Video in Chicago police killing of teen released

Cook County State’s Attorney Anita Alvarez also declined to file charges against either Fry or his partner and neither were disciplined. Officer Jason Van Dyke was charged with first-degree murder on the same day of the video’s release, 400 days after the incident. However, attorneys for Chatman’s family claim he was running away and offered no threat that would justify the officers’ firing four shots at him. Toth later stands with his foot on the teen. He claims superiors attempted to sway him to change his findings in six cases, including Cedrick’s death.

But Chatman’s family insist that the videos are evidence the young man didn’t turn towards him.

A federal judge on Thursday lifted a protective order that had barred the release after the city dropped its objections.

But the footage doesn’t clearly show if Cedrick turned toward the pursuing officers threateningly, or if he was holding something that could have been mistaken for a gun. It turned out to be an iPhone box.

Chatman’s family was not immediately available for comment Thursday, but they are moving forward with a wrongful death lawsuit against the city and against Officer Kevin Fry, who shot the teen.

The release of the Chatman video sparked loud protests at the courthouse, who are demanding a reform of the Chicago Police Department and for Mayor Rahm Emanuel to resign amid chatter that he’s mishandled the McDonald shooting.

The city’s prior opposition to releasing the videos of Chatman’s shooting – as late as December – has brought on new heat.

But Gettleman said the city had been disingenuous in its previous arguments that the videos would not be part of any pretrial motions and therefore should be legally barred from being released to the public.

The IPRA report concludes that an allegation against Fry that he “disobeyed the Chicago Police Department’s use of deadly force policy by using excessive and unjustified deadly force against Subject 1 by shooting him to be unfounded”, and that his use of deadly force was “in compliance with the policy”. Both pleaded guilty to robbery and were sentenced to 10 years in prison, records show.

The Chicago Police Department is fighting against the release of the Cedrick Chapman shooting video. They have fought for the release of the video in the two years since the shooting happened.

Supervising investigator Lorenzo Davis, a 24-year veteran of the Chicago police force, disagreed with that decision and called Thursday’s video release a “vindication”. Bishop Larry D. Trotter, of the Sweet Holy Spirit Church of Chicago, urged the public to demonstrate peacefully if the video is released Thursday.

“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. Dispatchers radioed the information, not mentioning weapons, and an officer says his unit is behind the vehicle.

According to an account of the pursuit as described by the Sun Times, Chatman runs down the street and rounds a corner; the officers gave chase.

They struck Chatman once each in the right side of his body and right forearm, according to IPRA report.

The city attempted to spin the release as a change of heart and an effort to be more transparent, despite the fact they fought the release for years.