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6. Corrected. You have to go to the Chicago Sun Times link. the photos won't reproduce here. Sorry.

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Some Claiming Cop Was Justified To Murder Adam Toledo [View all] WHITT Apr 2021 OP

There is absolutely nothing justified about the execution of this 13 yo kid, MarineCombatEngineer Apr 2021 #1

Freepers are saying the real, unedited video shows he had a gun in his hand. Kaleva Apr 2021 #2

Heh WHITT Apr 2021 #8

They are saying the Chicago mayor's office edited the video in order to blame the police Kaleva Apr 2021 #37

The Problem There WHITT Apr 2021 #38

His Hands Look Clearly Empty ProfessorGAC Apr 2021 #3

Man, I don't know. That photo looks damning for police, the photo one second before not so much. Hoyt Apr 2021 #4

Webpage not available The webpage at https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/Ub_aAXDl8PcF19A8v9bhdQhjmG4/0x Fullduplexxx Apr 2021 #5

Corrected. You have to go to the Chicago Sun Times link. the photos won't reproduce here. Sorry. Hoyt Apr 2021 #6

But WHITT Apr 2021 #10

I'm not sure. He had what sure looks like a pistol at 2:38:39 and the other photo is 2:38:40. Hoyt Apr 2021 #13

BBC has the bodycam video. Elapsing time is shown in the upper right hand corner. lapucelle Apr 2021 #15

Thank you. Best video I've seen. It sure looks to me like the OP is at 20:38:40 and the shot was Hoyt Apr 2021 #20

He didn't have time to make the right decision. Mr.Bill Apr 2021 #7

Clown From The Police Union WHITT Apr 2021 #9

If cops are going to shoot and kill people who follow their orders anyway, what's the incentive RockRaven Apr 2021 #11

Exactly WHITT Apr 2021 #18

Happened less than 20 seconds after the officer got out of his car. A witness claims to have seen luckone Apr 2021 #12

The Fatal Police Shooting of 13-Year-Old Adam Toledo (Video) ItsjustMe Apr 2021 #14

If we accidentally killed a civilian in combat in the infantry Mysterian Apr 2021 #16

It sure looks bad with this picture! But there seems to be more to the story. NH Ethylene Apr 2021 #17

At best, the cop that killed Adam made a serious mistake. PufPuf23 Apr 2021 #19

Watch the video WarGamer Apr 2021 #21

12 yr old Tamir Rice was slaughtered in under 2 seconds for a toy Arazi Apr 2021 #22

Exactly, same justification was used against him as well, its sickening. n/t Humanist_Activist Apr 2021 #23

There's always an excuse StarfishSaver Apr 2021 #32

True, I'm a Socialist, and the amount of people... Humanist_Activist Apr 2021 #34

This StarfishSaver Apr 2021 #25

+1, uponit7771 Apr 2021 #40

Should not have turned around tcslee2020 Apr 2021 #24

"He shouldn't have turned around"? StarfishSaver Apr 2021 #26

He wasn't ordered by the cop to turn around tcslee2020 Apr 2021 #27

Adam is 13 years old and you're expecting perfect compliance? Arazi Apr 2021 #28

No tcslee2020 Apr 2021 #30

A veteran cop should know that it's very likely a person will turn around when he orders him StarfishSaver Apr 2021 #33

Eric Stillman has been a CPD cop for 6 years Arazi Apr 2021 #35

Cops can make all kinds of mistakes, even ones that end up with people dead, because they're StarfishSaver Apr 2021 #31

Well said nt Sunsky Apr 2021 #29

No WHITT Apr 2021 #39

The root cause is, of course, the Republican Drug War, a continuation of the Civil War and slavery gulliver Apr 2021 #36

I've shifted to empathizing with the cop. SYFROYH Apr 2021 #41

Cops say "drop it" wellst0nev0ter Apr 2021 #42

If the cop could not see it be dropped, then maybe yes. SYFROYH Apr 2021 #43

That excuse died with Laquan McDonald wellst0nev0ter Apr 2021 #45

I'm not sure how that is relevant here SYFROYH Apr 2021 #46

McDonald was HOLDING A DEADLY WEAPON!!1 wellst0nev0ter Apr 2021 #48

I don't see how the cops could see McDonald as an imminent threat at all SYFROYH Apr 2021 #49

They also thought Tamir Rice was an imminent threat wellst0nev0ter Apr 2021 #51

Once Again WHITT Apr 2021 #44

The sequence I described happened after the cop said all that. SYFROYH Apr 2021 #47

By Then WHITT Apr 2021 #50

It looks like he is still spinning around as I see it. SYFROYH Apr 2021 #52