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USA: 13-year-old shot dead by a police officer in Chicago during a chase

Mayor Lori Lightfoot was demanded by police on Monday Chicago to change the rules of engagement during the persecution of suspected pedestrians by its members, after 13-year-old died from fire police officer in such a chase a week ago.

Adam Toledo was shot in the chest by an unnamed police officer at around 2:30 a.m. March 29 in Little Village, West Side, according to the Chicago Police Department (CPD). .

According to version of police, The thirteen year old had a pistol. Police officers began to persecute the teenager and a young man because it had been informed that in the area heard gunfire at the CPD.

“Tragedies like this underscore the urgency of reforming the CPD’s policy of persecution of pedestrians – not tomorrow, now,” Ms Lightfoot told a news conference on Monday.

As the issue of police violence becomes more pressing in the United States, the incident has brought back to the forefront calls for reforms in the way law enforcement forces operate in the country’s third largest urban center. Chicago police have been under the microscope since 2014, when a white police officer shot and killed a black teenager. He was later convicted of murder.

Video of the incident prompted the US Department of Justice to launch an investigation, which concluded that Chicago police were systematically violating civil and civil rights, using disproportionate violence and racist discrimination.

No video from last Monday’s incident has been published yet, AMPE reports. The Civilian Office of Police Accountability (COPA) said it was required to release footage from the camera worn by the officer within 60 days. She stressed that the plans have “noise” her.

Lori Lightfoot also promised to find out exactly how the teenager was found carrying a weapon. He said he had instructed police to use DNA, fingerprints and other techniques to determine who had given him the pistol.

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