Chicago’s Police Union Chief is defending the actions of the cop who fatally shot and killed 13-year-old Adam Toledo on March 29th.
The president of the police union says that the officer’s killing was not only justified but he also applauded the officer’s brave steps, calling him heroic too for opening fire.
According to local media outlets, Adam Toledo appeared to possess a gun that he held in his right hand. This was right before he raised both of his arms in the air. Therefore, that was the exact same moment in time when the officer opened fire.
John Catanzara, who is the President of the Fraternal Order of the Police, boldly exclaimed to the Chicago-Sun-Times, “he was 100% right in whatever he did.” In addition, he also spoke about how the young teen turned to hold a gun in his hand. And that incident took place in a span of eight-tenths of a mere second, he added.
Making another appearance on CNN later on, Catanzara appeared to double down on his own words for Cuomo Prime Time.point 219 |
This is when he referred to the cop’s actions as ‘extremely heroic.point 68 | ’ “The time-lapse video will make everything clear on how the officer had a fraction of a second to make a decision on whether or not a weapon was actually in his hand or not present at all, period,” he exclaimed.point 259 | 1
“No officer has to wait to be shot at in order to respond in a manner that defends himself. There is certainly no obligation, whatsoever,” he again added.
Only recently, extremely disturbing and graphic bodycam footage was soon released by the state’s police department on Thursday, which showed the exact moment that the officer who was identified as Eric Stillman, shot Adam Toledo down, just last month.
A slow-motion video captured of the incident shows the young boy standing in a sideways manner between a wooden fence gap, with a gun in one of his hands, right behind his back.
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