Federal Judge OKs The Release Of Another Police Shooting Video

“We talk about media trials where it goes beyond just a police case, and I can see that’s a valid concern for the police union and police officers involved, and everyone who has to be involved in selecting a jury”, says Frankie Bailey, a criminologist at the University at Albany in NY. In total, 16 shots were fired. The autopsy found the Northern Illinois University student had marijuana in his system.

The county prosecutors have asked the FBI to investigate the shooting.

Community groups and leaders allege a cover-up in the McDonald case and there have been calls for him and Cook County State’s Attorney Anita Alvarez to resign. It seemed to contradict Emanuel’s pledge of an era of new transparency.

The officer fired 16 bullets at the teenager, even as he lay on the ground and has been charged with murder for the 2014 incident.

This latest video shows an officer gunning down 17-year-old Cedrick Chatman, who was unarmed and fleeing police when he was shot and killed.

The attorneys for Chatman’s mother, Linda Chatman, had been pushing for months for the videos to be released as part of a wrongful death suit, arguing the images show the teen was running from police and never turned toward the officers. Officer Fry said he believed that the object was a handgun and he was in fear of his partner’s life… “What Officer Fry could have done was use a radio to notify other groups [of] the direction of Mr. Chatman’s flight and cut him off, or join in the pursuit”. Toth later stands with his foot on the teen. The city says he did; Chatman family lawyers say he didn’t.

“They are still not being transparent and we are still not hearing details of how they are going to change”, said Coffman. Toth’s partner, Officer Kevin Fry, opens fire. Investigators said later the object was an iPhone box. The object turned out to be a cell phone box.

The videos, which include surveillance footage from South Shore High School, a convenience store and the police department, were released Thursday afternoon. Only two months after the Laquan McDonald cover-up, Chicago’s Mayor Rahm Emanuel has another police killing come to light after video of the shooting was intentionally concealed.

He blasted city attorneys for the December motion in which they stated it was not clear from the videos who fired at Chatman.

The sharing of the information marks a dramatic reversal for Chicago, as the city and its police department face criticism for the handling of police shootings.

Several cameras, including a police one, captured footage of the Cedrick Chatman shooting.

In ordering the release, U.S. District Court Judge Robert Gettleman scolded the city and mayor’s office, saying it was “irresponsible” to waste taxpayers’ money and the court’s time with its previous opposition the video’s release.

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

“We recognize the (city’s video release) policy needs to be updated, and while we await guidance from the Task Force on Police Accountability, we are working to be as transparent as possible”, said Steve Patton, Emanuel’s top legal adviser.

The city could release the video of 17-year-old Cedrick Chatman’s death within hours, but a spokesman for the city’s Law Department didn’t immediately respond to an email asking when it would do so.

According to reports, he was being chased by police for a suspected auto jacking on January 7, 2013.

Chatman’s family claims in their lawsuit that the teen was running with his back to the officers and was about to turn a corner when he was shot.

On Thursday, a judge released video of the deadly shooting.