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Chicago Readies For Release Of Body Cam Footage Of 13-Year-Old Shot Dead By Police

Tuesday, 6 April 2021, 20:45 Dr. Tar Uncategorized 27

Chicago Tribune

On the night of March 28, Elizabeth Toledo thought her 13-year-old son, Adam, was finally home. He had returned after days away. She had even called the Chicago police to report him missing. But that Sunday night, she would later tell reporters, she saw him go into the room he shared with his brother.

The next day, he was gone. Ms. Toledo later heard from the police: Adam was dead, fatally shot by a police officer who had chased him into an alley early in the morning on March 29, just hours after she last saw him.

“I just want to know what really happened to my baby,” Ms. Toledo said at a news conference last week, demanding transparency from law enforcement officials and expressing disbelief that Adam —who, she said, played with Legos and rode bikes with his siblings — would end up in what the police called an “armed confrontation.” More

Other stories suggesting Adam Toledo is a victim of the Chicago police. Here, Here and Here

Yesterday, Chicago’s mayor signaled that this shooting may not simply be blamed on an individual officer put into a tragic situation.

Chicago Sun Times

Mayor Lori Lightfoot vowed Monday to hunt down and hold accountable adults responsible for “putting a gun into the hands” of a 13-year-old shot and killed by Chicago police last week.

In promising to hold adults accountable for the circumstances surrounding Adam Toledo’s death, Lightfoot went further than the Chicago Police Department has been willing to go. More

She still managed to find a way to pass some of the blame on the Chicago PD in general, however. Here

27 Comments on Chicago Readies For Release Of Body Cam Footage Of 13-Year-Old Shot Dead By Police

  2. We already know the ritual; it’s not the child’s fault he was carrying a gun, and it wasn’t mom’s fault for sure, and it damn sure wasn’t dad’s fault because he was nowhere around.

    It was that dirty evil cop who was a little older, a little smarter and much better trained. /s

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  5. At 13 years old, I had known how to handle guns safely for years. And I handled them safely on my own often.

    But, I had both parents at home that cared about me. Maybe the dems should quit trying to keep people, especially minorities, from forming loving caring families that raise kids by teaching them things they need to know.

    Just a thought.

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  8. Something happened after he finished playing with the Legos and stopped riding his bike, that caused him to run away. She is glossing over a major bit of information. That information is probably a lot more important than the Lego playing and bike riding.

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  10. No excuse needed to riot.
    It’s just like being an ‘extra’ on a TV show or a movie.
    Check craigslist to see where they’re meeting up, collect your 100 bucks cash on Friday. Don’t even need to report it to the IRS.

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  13. “expressing disbelief that Adam —who, she said, played with Legos and rode bikes with his siblings — would end up in what the police called an “armed confrontation”

    Your barely-teenage kid is running around loose on the streets for days at a stretch, yet you can’t believe he might do something illegal or violent. Sounds to me like you didn’t know your kid very well, lady. He was what we would call around here “feral people”.

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  14. Look mom, did you tell your baby not to point a gun or shoot at cops because you may not make it home to play with the Legos? No, now you know. Hard lesson to learn.

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  17. Firstly, Lightfoot and politicians like her put guns in the hands of 13 year old kids by allowing crime to run rampant, catch & release policies of adults, and making it clear to youth that they will be treated very lightly.

    Secondly, major US cities are ignoring petty & smaller crimes which embolden youth who then escalate.

    Finally, was it not 2 weeks ago that 15 & 13 year old girls ended a mans life during a car jacking.

    In Rochester a 16 & 14 year old intentionally set a man on fire at his home.

    NO FEAR of the Law put the Gun in their hands, the tazer, and the matches!

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  19. I read once (or maybe it was in a TV show) that the gangs will let the youngest members hold and carry the gun(s). That way, if caught, they are juveniles and will get a slap on the wrist, instead of jail time. Unfortunately, it appears that the juvenile got more than a slap on the wrist in the confrontation.

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  21. Hopefully this shooting will be ruled justified and Chauvin will be found not guilty so the two events will cancel each other out and the nation will remain peaceful.

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  22. So kid comes and goes as he pleases. He was a gang banger likely drug runner for the gang congrats to all you single moms creating the future monsters of America

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  25. The African baby momma just hit the African sweepstakes with another multi-million dollar taxpayer payout from the City of Chicago! Various African grifters will make sure that they get their ‘fair’ share! All is well in Shitgago

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