Newly Released Chicago Video Shows Unarmed Teen Being Shot By Cop

“That policy for the city has always existed, which is you don’t do anything to hamper an investigation”, he said at an afternoon news conference.

For weeks protesters have been demanding Mr. Emanuel step down over his handling of the video and the city’s delay in releasing it. The city previously fought the release of the material, but a judge recently directed officials to make it available.

A report in Thursday’s Chicago Tribune revealed that high-ranking staff of Democratic Mayor Rahm Emanuel knew of the video of MacDonald’s death, despite Emanuel’s prior claims of ignorance.

City attorneys, until Wednesday, fought to keep it under seal on grounds its release could taint any jury pool should the civil case go to trial.

The judge lifted a protective order that barred the release after the city dropped its objections.

Chicago corporation counsel said that the city is working to update its disclosure policies and that the Emanuel administration is “working to be as transparent as possible”. “…Like this is my kill”, Coffman said.

“They’ve had over 2½ years to be transparent in this case”, he said. “Who made this decision to all of a sudden change face and why was it made?” “You’re going to see a young kid running away from police in broad daylight and he is shot and killed”.

Attorneys for Chatman’s family believe that the newly released video refutes Fry’s account that he “feared for his life”, reports ABC News. At first, he ruled the shooting was unjustified, and claims he was sacked as a result. However, no new criminal investigations have been filed against the officers and both officers remain on full-time duty.

“As these videos will demonstrate, the facts in this incident are clear”.

Neither Fry nor his partner at the scene, Officer Lou Toth, were disciplined.

He is seen quickly running away from the officer but when the bullet hits, he falls to the floor.

The Department of Justice is investigating the department’s use of lethal force. But he said she wouldn’t watch it: “She wants nothing to do with this video”. “He’s unarmed. No knife, no gun”, Coffman has said.

The US city has been in turmoil since last November, when another police officer was indicted for first-degree murder in the fatal October 2014 shooting of another black teenager.

“Judge Orders Release of 2013 Chicago Police Shooting” is categorized as “us”. The video was captured from a “blue light” camera mounted above an intersection near a high school and local businesses. It was in fact a “shiny belt buckle”. Davis says IPRA administrators asked him to change his findings, which he says he had been asked to do many times before on other cases. His dying words: “I give up”. Camden said Chatman had appeared to reach for something in the passenger seat before bolting from the vehicle.

Davis is now suing the city for wrongful termination.

Davis, a longtime Chicago police officer, told CNN that he hopes to soon meet with Fairley.

MSNBC’s Chief Legal Correspondent Ari Melber, who helped prepare the analysis, said the video may help answer the key legal question about the shooting. Davis said in an interview last month. That means police are not allowed to fire at people who are trying to commit suicide but pose no harm to others. “This is what bothers me”. “What else should we be monitoring in terms of outstanding reactive stories?”

Toth’s partner, Officer Kevin Fry, can be seen trailing farther back, aiming his gun at Chatman from a crosswalk and firing as the teen began rounding the corner in front of a bodega. He has had 30 complaints filed against him, with 10 allegations of excessive use of force. The police department found every complaint against Fry to be unwarranted.