OF THESE REALLY TRAGIC AND
HIGH-PROFILE INCIDENTS. >> CHIEF BAXTER BACK WITH US.
>> CHIEF BAXTER BACK WITH US.
>>> R.WE HAVE FOOTAGE FROM
PROTESTERS AFTER THE SHOOTING
ADAM TOLEDO ON MARCH 29th.
THE OFFICER WHO CHASED TOLEDO
SAID THE TEEN HAD A GUN, REFUSED
TO PUT IT DOWN AND WAS SHOT IN
THE CHEST WHEN HE TURNED TOWARD
THE OFFICER.
A WEAPON WAS RECOVERED AT THE
SCENE.
THE OFFICER HAS NOT BEEN IDENTIFIED AND HAS NOT BEEN
IDENTIFIED AND HAS NOT BEEN
CHARGED WITH ADMINISTRATIVE
LEAVE.
THEY HAVE HELD OFF THE PHONE
VIDEO UNTIL THE FAMILY CAN VIEW
IT FIRST.
>> NO PARENTS SHUFR AOULD HAVE A
VIDEO BROADCAST WILDLY OF THEIR
CHILD’S LAST MOMENTS, MUCH LESS
BE PLACED IN A TERRIBLE
SITUATION OF LOSING THEIR CHILD
IN THE FIRST PLACE.
EVEN AS OUR UNDERSTANDING OF
THIS INCIDENT CONTINUES TO
EVOLVE, THIS REMAINS A
COMPLICATED AND NUANCED STORY.
AND WE ALL MUST PROCEED WITH
DEEP EMPATHY AND CALM.
>> JOINING ME, EMMA ELLIS AND
RETIRED POLICE CHIEF CARMEN
BEST.
THIS HAPPENED BACK IN MARCH.
WE’RE JUST LEARNING ABOUT IT
NOW.
BRING US UP TO SPEED.
>> ONE OF THE THINGS, KATY, IS
THAT AS YOU POINTED OUT AT THE
INTRO OF THIS, PEOPLE HAVE BEEN
MARCHING AND DEMANDING THIS
VIDEO BE RELEASED.
THE POLICE HAVE, UNDER LAW NOW,
THEY ARE REQUIRED TO RELEASE
THIS VIDEO WITHIN A CERTAIN
PERIOD OF TIME AND NOW WE’RE AT
THAT MOMENT.
YOU POINTED OUT THE FAMILY HAS
SEEN THE VIDEO.
THE MAYOR HAS SEEN THE VIDEO,s
ASKED TO CHARACTERIZE AND SAID
SHE WOULD NOT DO THAT OUT OF
RESPECT FOR THE FAMILY AND SHE
SAYS THIS INVESTIGATION IS
ONGOING.
SHE WAS ALSO ASKED ABOUT WHAT IS
HAPPENING, AND WE’RE TALKING
ABOUT A 13-YEAR-OLD BOY WHO WAS
OUT IN THE EARLY HOURS, ABOUT
2:00, 3:00 IN THE MORNING ON
MONDAY, MARCH 29.
THAT’S ALMOST TWO AND A HALF
WEEKS AGO.
WHAT WAS GOING ON AND WHAT IS
HAPPENING WITH YOUNG PEOPLE?
THE MAYOR TALKED ABOUT THERE ARE
TOO MANY YOUNG PEOPLE WHO HAVE
BEEN LEFT VULNERABLE, AND SHE
SAID THAT THEY ARE LIVING WITH
TRAUMA FOR A VERY LONG TIME.
JUST TAKE A LISTEN TO MORE OF
WHAT SHE SAID.
>> FAR TOO MANY OF OUR
COMMUNITIES MANY OF OUR YOUNG
PEOPLE ARE WITNESS TO FALL
VICTIM TO VIOLENCE AND ARE LEFT
TRAUMATIZED.
I’VE SAT IN TOO MANY CIRCLES
WATCHING THESE YOUNG PEOPLE WHO
ARE BEAUTIFUL AND MAGNIFICENT BUT TRAUMATIZED BY THE VIOLENCE
BUT TRAUMATIZED BY THE VIOLENCE
THAT THEY EXPERIENCE EVERY DAY.
EVERY DAY AS RESIDENTS OF OUR
CITY.
WE’VE GOT TO DO THINGS
DIFFERENTLY TO CHANGE AROUND
THEIR FORTUNES.
WE OWE IT TO THEM TO DO BETTER.
>> BUT THE
>> Reporter: BUT THE MAYOR
DIDN’T HAVE ANY SPECIFIC ANSWERS
OF WHAT COULD BE DONE.
SHE SAID THERE ARE COMMUNITY
RESOURCES TO GO OUT AND PROVIDE
OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE.
YET, AS YOU COULD HEAR, A VERY
EMOTIONAL TIME FOR HER AS SHE’S
SEEN TOO MUCH OF THIS.
TOO OFTEN THESE KINDS OF
SITUATIONS ARE HAPPENING.
THIS IS THE YOUNGEST SHOOTING
VICTIM OF POLICE IN A LONG TIME
HERE IN CHICAGO.
PROTESTS HAVE HAPPENED.
PROTESTS ARE EXPECTED AGAIN
TODAY.
SO FAR THEY HAVE BEEN PEACEFUL.
THE MAYOR, THE POLICE AND EVEN
THE FAMILY OF ADAM HAVE CALLED
FOR PEOPLE TO BE PEACEFUL, THE
FAMILY SAYING SPECIFICALLY,
HONOR HIS MEMORY IN PEACE.
KATY?
>> THAT PIBLGT OF HIM, HE JUST--
HIM, HE JUST LOOKS LIKE SUCH A
BABY IN THAT SHOT.
CHIEF BEST, THE MAYOR CALLED
THIS COMPLICATED.
FROM WHAT WE KNOW OF IT, IT
APPEARS TO BE COMPLICATED, BUT
WHAT WILL YOU BE LOOKING OUT FOR
ONCE WE DO SEE THAT BODY CAM
FOOTAGE AND POTENTIALLY THAT
THIRD PARTY FOOTAGE?
>> WELL, CERTAINLY PEOPLE ARE
GOING TO WANT TO SEE THE WEAPON,
SEE WHAT THE OFFICER SAW THAT,
YOU KNOW, CAUSED HIM TO SHOOT
THIS YOUNG MAN, THIS YOUNG
CHILD, ACTUALLY.
SO PEOPLE WILL BE LOOKING AT
EVERYTHING AND TRYING TO PROCESS
WHAT HAPPENED.
IT’S NOT GOING TO CHANGE THE
FACT THAT PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE
UPSET, BECAUSE THIS CHILD WAS 13
YEARS OLD.
THERE ARE GOING TO BE A LOT OF
EMOTIONS.
PEOPLE ARE REALLY GOING TO FEEL
THE PAIN.
MANY OF US HAVE CHILDREN OF OUR
OWN AND WILL THINK ABOUT WHAT
THAT WOULD BE LIKE TO HAVE A
CHILD, OBVIOUSLY, SO YUCHKOUNG A
THEIR LIFE BEING TAKEN IN THAT
WAY, AND COMING AROUND THE HILL
TO OTHER SHOOTING INCIDENTS.
EMOTIONS WILL BE RUNNING
TERRIBLY HIGH.
AT THIS POINT I THINK THAT WE
CAN FULLY EXPECT THERE WILL BE
CONTINUED DEMONSTRATIONS,
CONTINUED VIGILANCE AND PEOPLE
AND POLICE ON HIGH ALERT BECAUSE
THIS IS SUCH A TRAGEDY.
IT’S UNFORTUNATE THAT IT TOOK SO
LONG FOR THE VIDEO TO BE SEEN.
IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN MORE PALPABLE