Posted on 04/16/2021 9:00:12 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
The chief of the Chicago Police Union on April 16 called the actions of the officer who shot 13-year-old Adam Toledo “justified” and “heroic.”
Chicago Police Union President John Catanzara said on Thursday that the officer had less than one second to assess whether Toledo was still holding a gun in his hand as he turned around.
“There is no way a rational person can say they can process that and their muscle reaction would be less than one second,” Catanzara told CNN.
Bodycam footage from the officer who fired the shot shows him running after Toledo before the teen stopped near a gap in a wooden fence and turned around abruptly raising his hands to surrender. A split second before Toledo turned around, the video appears to show a handgun in his right hand.
Bodycam footage from a second responding officer shows a handgun on the ground behind the fence.
“The officer does not have to wait to be shot at or shot in order to respond and defend himself,” Catanzara said.
“It is 100 percent justified. That officer’s actions were actually heroic. There is a very good reason he only shot once. Like I said, he could have been shot multiple times, but the officer assessed in a split second. Unfortunately, he committed to the first shot already, justifiably so.”
The footage showed the officer running after Toledo and yelling “stop right [expletive] now.” When Toledo stopped, the officer yelled “show me your [expletive] hands.” The officer then yelled “drop it” twice before firing the shot.
Toledo’s hands were clearly empty when he raised them, but an object resembling a gun appeared in his right hand before he turned around.
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That will be met with wide approval.
I completely agree with the Chicago police union. As strange as it may seem, they are actually correct.
From what I have seen, I would have shot the punk as well.
It’s nice to see the blame for the incident placed where it belongs, with the criminal.
Sadly the officer was justified. Will the parents/baby momma be charged with neglect resulting in death for a 13 year old being out in the early morning with a firearm?
There it is: consensus. Everybody go home and stop raising your children to be violent criminals.
I am glad they are making a stand, and I am also glad he mentioned what the little angel and his friend had been up to: firing at cars. Interestingly enough, just yesterday evening in that same neighborhood a 17-year old girl was killed when someone fired into the car she was in.
Out with a firearm? He did a mag dump minutes before he was killed. I haven’t heard what came of that.
Yeah. Post #7 might be a clue. Will the parents be called to account? (yeah, I know that probably isn’t plural)
Give the officer a medal, no telling how many lives he saved by shooting the punk.
This so called kid’s street name was Lil homicide...
I haven’t either. But from one video I saw, it appeared they were possibly shooting at a passing vehicle just prior to the officer involved shooting.
L’il bastards.
“I haven’t either. But from one video I saw, it appeared they were possibly shooting at a passing vehicle just prior to the officer involved shooting.”
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Or they shot at someone’s residence to send a message? Have we heard about any investigative results coming from an examination of the location of the actual shooting?
Yeah. And dems want more gun control. Because that ain’t the problem, or something.
One-word solution: comply.
As has been pointed out by others, one of the biggest failures here is the failure of the adults in his life to give him nurturing and guidance. 13 years old and out with a gun at 2:30 am.
I haven’t.
A little historical review to who were fighting on both sides in the Vietnam era and ages of those involved is in order. 6 to 10 pounds of trigger pull is sufficient to get the job done. Male or female, point and pull is all. Young means no reflections for right and wrong have been programmed without some guidance. That ain’t hard to understand. That’s my 2 cents.
America’s blue cities don’t have a gun problem they have a parenting problem.
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