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Chicago Mayor “Reserving Judgment” After Police Kill Unarmed Teen

HeadlineAug 09, 2016

In Chicago, Mayor Rahm Emanuel is speaking out following the release of video showing the fatal police shooting of an unarmed African-American teenager. The newly released video from police body cameras shows the moments before and after police killed 18-year-old Paul O’Neal on July 28. In the video, police are seen shooting repeatedly at the car O’Neal was driving, which police say was stolen. Police then chase O’Neal into a nearby backyard, where the video shows officers handcuffing O’Neal behind his back and searching his bag as he lay dying from a gunshot wound. Chicago Police Chief Eddie Johnson said Sunday that the video appeared to show violations of the department’s rules for using lethal force. Mayor Rahm Emanuel spoke Monday.

Mayor Rahm Emanuel: “I’m reserving any judgment while it’s in the middle of investigation, because there’s a lot of questions, and I probably want to echo what the superintendent says. There are more questions at this time than there are answers, and I don’t want to jump to a conclusion until we know some basic fundamental facts from an event that happened.”

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