVES KIM FOXX SHOULD BRING CHARGES AGAINST THE OFFICER INVOLVED.
ALTHOUGH VIDEOS SHOW TOLEDO WITH A GUN AND TOSSING IT MERE MOMENTS BEFORE HOLDING HIS HANDS IN THE AIR AND GETTING SHOT.
>> HE HAD A GUN OR NOT, SHE WANTS TO DO FORENSIC INVESTIGATION ON THAT PART OF IT.
[INAUDIBLE] WHEN THE OFFICER SAID PUT YOUR HANDS UP.
HE WAS SHOWN SURRENDERING TO AUTHORITIES AND THAT TO ME IS THE PART OF THE SITUATION THAT MUST BE EMPHASIZEDDED WHEN IT COMES TO THE PROSECUTION KIM FOXX HE COMPLIED WITH AUTHORITY AND STILL BY COMPLYING WITH AUTHORITY HE WAS MURDERED.
>> AND THIS COMES AS MAYOR LIGHTFOOT AND CITY OFFICIALS HAVE ANNOUNCED BEEFED UP PUBLIC SAFETY PRESENCE NOT JUST IN LITTLE VILLAGE AND NOT JUST HERE IN THE LOOP BUT IN NEIGHBORHOODS ALL ACROSS THE CITY.
THEY ARE GOING TO USE TRUCKS TO PROTECT COMMERCIAL CORRIDOR AND THAT NO DOUBT IN RESPONSE TO WHAT HAPPENED LAST SUMMER IN THE WAKE OF PROTESTS SOME OF WHICH DID TURN VIOLENT AND TURN INTO UNREST.
AND WE REMEMBER WHAT HAPPENED IN SEVERAL NEIGHBORHOODS ACROSS THE CITY.
THE MAYOR TRYING TO HEAD OFF ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
EARLIER TODAY, BEFORE THE VIDEO HAD BEEN RELEASED AN EMOTIONAL MAYOR LIGHTFOOT JOINED WITH COMMUNITY ACTIVISTS TO URGE FOR PEACEFUL DEMONSTRATIONS.
>> WE ARE ACTIVATED OUR NEIGHBORHOOD PROTECTION PLAN WHICH WE HONED THROUGH THE COURSE OF LAST SUMMER AND THE FALL.
MY TEAM HAS BEEN REACHING OUT ACROSS THE CITY TO ARRANGE OF STAKEHOLDERS FROM THE FAITH COMMUNITY, COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS, ACTIVISTS AND BUSINESSES WE WANT TO PREPARE PEOPLE FOR THE RELEASE OF THESE VIDEOS.
BUT ALSO TO ASSURE FOLKS WE ARE READY AND PREPARED IN THE EVENT SOMETHING HAPPENS.
>> QUIET AT MILLENNIUM PARK AS WE SAID.
DEMONSTRATORS HAVE DISPERSED FROM THE BEAN.
THEY HAVE TAKEN OFF TOWARD MICHIGAN AVENUE.
AND OTHER DEMONSTRATIONS MIGHT HAPPEN IN UNION PARK ON THE NEAR WEST SIDE AND IN LITTLE VILLAGE WHERE AMANDA IS AND YOU WILL BE HEARING FROM HER AGAIN IN A BIT.
AND WE WILL BE BACK WITH MORE FROM MILLENNIUM PARK IN A BIT.
NOW WE GO BACK TO YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>> AND NOW TO PHIL PONCE FOR MORE ON THE STORY.
>> BRANDIS, THE CIVILIAN OFFICE OF POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY KNOWN AS C.O.P.A.
MET GUIDELINES OF RELEASING THE SHOOTING VIDEOS WITHIN 60 DAYS BUT THE WORK ON THE CASE IS FAR FROM FINISHED.
C.O.P.A.
IS INVESTIGATING THE SHOOTING, THE OFFICER'S USE OF DEADLY FORCE AND THE ACTIONS THAT LEAD TO IT.
JOINING US TO TALK ABOUT THE NEXT STEPS ARE RICHARD WOOTEN A RETIRED CHICAGO POLICE OFFICER AND EXECUTIVE OF GATHERING POINT COMMUNITY COUNCIL AND SHARON FAIRLEY A PROFESSOR AT THE CHICAGO LAW SCHOOL AND SERVED AS CHIEF ADMINISTRATOR OF THE INDEPENDENT POLICE REVIEW AUTHORITY RESPONSIBLE FOR POLICE MISCONDUCT INVESTIGATIONS PRIOR TO WHAT IS NOW KNOWN AS C.O.P.A.
AND THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.
BOTH OF YOU HAVE SEEN THE EDITED POLICE COMPILATION OF THE SHOOTING VIDEO.
AND SHARON FAIRLEY, JUST BROAD QUESTION WHAT WAS YOUR REACTION TO WHAT YOU SAW?
>> CLEARLY, THEY ARE TRYING TO HELP THE PUBLIC DIGEST WHAT IS IN THE VIDEO POINTING TO WHAT THEY BELIEVE ARE THE KEY VISIONUALS THAT WILL BE RELEVANT TO THE INVESTIGATION BY DRAWING THE PUBLIC'S ATTENTION TO DIFFERENT MOMENTS IN TERMS OF WHAT CAN BE SEEN ON THE VIDEO.
SO THAT'S THEIR POINT OF VIEW WHAT IS IMPORTANT.
BUT AGAIN, THAT IS JUST THEIR VIEW.
THE INVESTIGATION IS STILL AS YOU SAID, IS JUST GETTING UNDERWAY.
AND IN ORDER TO ANSWER THE QUESTIONS OF WHETHER THE OFFICER'S USE OF DEADLY FORCE WAS APPROPRIATE OR NOT WE WILL BE LOOKING AT A LOT MORE THAN THAT.
>> RICHARD WOOTEN YOUR REACTION TO THE VIDEO?
>> THIS IS ANOTHER TRAGEDY BY YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE CITY OF CHICAGO.
AND IT IS EVIDENT THAT IT SHOWS WE NEED TO WORK IN THE CITY OF CHICAGO AND ESPECIALLY OUR POLICE DEPARTMENTS ARE WORKING IN THIS DAY AND TIME.
WHAT I SAW WHEN I FIRST SAW THAT JUST LIKE ANY PARENT, YOU KNOW, I WAS UPSET WITH WHAT I SAW.
IT BROUGHT MEMORIES BACK ON THE LAQUAN McDONALD SHOOTING.
AND YOU KNOW, OUR KIDS SHOULDN'T HAVE TO EXPERIENCE THOSE THINGS.
AND PARENTS SHOULD NOT HAVE TO EXPERIENCE THOSE.
>> LET'S TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT THE EDITED POLICE COMPILATION OF THE VIDEO.
AS SHARON FAIRLEY MENTIONED IT IS THE POLICE PERSPECTIVE OR THEIR PRESENTATION.
WE SEE A FREEZE FRAME OF A FIREARM AND ADAM TOLEDO WHEN HE TURNS AROUND HERE IS ANOTHER VIEW FROM A CHURCH SHOWING A GAP IN THE FENCE WHERE TOLEDO STOPS AND HE APPEARS TO THROW SOMETHING AND THEN RAISED HIS ARMS.
AND LATER THERE IS A VIDEO SHOT OF A GUN NEXT TO THE FENCE.
SHARON FAIRLEY SOME PEOPLE MIGHT LOOK AT THE VIDEOS AND THINK THAT IS CONCLUSIVE EVIDENCE.
IS IT?
>> WELL, AS I'VE SAID EVER SINCE I'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN THIS LINE OF WORK HAVING VIDEO EVIDENCE IS FANTASTIC, IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT EVIDENCE BUT IT IS NOT THE ONLY EVIDENCE THAT WILL BE CONSIDERED WHEN EVALUATING WHAT HAPPENED HERE.
AND YOU KNOW, THERE ARE STILL A NUMBER OF WAYS TO INTERPRET THIS VIDEO THAT WILL ALL BE INFORMED THAT THE OTHER EVIDENCE C.O.P.A.
WILL BE COMPILING.
I THINK IT'S WAY TOO EARLY TO DRAW CONCLUSIONS ABOUT WHETHER WHAT HAPPENED HERE WAS APPROPRIATE OR NOT.
THERE IS A LOT OF EVIDENCE THAT NEEDS TO BE GATHERED.
>> RICHARD WOOTEN AS YOU SEE THAT VIDEO WHAT ARE OFFICERS BIG PICTURE, TRAINED TO DO IN A SITUATION LIKE HAT?
>> OFFICERS ARE RESPONDING IN A SPIT OF A SECOND FROM THE MOMENT IT APPEARS THE GUN WAS TOSSED TO THE MOMENT HE WAS RAISING HIS HANDS NOT 30 SECONDS ELAPSED.
AND FROM THE OFFICER'S STANDPOINT WHAT HE SEES THE INDIVIDUAL RUNNING WITH THE GUN HE NEVER SEE THE GUN BEING TOSSED AND RAISING THE HAND HE SAW WAS THE LEFT HAND.
WHEN HE IS COMING UP WITH THE RIGHT HAND THE OFFICER HAD TO MAKE A SPLIT DECISION NOT SAYING IT WAS A RIGHT OR WRONG DECISION BUT IT SHOWS BEING A POLICE OFFICER IS A TOUGH JOB.
>> SHARON FAIRLEY YOU IS SAID THE VIDEO IS HELPFUL ALTHOUGH NOT CONCLUSIVE.
INVESTIGATORS HAVE TO LOOK AT OTHER EVIDENCE, LIKE WHAT?
>> IN THESE KINDS OF CASES THEY WILL BE COMPILING ALL OF THE VIDEO AND LOOK ALL ANGLES POSSIBLE.
AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE OFFICER KNEW GOING INTO THE SITUATION IN TERMS OF DID HE BELIEVE THAT HE MIGHT BE FACING A THREAT BY THIS YOUNG GENTLEMAN?
WHAT INFORMATION DID HE HAVE WHEN RESPONDING TO THE SCENE.
AND THEN THERE'S GOING TO BE THERE COULD BE FORENSIC EVIDENCE THAT IS RELEVANT.
THAT THEY RECOVER FROM THE SCENE.
AND OF COURSE, WE STILL THERE MAY BE OTHER WITNESSES.
WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE OTHER OFFICER SAW WHEN SHE WAS THERE.
AND IF SHE WAS IN A POSITION TO SEE WHAT HAPPENED.
WE ARE GOING TO WANT TO KNOW WHAT SHE SAW.
THERE IS A LOT OF EVIDENCE TO BE GATHERED.
>> RICHARD WOOTEN AS ONE LOOKS AT THE VIDEO IT APPEARS IT'S POSSIBLE THAT THE VICTIM MAY HAVE TOSSED THE GUN IN THE SAME MOTION THAT HE WAS ENGAGED IN WHEN HE RAISED HIS HANDS.
HOW COULD THAT AFFECT A DETERMINATION ON HOW THE OFFICER PERCEIVED WHAT HE WAS ENCOUNTERING?
>> THAT PUTS THE OFFICER IN FEAR OF HIS LIFE.
>> LET ME SAY THIS HERE...
THERE'S VICTIMS ON BOTH SIDES OF THIS.
AND I MEAN, I DON'T WANT TO BASH THE OFFICER BECAUSE HE IS MENTALLY DISTURBED BY THIS.
I SAW IT IN THE VIDEO AND I DISSECTED THE VIDEO SECOND BY SECOND TO SEE EXACTLY WHAT COULD HAVE BEEN DONE DIFFERENTLY.
AND YOU KNOW, TUNNEL VISION IS ONE THING THAT OFFICER NEED TO LEARN HOW TO CONTROL.
AND WE GOT TO TAKE A BETTER ANGLE ON MAKING SURE OUR KIDS ARE WELL PROTECTED.
>> RICHARD WOOTEN LET ME STAY WITH YOU, MAYOR LIGHTFOOT POTTED OUT THAT POLICE OFFICERS CAN GO THROUGH THEIR ENTIRE CAREER WITHOUT EVER USING THEIR FIREARM.
WHAT DO YOU THINK GOES THROUGH AN OFFICER'S MIND IN A SITUATION LIKE THAT WHERE IT'S A MATTER OF SECONDS NOT EVEN A SECOND BEFORE HE OR SHE HAS TO ACT?
>> I SPENT 23 YEARS WITH THE CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THANK GOD I NEVER HAD TO USE THAT TYPE OF FORCE.
NOT TO SAY THAT I WAS NEVER PUT INTO PREDICAMENTS WHERE I HAD TO RESPOND.
BUT JUST LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE OFFICERS WANT TO GO HOME TO THEIR FAMILIES AS WELL.
AND AGAIN IT IS A TOUGH JOB BEING A POLICE OFFICER.
>> I THINK ONE THING THAT IS IMPORTANT TO KEEP IN MIND IS THAT THE ANALYSIS HERE IS WE'RE TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THE LEGAL QUESTION IS WHETHER OR NOT THE OFFICER WAS REASONABLE IN HIS BELIEF THAT YOUNG ADAM POSED A THREAT TO HIM NOT THAT THAT WAS A CORRECT BELIEF WHETHER OR NOT IT WAS REASONABLE UNDER THE CIRCUMSTANCES.
IT COULD BE HE WAS MISTAKEN IN BELIEVING THAT THE YOUNG MAN STILL HAD A GUN BUT IF THAT BELIEF WAS REASONABLE HIS USE-OF-FORCE WILL BE CONSIDERED WILL BE CONSIDERED JUSTIFIED UNDER THE CIRCUMSTANCES.
SO IT IS A COMPLEX LEGAL QUESTION THAT REQUIRES A LOT OF ANALYSIS AND TAKING ALL THE CIRCUMSTANCES INTO ACCOUNT.
>> SHARON FAIRLEY, RICHARD WOOTEN THANK YOU BOTH FOR YOUR INSIGHTS WE VERY MUCH APPRECIATE IT.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>> BRANDIS BACK TO YOU.
>> WE CHECK BACK IN WITH AMANDA VINICKY WHO SPENT THE DAY REPORTING IN LITTLE VILLAGE.
>> AMANDA?
>> BRANDIS, A WHILE AGO I SPOKE WITH ALDERMAN MICHAEL RODIGUEZ, HE IS A MEMBER OF THE PROGRESSIVE CAUCUS REPRESENTS THE 22nd WARD WHICH INCLUDES PARTS OF LITTLE VILLAGE AND BY THE TIME WE SPOKE HE HAD WATCHED THE FOOTAGE RELEASED BY C.O.P.A.
AND THE CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT.
HERE IS HIS REACTION.
>> SO TWO WEEKS AGO WE EXPERIENCED A TRAGEDY HERE IN OUR COMMUNITY.
A 13-YEAR-OLD ADAM TOLEDO, WAS SHOT BY POLICE AND MURDERED.
FIRST AND FOREMOST, WE NEED TO WISH AND WRAP OUR ARMS AROUND THE MOTHER AND THE FAMILY OF ADAM.
WE MOURN ADAM.
AND WE GRIEVE AS A COMMUNITY.
I WATCHED THE TAPES, THEY WERE BRUTAL.
THEY WERE VERY HARD TO WATCH.
THE SHOOTING HAPPENED SEVERAL BLOCKS FROM WHERE WE ARE AT NOW.
I LIVE SEVERAL BLOCKS FROM WHERE THE TOLEDO FAMILIES LIVES THIS VIOLENCE IN OUR COMMUNITY AND THE VIOLENCE PERPETRATED BY POLICE IS JUST UNACCEPTABLE.
AND WE GOT TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.
>> YOU CALLED IT MURDER.
DO YOU BELIEVE THAT'S WHAT THIS WAS?
WE HAVE NOT HEARD FROM THE OFFICER, THE POLICE VIDEO DOES MAKE A POINT TO SAY IT WAS MILISECONDS BETWEEN WHEN WE COME BACK WE SEE FROM THE VIDEO A FIREARM A GUN IN ADAM TOLEDO'S HAND AND HIS HANDS WENT UP BETWEEN THAT TIME HE WAS SHOT?
>> THE CHILD WAS SHOT DEAD HE WAS MURDERED.
IT'S A FACT.
I THINK WE'LL LET THE DAYS PLAY OUT.
THE VIDEOS PLAY OUT.
THE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS PLAY OUT TO DEFINE WHETHER OR WHAT PUNISHMENT THIS OFFICER NEEDS.
BUT THAT VIDEO WAS ABSOLUTELY BRUTAL.
AND A 13-YEAR-OLD HAD HIS HANDS UP AND WAS SHOT DEAD.
YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT TO FIGURE OUT WHAT IS WRONG WITH POLICING IN OUR COUNTRY.
THE FACT THAT SO MANY BLACK AND BROWN YOUNG PEOPLE ARE DYING AT THE HANDS OF POLICE IS UNACCEPTABLE.
THAT IS THE ISSUE.
THAT IS WHAT WE NEED TO ADDRESS.
AS A CITY COUNCIL IT'S TIME TO TAKE ACTION.
>> WHAT DOES THAT ACTION LOOK LIKE?
>> IT MEANS PASSING CIVILIAN OVERSITE OF OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT.
SUPPORTING A COMPROMISE BUT TWO HUGE GRASSROOTS ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAVE COME TOGETHER TO CREATE A GROUNDBREAKING PIECE OF LEGISLATION.
THAT WILL LEAD TO CIVILIAN OVERSIGHT OF OUR POLICE.
I DON'T THINK ALL POLICE ARE BAD.
I WORK VERY WELL WITH OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT THEY ARE RESPONSIVE WHEN WE CALL UPON THEM.
BUT THE FACT IS THAT WE'VE SEEN TOO MANY INSTANCES WHERE POLICE NEED TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE AND BY THE CIVILIANS.
SO THAT THE COMMUNITY CAN REGAIN THE TRUST IN THE POLICE-COMMUNITY RELATIONSHIP SO POLICING GETS BETTER AND SO THAT COMMUNITIES GET SAFER.
>> HOW COULD THIS HAVE GONE DIFFERENTLY?
WHEN IT WAS HAPPENING IN REALTIME OR PERHAPS BEFORE THAT THROUGH INTERVENTIONS, DIFFERENT TYPE OF POLICE FORCE HOW COULD THIS HAVE GONE DIFFERENTLY?
>> WE ALL FAILED ADAM TOLEDO.
AND WE HAVE MANY YOUNG PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT WE HAVE TO LOOK AFTER.
WE ARE A YOUNG COMMUNITY.
I'M PROUD WE'VE GONE FROM ZERO DOLLARS TO 37 MILLION IN VIOLENCE PREVENTION IN TWO YEARS.
VIOLENCE PREVENTION PROGRAM THAT I BELIEVE HAS TAMPED DOWN AND TAMPED DOWN VIOLENCE IN OUR COMMUNITY AND CONTINUES TO BE A BEST PRACTICE IN MAKING OUR NEIGHBORHOODS SAFER.
I WAS OUT ON THE STREET AFTER THE RIOTS LAST YEAR, WELL INTO THE MORNING OUR OUR OUTREACH WORKERS WERE OUT THERE DOING A GREAT JOB.
I WILL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THEM.
THAT IS HOW WE MOVE FORWARD.
INVESTING IN AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMS AND REFORMING OUR POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY.
THAT IS THE STRATEGY TO CREATE SAFER NEIGHBORHOODS.
>> ONCE AGAIN, THAT WAS ALDERMAN MICHAEL RODIGUEZ OF THE 22nd WARD.
HE DID TELL ME THAT YOU KNOW HE WANTED GIVE A COMPLIMENT TO THE C.P.D.
THAT NEARBY HIS HOME THEY APPREHENDED SOMEBODY WHO WAS DEALING GUNS.
THAT IS THE SORT OF POLICE WORK THAT THE C.P.D.
NEEDS TO BE DOING.
KEEPING COMMUNITIES SAFER NOT THE SORT OF WORK THAT WAS SHOWN IN THE VIDEO THAT LED TO ADAM TOLEDO'S DEATH.
BRANDIS BACK TO YOU.
>> THANK YOU >> NOW, AGAIN, IF YOU ARE JUST JOINING US THIS CIVILIAN OFFICE OF POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY AND THE CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT RELEASED THE BODY-CAM VIDEO WITH OTHER VIDEOS SHOWING THE SHOOTING OF 13-YEAR-OLD ADAM TOLEDO.
THE OFFICER FIRING THE FATAL SHOTS IDENTIFIED AS 34-YEAR-OLD ERIC STILLMAN.
A WARNING THIS VIDEO IS DISTURBING TO WATCH AND EXPLICIT LANGUAGE IS USED.
WE ARE ONLY SHOW TO GO IN ITS ENTIRETY TONIGHT BUT WE WON'T BE USING IT IN FULL OTHERWISE.
YOU WILL NOT HEAR AUDIO FOR THE FIRST 15 SECONDS.
HERE IT IS.
>> FREEZE, STOP!
STOP!
RIGHT NOW!
HEY, SHOW ME YOUR HANDS!
STOP!
STOP!
SHOTS FIRED.
SHOTS FIRED.
GET AN AMBULANCE HERE RIGHT NOW.
>> LOOK AT ME.
ARE YOU ALL RIGHT?
WHERE ARE YOU SHOT?
>> NOW, THE VIDEO GOES ON TO SHOW OFFICER STILLMAN AND OTHERS ADMINISTERING CPR TO TOLEDO.
A RECAP TAKING A SLOWER LOOK YOU SEE AND HEAR THE OFFICER CHASING THE 13-YEAR-OLD THROUGH THE ALLEY.
HE SHOUTS AT HIM TO STOP SHOW HIS HANDS.
THE OFFICER YELLS DROP IT, DROP IT AND IMMEDIATELY OPENS FIRE AS TOLEDO WAS TURNING AROUND WITH HIS HANDS RAISED.
CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS RELEASED VIDEO THAT THEY CLAIM SHOWS TOLEDO TOSSING A GUN BEHIND THAT FENCE WHERE HE WAS SHOT.
>> MAYOR LORI LIGHTFOOT GAVE A NEWS CONFERENCE TODAY A FEW HOURS AHEAD OF THE RELEASE OF THE VIDEO SHOWING THE POLICE KILLING OF 13-YEAR-OLD ADAM TOLEDO LAST MONTH.
SHE CALLED FOR CALM AND PATIENCE AS AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE SHOOTING CONTINUES AND OFFERED FEDERAL ASSISTANCE TO STOP THE FLOW OF ILLEGAL GUNS INTO CHICAGO.
WTTW NEWS REPORTER HEATHER CHERONE JOINS US WITH MORE.
FIRST LET'S LISTEN TO SOME OF WHAT THE MAYOR HAD TO SAY TODAY.
>> EVEN AS OUR UNDERSTANDING OF THIS INCIDENT CONTINUES TO EVOLVE, THIS REMAINS A COMPLICATED AND NUANCED STORY.
AND WE ALL MUST PROCEED WITH DEEP EMPATHY AND CALM AND IMPORTANTLY, PEACE.
>> HEATHER WHO ELSE DID THE MAYOR WANT THE CITY TO KNOW BEFORE THEY SEE THE VIDEOS?
>> IT WAS ESSENTIALLY A WARNING THAT THE VIDEOS WERE IN HER WORDS QUOTE EXCRUCIATING AND THAT IT REALLY WAS NOT JUST ABOUT ADAM TOLEDO BUT ABOUT THE SYSTEMIC PROBLEMS FACING KIDS LIKE HIM ACROSS CHICAGO THAT BROUGHT HIM TO THAT ALLEY JUST AFTER 2:30 AM ON MARCH 29TH.
AND SHE THOUGHT TO WIDEN THE PICTURE A LITTLE BIT JUST FROM HER OF THAT HORRIFIC COUPLE OF MOMENTS THAT WE'VE SEEN TODAY.
>> MAYOR LIGHTFOOT IS CALLING ON THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO STEP UP TO STEM THE FLOW OF ILLEGAL FIREARMS INTO CHICAGO.
ANYTHING NEW HERE?
>> NO.
WE'VE HEARD HER MAKE THESE REQUESTS TIME AND TIME AGAIN, PARTICULARLY WHEN THERE'S BEEN A HIGH PROFILE CRIME OR A HIGH PROFILE INCIDENT.
SHE HAS CONSTANTLY CALLED ON THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO DO MORE TO STOP THE FLOW OF ILLEGAL GUNS INTO CHICAGO FROM STATES LIKE INDIANA WHERE THE GUN LAWS ARE MUCH LOOSER.
AND SHE WANTS LOOPHOLES CLOSED THAT WILL PREVENT THE SALE OF GUNS TO THOSE WHO ARE NOT ENTITLED TO TO HAVE THEM.
BUT THIS IS NOT REALLY ANYTHING NEW AS I SAID.
AND THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION HAS TAKEN SOME STEPS TO DO SOME OF WHAT THE MAYOR ASKED FOR IN TERMS OF EXECUTIVE ACTION.
BUT THE MAYOR HAS LONG WANTED TO SEE COMPREHENSIVE GUN CONTROL REFORM WHICH REMAINS A LONGSHOT IN THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS.
>> THE MAYOR TALKED ABOUT THE TRAUMA THAT YOUTH FACE GROWING UP SURROUNDED BY GUN VIOLENCE.
>> TWO FACTS ABOUT THIS TRAGEDY REMAIN CLEAR... FIRST, IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT THIS CHILD WAS IN CONTACT WITH AN ADULT WHO HAD A GUN AND ENDED UP BEING SHOT AND KILLED BY A POLICE OFFICER.
THE SECOND THERE ARE TOO MANY YOUNG PEOPLE IN OUR CITY BOYS AND GIRLS ALIKE, WHO HAVE BEEN LEFT VULNERABLE BY SYSTEMIC FAILURES THAT WE SIMPLY MUST FIX.
THESE TWO REALITIES URGE US TO RECKON WITH A RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN, POLICE OUR COMMUNITIES AND ESPECIALLY OUR YOUNG PEOPLE.
>> AND HEATHER WHO DID THE MAYOR HAVE TO SAY ABOUT WHAT THE CITY HAS GONE OR CAN DO ABOUT THIS?
>> THE MAYOR IS VERY PROUD OF WHAT SHE SAYS IS HER RECORD IN DIRECTING CITY MONEY TOWARDS SOCIAL SERVICES.
EVERYTHING FROM COUNSELING, AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMS, SUMMER JOBS, ALL SORTS OF THINGS SHE SAYS IS NECESSARY TO ADDRESS THAT SYSTEMIC INEQUALITY.
BUT AGAIN, THIS IS A LONGSTANDING ISSUE AND THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT CAN BE SOLVED EASILY OR OVERNIGHT OR EVEN REALLY ANYTIME SOON.
MORE THAN A YEAR AGO, THE MAYOR CALLED FOR AN END TO GENERATIONAL POVERTY WHICH IS REALLY WHAT SHE IS TALKING ABOUT.
BUT THE PANDEMIC MADE THOSE ISSUES WORSE AND THEY ARE IN STARK AS WE THINK OF ADAM TOLEDO AND HIS FAMILY.
>> A WEEK AFTER THE SHOOTING THE MAYOR BLAMED THE ADULT WHO ALLEGEDLY PUT THE GUN IN ADAM TOLEDO'S FOR HIS DEATH.
HERE IS WHAT SHE SAID.
>> AN ADULT PUT A GUN IN A CHILD'S HAND.
A YOUNG IMPRESSIONABLE CHILD.
AND ONE WHO SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN PROVIDED WITH A WEAPON THAT COULD AND DID CHANGE THE COURSE OF HIS LIFE.
>> MAYOR WAS USING HER WORDS OR CHOOSING HER WORDS MORE CAREFULLY TODAY.
WHAT IS YOUR READ ON THAT.
>> WHEN SHE ADDRESSED THE NEWS MEDIA SHE HAD NOT YET SEEN THE VIDEO RECORDED BY THE OFFICER'S CAMERA.
AND WE'VE SEEN IT NOW AND IT SHOWS ADAM WITH HIS HANDS UP AT THE MOMENT THAT HE WAS SHOT.
AND IT SEEMS AS IF IT CALLS INTO QUESTION ABOUT THE POLICE NARRATIVE OF WHAT HAPPENED THAT NIGHT WHICH POLICE SAID FROM THE BEGINNING INVOLVED AN ARMED CONFRONTATION.
THE QUESTION IS: WAS THAT ENTIRELY ACCURATE?
OR DID IT TRY TO PAINT A PICTURE THAT THE BODY-CAMERA FOOTAGE HAS SHOWN THAT IS NOT ACCURATE?
AND THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME THAT MAYOR LIGHTFOOT HAS ADDRESSED THE NEWS MEDIA AND GIVEN US INFORMATION ABOUT A POLICE MISCONDUCT FUROR IF YOU CAN CAST YOUR MEMORY BACK TO FEBRUARY SHE SAID SHE HAD NOT LEARNED ABOUT THE ANJANETTE YOUNG BOTCHED RAID UNTIL CBS2 REPORTED ON IT.
A DAY LATER SHE ACKNOWLEDGED SHE LEARNED ABOUT IT AND WE LEARNED THAT SHE HAD BEEN BRIEFED AND DETAILED ABOUT IT.
THERE ARE QUESTIONS REMAINING ABOUT WHAT MAYOR LIGHTFOOT KNEW AND WHEN SHE KNEW IT AND WHEN SHE SAW THIS FOOTAGE AND WHETHER OR NOT THAT HAS CAUSED HER TO CHANGE HER NARRATIVE OF WHAT HAPPENED AT THIS FATEFUL EVENT.
>> THANK YOU AND WE'LL SEE YOU LATER IN THE PROGRAM FOR MORE ANALYSIS ON THE VIDEO OF THE FATAL SHOOTING RELEASED BY C.O.P.A.
TODAY.
>> THANKS.
>> AND YOU CAN READ HEATHER'S STORY AND COVERAGE FROM MATT MASTERSON ON OUR WEBSITE AT WTTW.COM/NEWS.
>> UP NEXT WE CHECK BACK IN WITH PARIS WHO IS LIVE DOWNTOWN.
STAY WITH US.
AND WE HAVE MORE SPECIAL COVERAGE OF THE SHOOTING OF ADAM TOLEDO.
WE CHECK BACK IN WITH PARIS SCHUTZ LIVE AT MILLENNIUM PARK.
>> PARIS?
>> IT'S QUIET NOW JUST A SMATTERING OF VISITORS AND TOURISTS CHECKING OUT THE BEAN OR THE CLOUD GATE.
A GROUP OF DEMONSTRATORS HERE BEFORE SET OFF AND MARCHED DOWN MICHIGAN AVENUE.
THEY ARE CURRENTLY AT MICHIGAN AND THE RIVER.
IT WAS A SMALL GROUP OF A COUPLE DOZEN PROTESTORS ALL PEACEFUL LED BY THE RABBI RESPONDING TO THE RELEASE OF THE VIDEO.
THE RALEIGH WAS PLANNED.
IT WAS TO TALK ABOUT DAUNTE WRIGHT.
AND OF COURSE THEY DID TALK ABOUT DAUNTE WRIGHT.
THEY TALKED ABOUT OTHER CHILDREN THAT HAVE BEEN SHOT BY CHICAGO POLICE OFFICERS OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS AND THEY SOUGHT TO BRIM THE DIVIDE BETWEEN THE BLACK AND BROWN COMMUNITIES AND TALK ABOUT YOUNG PEOPLE OF COLOR WHO HAVE BEEN SHOT AND HURT BY POLICE OFFICERS IN THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS.
THERE COULD BE ANOTHER DEMONSTRATION IN UNION PARK TONIGHT AND TOMORROW IN LOGAN SQUARE ON THE BOULEVARD THERE.
AND OF COURSE IN LITTLE VILLAGE WHICH IS WHERE THE NEXUS OF THE DEMONSTRATIONS IS HAPPENING BECAUSE THAT IS OF COURSE WHERE THE SHOOTING HAPPENED A COUPLE WEEKS BACK.
AND FOLKS ARE OPTIMISTIC THESE WILL BE PEACEFUL DEMONSTRATIONS.
AND THE FAMILY OF ADAM TOLEDO CALLED FOR PEACEFUL DEMONSTRATIONS IN THE WAKE OF HIS DEATH IN THE WAKE OF THE RELEASE OF THIS VERY, VERY DIFFICULT TO WATCH VIDEO.
DIFFICULT FOR EVERYBODY INVOLVED.
DIFFICULT FOR EVERYONE WATCHING IT AS YOU KNOW, BRANDIS AND EVERYONE ACROSS THE CITY AND THE MAYOR HAD ALREADY ANNOUNCED BEEFED UP PUBLIC SAFETY MEASURES BECAUSE OF ALL OF THE THINGS GOING ON NOT JUST ADAM TOLEDO BUT ALSO THE DAUNTE WRIGHT CASE IN MINNEAPOLIS, ALSO YOU HAVE THE DEFENSE RESTING IN THE CASE OF DEREK CHAUVIN AS WELL UP IN MINNEAPOLIS.
THERE COULD BE JURY DELIBERATIONS IN THAT NEXT WEEK.
THERE COULD BE A VERDICT THERE.
A LOT OF DIFFERENT CASES HERE TO WATCH THAT HAS CITY OFFICIALS AND THE PUBLIC A LITTLE BIT ON EDGE GIVEN WHAT HAPPENED LAST SUMMER IN THE WAKE OF THE KILLING OF GEORGE FLOYD WHEN DEMONSTRATIONS HAPPENED ACROSS THE CITY AND IN NEIGHBORHOODS IT TURNED INTO VIOLENT UNREST.
THE MAYOR TRYING TO HEAD THAT OFF PUTTING CITY VEHICLES, STREETS AND SAN TRUCKS IN NEIGHBORHOODS SO FAR NOTHING REPORTED.
SOME STORES BOARDING UP.
AND BRANDIS WE WILL HAVE MUCH MORE ON "THE WEEK IN REVIEW" TOMORROW AND WE TOSS IT BACK TO YOU.
>> THAT IS RIGHT.
A DIFFICULT DAY IN CHICAGO AND CERTAINLY IN LITTLE VILLAGE WHERE WE FIND AMANDA VINICKY AGAIN.
SHE SPENT THE DAY REPORTING IN LITTLE VILLAGE.
AND SHE IS THERE NOW WITH A COMMUNITY LEADER.
AMANDA?
>> YES, I'M HERE WITH KIM WASSERMAN, WHO IS THE DIRECTOR OF THE LITTLE VILLAGE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE ORGANIZATION.
AND I KNOW THAT THIS IS OF COURSE, DISTURBING FOR EVERYBODY YOU DID HAVE A CHANCE TO WATCH THE VIDEOS SHOWING THE FOOT CHASE AND THE DEATH OF ADAM TOLEDO.
YOUR REACTION?
>> IT'S HORRIFIC ABSOLUTELY HORRIFIC.
OUR NEIGHBORHOOD HAS BEEN TRAUMATIZED NOT JUST WITH THIS BUT REPEATED RACIST AND VIOLENT ACTS AT THE HANDS OF THE CITY, THE HANDS OF THE CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT AND LOCAL INDUSTRY.
WE CELEBRATED -- WE JUST MOURNED THE BOTCHED IMPLOSION OF THE CRAWFORD SMOKESTACK SUNDAY AND TODAY WE ARE WATCHING THIS VIDEO AND MOURNED THE CHILD FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
IT WAS HORRIFIC AND CONTINUES TO BE A TRYING TIME FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
>> WHAT HAVE YOU SHARED OR TALKED TO MEMBERS OF YOUR ORGANIZATION, OR ALSO FRIENDS, LOVED ONES WHO PERHAPS LIVE IN LITTLE VILLAGE, WHAT HAVE THE CONVERSATIONS BEEN TODAY?
>> HOW TO SUPPORT HECH OTHER AND -- EACH OTHER AND HOW TO SUPPORT THE FAMILY.
WE ARE EXPECTED TO BE RESILIENT AND BOUNCE BACK AS COMMUNITIES AND IT'S HARD ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE BECAUSE WE CONTINUE TO HAVE OUR BODIES AND OUR COMMUNITY DEVALUIZED BECAUSE OF WHO WE ARE.
IT'S ABOUT HOW DO WE SUPPORT THE FAMILY AND EACH OTHER.
THERE IS A SLOGAN A CHANT WHICH IS WHO PROTECTS US?
WE PROTECT US.
IT'S ABOUT REMINDING FOLKS THAT WE LOOK OUT FOR EACH OTHER AND WE WILL FIGHT THIS SYSTEM WITH EVERYTHING THAT WE HAVE.
BECAUSE HE WAS NOT JUST THAT WOMAN'S BABY HE WAS ALL OF OUR CHILDREN.
I HAVE A 12-YEAR-OLD AT HOME.
THAT COULD HAVE BEEN ANY ONE OF OUR CHILDREN.
HE WAS 13 YEARS OLD.
AND SO IT'S A TIME FOR US TO SUPPORT EACH OTHER AND BE THERE FOR EACH OTHER AND HOLD HIS FAMILY AND HOLD OUR SYSTEM ACCOUNTABLE FOR WHAT IT'S DOING ON A DAILY BASIS TO OUR COMMUNITY HONESTLY.
>> LOTS OF CONVERSATIONS ABOUT SYSTEMIC CHANGE THAT IS NEEDED, REFORM OF THE C.P.D.
HOW DO YOU SUPPORT THE TOLEDO FAMILY ASK FOR PRIVACY, HELD A PRESS CONFERENCE THROUGH THEIR ATTORNEYS HOW DO YOU GIVE THAT SUPPORT AND NOT JUST FOCUS ON THE HEARTBREAK BUT AS YOU SAID YOU ARE EXPECTED TO BE RESILIENT BUT TRY TO LIFT, CHANGE, MOVE?
>> ABSOLUTELY AND WHAT YOU SAID IT'S GETTING THE PUBLIC NARRATIVE THAT THIS IS ABOUT SYSTEM CHANGE THAT REFORMS WILL NOT CHANGE.
FOLKS WANT VIDEO RECORDINGS?
THEY TURN THEM OFF.
THIS IS NOT ABOUT REFORM.
THIS IS ABOUT ACCOUNTABILITY WHICH APPARENTLY THIS ADMINISTRATION DOES NOT WANT TO UNDERSTAND.
YOU NEED TO BE ACCOUNTABLE TO PEOPLE WHEN YOU MESS UP.
YOU KILLED A CHILD.
YOU ARE ACCOUNTABLE.
CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT IS ACCOUNTABLE FOR THAT.
WE ARE HELD ACCOUNTABLE EVERYDAY OF OUR LIVES BEING PEOPLE OF COLOR IN THIS CITY.
WE ARE HELD ACCOUNTABLE IF WE DON'T PAY OUR TAXES OR WE ARE ACCOUNTABLE IF WE HAVE TOO MUCH AIR FRESHENERS IN THE CAR.
WHERE IS THE ACCOUNTABILITY TO THE SYSTEM THAT PUT THIS CHILD IN THAT PREDICAMENT IN THE FIRST PLACE.
FOR US AS A COMMUNITY WE HAVE TO BE HONEST ABOUT WHAT THIS IS.
THIS IS SYSTEMIC RACISM AND WE HAVE TO HOLD EACH OTHER ACCOUNTABLE.
AND HOLD OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS ACCOUNTABLE.
LORI LIGHTFOOT NEEDS TO SAY WE MESSED UP AND HERE IS HOW WE PLAN TO FIX IT.
THE OUR COMMUNITIES NEED TO HAVE THE POWER OVER THE INSTITUTIONS SO OUR LIVES MATTER.
>> DO YOU THINK THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN DIFFERENT IF TOLEDO WERE WHITE?
OR IF IT HAPPENED IN A DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOOD?
>> I MEAN I THINK WE SEE THAT EVERYDAY.
THE KID IN WISCONSIN HE HAD AN AK47 AND HE IS STILL ALIVE.
WHEN THE POLICE CHOOSE TO WANT TO LET US PEOPLE LIVE.
AND IT'S QUITE CLEAR.
THAT BLACK AND BROWN BODIES ARE NOT RIPE FOR SAVING.
ONLY THOSE THAT ARE NOT AFRAID OF THEY DON'T WANT TO OPPRESS.
WE'VE SEEN IT IN THE MIDWEST AND IT IS NOT TO SAY THAT POOR WHITE FOLKS ARE NOT KILLED BY THE POLICE.
BUT THE STATISTICS DO NOT LIE WHO DIES AT THE HANDS OF THE CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT.
>> YOU BROUGHT UP YOU HAVE A 12-YEAR-OLD, MAY I ASK WHAT CONVERSATION HAVE YOU HAD WITH YOUR CHILD?
>> YOU KNOW, ONE THAT WE'RE UNFORTUNATELY HAVING TO TEACH OUR CHILDREN WHICH IS YOU DON'T TRUST 50.
YOU DON'T CALL THEM FOR HELP.
YOU CALL EVERYBODY ELSE THAT YOU CAN CALL.
THE REALITIES OF POLICING AND SHE KNOWS THIS MY SONS KNOW THIS IT'S ABOUT JUST THE REALITIES OF HOW TO PROTECT YOURSELF.
HOW TO DEFEND YOURSELF.
BECAUSE ANY WRONG MOVE AND THEIR LIVES COULD BE TAKEN.
AND I WISH THAT IS NOT THE CONVERSATION I HAD TO HAVE WITH MY KIDS.
I WISH THAT IS NOT THE CONVERSATION I HAVE TO GO HOME TO TONIGHT BUT THAT IS THE POSITION THIS ADMINISTRATION CONTINUES TO PUT US IN.
>> WISHES TO YOU AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SHARING WITH US AGAIN THAT WAS KIM WASSERMAN, SHE IS THE LEADER OF THE LITTLE VILLAGE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE ORGANIZATION AND KIM GREW UP IN LITTLE VILLAGE.
13 YEARS OLD HERSELF HERE ONCE.
BACK TO YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>> UP NEXT WE CHECK IN WITH SOME OF OUR WTTW NEWS REPORTERS WITH MORE ABOUT TODAY'S VIDEO RELEASE AND POLICE POLICY.
FIRST, A LOOK AT THE WEATHER.
>> OF COURSE THERE ARE STILL SO MANY UNANSWERED QUESTIONS ABOUT THE POLICE KILLING OF ADAM TOLEDO UNTIL TODAY'S VIDEO RELEASE.
AS WELL AS UNCERTAINTY OVER LINGERING LEGAL AND POLITICAL FALLOUT.
HERE TO BREAK IT DOWN ARE WTTW NEWS REPORTERS MATT MASTERSON, WHO HAS THE CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT AS ONE OF HIS BEATS.
AND HEATHER CHERONE WHO AMONG OTHER THINGS COVERS CITY HALL.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.
MATT, LET'S START WITH YOU PLEASE, REMIND US WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT THE TIMELINE ON THE NIGHT OF MARCH 29TH FROM WHEN POLICE WERE CALLED TO THE TIME THAT TOLEDO WAS KILLED?
>> SO THIS STARTED ON THE EARLY MORNING HOURS OF MARCH 29TH.
AT 2 WOULD AT DO:35AM THERE WAS A SHOTSPOTTER LOCATION 8 OR 9 GUNSHOTS WERE FIRED.
A COUPLE OF 9-1-1 CALLS WERE MADE IN THE MINUTES AFTER THAT AND POLICE RESPONDED TO THAT LOCATION WHERE THE GUNSHOTS HAD BEEN FIRED ABOUT THREE MINUTES AFTER THE SHOTS WERE FIRED.
AND THAT'S WHERE THINGS PICK UP.
THE BODY-CAM FOOTAGE OF THE OFFICER INVOLVED YOU CAN SEE HIM GETTING OUT AT 2:38 AND BEGAN THE FOOT PURSUIT AFTER ADAM TOLEDO AND THINGS MOVED QUICKLY BETWEEN THE TIME HE GETS OUT OF THE CAR AND THE FOOT PURSUIT AND WHEN HE FIRES THAT SHOT IS 10-15 SECONDS LONG.
>> AND HEATHER, COOK COUNTY PROSECUTOR IN A BOND HEARING STATED THAT TOLEDO HAD A GUN IN HIS HAND WHEN HE WAS FATALLY SHOT.
BUT NOW THE STATE'S ATTORNEY'S OFFICE IS WALKING THAT BACK.
WHAT HAPPENED?
>> THAT IS RIGHT.
THE STATE'S ATTORNEY'S OFFICE TOLD ME TEED THAT THAT PROSECUTOR WAS NOT PROPERLY BRIEFED ON WHAT HAPPENED.
AND THAT HE MADE AN ERROR AND THAT HAS BEEN ADDRESSED INTERNALLY.
THEY SAID QUOTE THE VIDEO SPEAKS FOR ITSELF.
THAT HAS LED TO A LITTLE BIT OF JUST SHOCK AND CONFUSION THAT SO MANY OF US FELT TODAY.
BECAUSE WE HAVE THOUGHT THAT MAYBE THIS VIDEO WOULD NOT BE AS BAD AS WE HAD FEARED WHEN I THINK THAT THAT PICTURE OF ADAM HOLDING UP HIS HANDS RIGHT BEFORE HE IS KILLED IS GOING TO STICK IN THE MINDS OF A LOT OF PEOPLE FOR A LONGTIME.
>> MATT, HAS THERE BEEN REACTION FROM POLICE DEPARTMENT LEADERS OR THE POLICE UNION SINCE THIS VIDEO WAS RELEASED THIS NARCH.
>> SO THE CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN TIGHT LIPPED ABOUT THIS AS THERE IS AN ACTIVE INVESTIGATION GOING ON BY C.O.P.A.
SO THAT IS GOING.
SO THEY DON'T WANT TO COMMENT ON THIS TOO MUCH.
THE POLICE DEPARTMENT DID INVITE MEDIA MEMBERS TO VIEW PORTIONS OF THE SHOOTING VIDEO BEFORE THE RELEASE THIS AFTERNOON.
BUT THEY WOULDN'T TAKE COMMENTS OR WOULDN'T PROVIDE CONTEXT INTO THE VIDEO THEY SHOWED IT TO US AND THEN IT WAS PUBLICLY RELEASED A COUPLE HOURS LATER.
AS FOR THE POLICE UNION, CATANZARA, THE HEAD OF THE UNION HERE IN CHICAGO HE BELIEVES THE SHOOTING WAS JUSTIFIED.
HE SAID THE OFFICER HAD LESS THAN ONE SECOND TO REACT AS TOLEDO WAS TURNING AROUND DURING THIS FOOT PURSUIT AND EVEN THOUGH THE ADAM TOLEDO DID NOT FIRE ANY SHOTS THE THE OFFICER THE OFFICER WAS 100% RIGHT IN PULLING THE TRIGGER.
>> SINCE TOLEDO'S DEATH, MAYOR LIGHTFOOT CALLED FOR REFORMS TO C.P.D.
'S FOOT PURSUIT POLICY.
HERE IS WHAT SHE SAID TODAY >> WE HAVE TO DO MORE STARTING WITH REFORMING THE CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT'S POLICIES AND PARTICULARLY THE FOOT PURSUIT POLICY.
I SAID THIS IN AUGUST OF 2018.
AND HERE WE ARE NOW IN 2021.
FOOT PURSUITS, PUT EVERYONE INVOLVED AT RISK.
THE OFFICERS, THE PERSON BEING PURSUED, AND BYSTANDERS.
>> SO MATT WHAT SPECIFICALLY IS THE MAYOR CALLING FOR HERE?
AND HOW COULD THAT HAVE CHANGED WHAT HAPPENED TO ADAM TOLEDO?
>> SO THE CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT IT'S NOT SO MUCH THAT IT NEEDS TO REVISE THE FOOT PURSUE POLICY IT NEEDS TO BE CREATED.
SOMETHING CALLED OUT NOT ONLY BY THE MAYOR BUT THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE THE CONSENT DECREE'S MONITORING TEAM HAS RAISED FLAGS ABOUT THIS AS WELL.
AND THEY SAID CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT NEEDS TO CREATE A POLICY THAT LIMIT THE FOOT PURSUITS THAT ARE DANGEROUS.
THEY NEED TO PUT IN LANGUAGE TO EXPLAIN WHEN OFFICERS SHOULD AND SHOULDN'T ENGAGE IN THE PURSUITS WHEN THEY SHOULD LET A FLEEING SUSPECT RUN AWAY AND WHAT TO DO IF THEY ARE SEPARATED FROM THEIR PARTNERS AND HOW THEY NEED TO REASSESS THE SITUATION WHEN THEY ARE ENGAGED.
LIGHTFOOT TOUCHED ON THIS IN THE PAST.
BUT SHE HASN'T SPECIFICALLY SAID WHAT SHE BELIEVES NEEDS TO BE IN THE POLICY.
SHE WANTS THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO CRAFT SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN BROUGHT TO HER.
AND THE OFFICERS HAVE MORE TRAINING HOW TO HANDLE THE SITUATIONS AND POSSIBLE IN THIS SITUATION TOLEDO IS ALLOWED TO RUN.
AND HE IS NOT PURSUED AND THE SHOOTING DOES NOT OCCUR.
>> THE MAYOR WAS ELECTED ON POLICE REFORM AS THAT CANDIDATE.
BUT SHE ISN'T SUPPORTING A CURRENT OVERSIGHT PLAN IN CITY COUNCIL AND HAS YET TO PRESENT HER OWN.
WHAT IS THE HOLD-UP?
>> POLITICS AS IT ALWAYS IS.
MAYOR LIGHTFOOT WOULD NOT BE MAYOR LIGHTFOOT IF NOT FOR FORMER MAYOR EMANUEL'S DECISION TO LEAD THE POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY TASK FORCE IN THE WAKE OF THE DEATH OF LAQUAN McDONALD A TEENAGER SHOT TO DEATH BY A CHICAGO POLICE OFFICER.
SHE CAMPAIGNED VIGOROUSLY IN FAVOR OF AN ELECTED BOARD BEING PUT IN CHARGE OF THE CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT AND STOOD WITH THE ORGANIZERS WHO CRAFTED ONE OF THE TWO MEASURES THAT IS NOW PENDING BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL.
BUT WHEN SHE TOOK OFFICE THE MAYOR SAID THAT THE DEVIL WAS IN THE DETAILS AND SHE NO LONGER SUPPORTED IT BECAUSE IT WOULD REMOVE THE POWER OF THE MAYOR TO MAKE A FINAL DECISION ON POLICIES LIKE FOOT PURSUITS FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THAT'S WHERE WE STAND.
THERE IS A COMPROMISE MEASURE WHERE THE TWO MAIN COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS HAVE COME TOGETHER TO ENDORSE ONE PLAN BUT THE MAYOR HAS NOT ALLOWED THAT TO COME UP FOR A VOTE AND IT IS NOT CLEAR HOW THE STALEMATE WILL BE BROKEN AND WHETHER THE MAYOR WILL COME UP WITH HER OWN PROPOSAL.
>> YOU MENTIONED LAQUAN McDONALD, THIS IS LIKE DEJA VU FOR MANY THINK BEING THAT SHOOTING SEVEN YEARS AGO.
THE BIGGEST DIFFERENCE YOU WOULD SAY BETWEEN THESE TWO CASES?
>> WELL, YOU KNOW, THERE'S SO MUCH THAT WE DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE DEATH OF ADAM TOLEDO THAT IT'S HARD TO SAY.
I THINK THAT THAT SENSE OF DEJA VU IS BECAUSE ADAM TOLEDO IS ANOTHER TEENAGER WHO WAS SHOT TO DEATH BY A CHICAGO POLICE OFFICER JUST LIKE LAQUAN McDONALD.
AND THERE WERE SO MANY REFORMS AND THERE WAS SO MUCH ENERGY BEHIND MAKING SURE SOMETHING LIKE THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN AGAIN AND PART OF THE SADNESS THAT PEOPLE ARE FEELING TODAY IS BECAUSE THAT IN SOME WAYS IT HAS HAPPENED AGAIN AND ALL OF THAT HAS BEEN FOR PERHAPS NOT.
>> WE'LL HAVE TO LEAVE IT THERE.
THANKS TO HELENE GAYLE AND HEATHER CHERONE AND MATT MASTERSON FOR JOINING US.
AND.
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Clip: 4/15/2021 | 4m 47s | The shooting of Adam Toledo happened several blocks from the alderman’s office. (4m 47s)
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Clip: 4/15/2021 | 6m 11s | Mayor Lori Lightfoot said the police shooting videos “are incredibly difficult to watch.” (6m 11s)
Live from Little Village: Community Reacts to Video Release
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Clip: 4/15/2021 | 7m 21s | Feelings about Adam Toledo’s killing are particularly raw in Little Village. (7m 21s)
Protesters Gather Downtown Following Shooting Video Release
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Clip: 4/15/2021 | 3m 42s | Paris Schutz gets reaction to the police shooting of Adam Toledo. (3m 42s)
Reporter Roundtable: The Police Shooting of Adam Toledo
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Clip: 4/15/2021 | 7m 19s | WTTW News reporters Heather Cherone and Matt Masterson discuss the events. (7m 19s)
Special Coverage: The Police Shooting of Adam Toledo
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Clip: 4/15/2021 | 2m 39s | Paris Schutz reports live from downtown Chicago. (2m 39s)
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