Former DC police chief says Adam Toledo shooting 'was reasonable'

[Chakaconcarne]

70. I completely agree with you and most jurors will as well.

This was a very unfortunate situation.. The video is grainy, none of us were there.... most of us don't have careers where we have to make split second, life and death decisions.

The teen was firing the weapon previously. The officer knew he had a gun. The teen obviously was trying to hide the fact he still had the gun, likely pitching it behind the fence in a way the officer could not tell whether he still had it or not...

"In the moment before the shooting, Adam can be seen holding what appears to be a gun behind his back, which he drops behind a wooden fence just before he raises his hands, according to an analysis of the police videos by The New York Times.

In one of the videos, the officer yelled at him to stop. “Stop right now!” the officer screams while cursing, telling him to drop his gun. “Hands. Show me your hands. Drop it. Drop it.”

As Adam turned and lifted his hands, the officer opened fire, striking him once in the chest. The officer can be seen administering CPR on Adam and telling him to “stay with me” as blood poured out of his mouth.

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/16/us/adam-toledo-chicago-police-shooting.html

IMO, this does not point to a rogue cop scenario..... Not every cop is bad (not all are good) and NONE of us would be 100% accurate in our decision making if we were placed in these scenarios. I'm pretty sure of it.

Emotions from previous incidents are clouding judgement of this one. That is my opinion.