Further protests expected today after Adam Toledo shooting – follow latest

Hundreds of protesters are expected to attend a rally on Friday evening near to Little Village, the home of 13-year-old Adam Toledo who was killed by Chicago police officer Eric Stillman last month.

The protest will take place at Logan Square Park, just north of Little Village, as hundreds of people are expected to attend, following smaller gatherings on Thursday evening.

Small groups of protesters gathered at a police station and marched downtown on Thursday night. They were met by helmeted officers, social media images showed, but there were no immediate reports of conflict.

Social media footage showed demonstrators chanting: “He was just a child!” and “why’d you kill a child?” at a line of police officers on bikes.

White House press secretary Jen Psaki said recently released video footage of the police killing of 13-year-old Adam Toledo serves as a “chilling” reminder that “too often in this country law enforcement uses unnecessary force.”

Ms Psaki said she does not know whether President Joe Biden has seen the video that was released on Thursday, in which a Chicago police officer fatally shoots the teenager while his hands are up.

“I will say for those of us who did watch that video, it is certainly chilling,” she told reporters on Friday. “And a reminder that across the country there are far too communities where there is violence that is impacting… that too often in this country law enforcement uses unnecessary force, too often resulting in the death of Black and brown Americans.”

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Further protests are expected in Chicago on Friday, following small gatherings in the city last night according to a report from NPR.

Small groups of protesters gathered at a police station and marched downtown on Thursday night. They were met by helmeted officers, social media images showed, but there were no immediate reports of conflict.

Social media footage showed demonstrators chanting: “He was just a child!” and “why’d you kill a child?” at a line of police officers on bikes.

NPR reported that further protests are expected on Friday night, with some gatherings possibly continuing throughout the weekend.

The shooting of 13-year-oldAdam Toledo by a police officer has shaken the city ofChicago, resulting in calls from the public and Mayor Lori Lightfoot for police reform and greater accountability for law enforcement.

Toledo was shot on 29 March during what Chicago police called an “armed confrontation,” as they initially claimed that the boy had a gun. He was killed after he was chased into an alley by police officers during a chase.

Protesters took the to street on Thursday evening, following release of body camera footage of the shooting that showed a police officer shoot and kill the 13-year-old boy as he appeared to be raising his hands.

Read Graig Graziosi’s report on everything we know so far:

Further footage of protesters gathering in Downtown Chicago after officials released a graphic body-camera video showing police officer Eric Stillman shooting and killing 13-year-old Adam Toledo as he appeared to be raising his hands.

Small groups of protesters gathered at a police station and marched downtown on Thursday night. They were met by helmeted officers, social media images showed, but there were no immediate reports of conflict.

Social media footage showed demonstrators chanting: “He was just a child!” and “why’d you kill a child?” at a line of police officers on bikes.

While a large group were filmed gathering in downtown Chicago to protest and mourn the death of Toledo.

Democratic members of Congress reacted to the fatal shooting of 13-year-old Adam Toledo on Thursday evening, following the release of bodycam footage of the incident.

Bodycam footage released yesterday showed officer Eric Stillman, 34, running after Mr Toledo in an alley at 2.30am on 29 March in Little Village, a Mexican neighbourhood on the city’s West Side.

The officer yells “Stop” to Toledo, who begins raising his hands less than a second before the officer fires his gun and kills him.

Responding to the footage on Thursday, Massachusetts representative Ayanna Pressley said: “He was 13 years old and the police executed him.”

New York representative Mondaire Jones wrote: “He was 13 years old. A child. Murdered in cold blood. I am heartbroken and outraged for Adam Toledo.”

While Illinois senator Tammy Duckworth added: My heart is broken. As a mom, I can’t imagine what Adam Toledo’s family is going through.

“As a Senator, I’ll do everything in my power to ensure there is a full and independent investigation into this needless killing.”

Protesters shouted “he was just a child!” outside of a police station on Thursday evening after bodycam footage released of the fatal shooting of 13-year-old Adam Toledo.

Small groups of protesters gathered at a police station and marched downtown on Thursday night. They were met by helmeted officers, social media images showed, but there were no immediate reports of conflict.

Social media footage showed demonstrators chanting: “He was just a child!” and “why’d you kill a child?” at a line of police officers on bikes.

The shooting of 13-year-oldAdam Toledo by a police officer has shaken the city ofChicago, resulting in calls from the public and Mayor Lori Lightfoot for police reform and greater accountability for law enforcement.

Toledo was shot on 29 March during what Chicago police called an “armed confrontation,” as they initially claimed that the boy had a gun. He was killed after he was chased into an alley by police officers during a chase.

Protesters took the to street on Thursday evening, following release of body camera footage of the shooting that showed a police officer shoot and kill the 13-year-old boy as he appeared to be raising his hands.

Read Graig Graziosi’s report on everything we know so far:

Four use of force reports and three complaints have been filed against officer Eric Stillman since 2017, who fatally shot unarmed 13-year-old Adam Toledo.

Since mid-2017, Mr Stillman has had four use of force reports and three complaints filed against him, according to the Invisible Institute.

The organisation collects and publishes information about police misconduct in Chicago, and revealed the previous incidents after initially suggesting that Mr Stillman had no prior complaints filed against him.

Bodycam footage released yesterday showed officer Eric Stillman, 34, running after Mr Toledo in an alley at 2.30am on 29 March in Little Village, a Mexican neighbourhood on the city’s West Side.

The officer yells “Stop” to Toledo, who begins raising his hands less than a second before the officer fires his gun and kills him.

Social media users have criticised Sean Hannity for describing 13-year-old Adam Toledo as a “man” on his radio show while a guest on his TV show last year called 17-year-old Kyle Rittenhouse a “boy”.

Mr Toledo was fatally shot by police officer Eric Stillman on 29 March, while Mr Rittenhouse shot and killed two people and wounded another during Black Lives Matter protests in Wisconsin last year.

After boydcam footage was released of Mr Toledo’s death on Thursday, Sean Hannity, also a Fox News host, described the unarmed boy as a “13 year old man,” on his radio show,The Sean Hannity Show.

However, speaking on Hannity, last year, guest Pam Bondi called Mr Rittenhouse “a little boy out there trying to protect his community”.

Responding to the different descriptions on Thursday, social media users criticised the host.

“Mr Hannity: Adam Toledo was not a ‘13-year old man.’ He was a child. You make me ill,” tweeted actor George Takei, as Richard Marx wrote: “In the world of @seanhannity Adam Toledo, unarmed, was a “thirteen year-old man” but 17 year-old Kyle Rittenhouse, wielding an AR-15, is just a boy.”