１３歳少年が警察に撃たれ死亡　米シカゴ当局、映像を公開

【ＡＦＰ＝時事】米イリノイ州シカゴで、中南米系の１３歳の少年が警察官に撃たれて死亡する事件があり、当局は１５日、警察のボディーカメラの映像を公開した。（写真は警察のボディーカメラの映像）
　事件は先月２９日未明に発生。映像には、警察の前を走っていたアダム・トレドさんが足を止め両手を上げた際に、胸を１発撃たれる様子が捉えられている。トレドさんは先週埋葬された。
　検察はトレドさんが武装していたとしているが、公開された映像では、トレドさんが撃たれた際、武器を手にしていた様子はなかった。
　米国では人種差別と警察の対応をめぐり、すでに緊張が高まっている。ミネソタ州ミネアポリスでは現在、アフリカ系米国人のジョージ・フロイドさんを殺害した罪に問われている白人の元警察官の裁判が行われている。また同市近郊では１１日にも、武器を持っていなかった黒人男性が警察に撃たれて死亡する事件が発生し、暴力的な抗議デモに発展した。
　シカゴのローリ・ライトフット市長は先に、トレドさんが事件発生当時、銃を持っていたと繰り返し述べていたが、１５日の記者会見では、銃の所持については言及しなかった。
　トレドさん遺族の弁護士は記者らに対し、トレドさんが優等生だろうが何かしらの厄介事に関わっていようが、それは「大した問題ではない」と述べた。「重要なのは彼が道を歩いていて、武器を持っていない状態で撃たれたことだ」
　関係当局が現在、事件の対応に当たっていた警察のボディーカメラなどの映像や、防犯センサーに記録された音声の分析を進めている。【翻訳編集ＡＦＰＢＢＮｅｗｓ】
〔ＡＦＰ＝時事〕（2021/04/19-15:26）

Authorities in Chicago released police body camera footage Thursday showing an officer shooting dead a 13-year-old Latino boy as the mayor of America's third-largest city appealed for calm over the excruciating video.
The shocking footage shows teenager Adam Toledo running from officers in the small hours of March 29 and then being hit with a single shot to the chest as he stops and raises his hands.
Prosecutors say he was armed, although no weapon is visible in his hands in the video when he is struck.
Tensions over racism and policing are already high in the United States as nearby Minneapolis hosts the trial of a white former policeman charged with murdering African American George Floyd.
It is taking place in the same week that a fatal police shooting of an unarmed Black motorist sparked violent protests in a suburb of the city.
In a news conference Thursday ahead of the latest video's release, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot called for a peaceful response from residents, describing the footage as excruciating to watch.
Small groups gathered in downtown Chicago on Thursday for peaceful protests over the teenager's death after the footage was published.
Lock the cop up! some chanted, according to local media.
Lightfoot would not comment on whether Toledo was holding a gun when he was killed, despite repeatedly saying earlier in the week that he was.
I don't think it matters whether Adam is a choir boy, whether he is involved in some other untoward activity -- the fact of the matter is that he was walking in the street and he was shot unarmed, Adeena Weiss-Ortiz, the Toledo family attorney, told reporters.
Toledo, who reportedly has American Samoan heritage, was laid to rest last week.
The Civilian Office of Police Accountability is reviewing footage from body cameras worn by the responding officers and other video, along with audio recordings from surveillance sensors.
- 'Drop it, drop it' -
Police responded to a report of shots fired at 2:30 am on the Midwestern city's predominantly Latino and Black West Side. They chased Toledo and 21-year-old Ruben Roman -- who had fired the originally reported shots, according to prosecutors -- on foot.
Roman was quickly apprehended as the pair fled down an alley and the body cam footage shows an officer cornering Toledo. Prosecutors say the boy was armed, although no gun can be seen in the footage as Toledo raises his hands.
The officer tells (Toledo) to drop it... as (Toledo) turns toward the officer, Cook County assistant state's attorney James Murphy said Saturday in a bond hearing for Roman.
(Toledo) has a gun in his right hand. The officer fires one shot at (Toledo), striking him in the chest, Murphy said.
The gun Toledo was allegedly holding, a Ruger 9mm, landed against a nearby fence, Murphy said, and the officer immediately rendered aid -- but the 13-year-old was pronounced dead at the scene.
There was gunshot residue in the youngster's right hand, and shell casings that were found where Roman had allegedly been firing the weapon matched the Ruger, Murphy added.
Prosecutors have not indicated the point at which they say the gun ended up with Toledo.
On Thursday, Chicago network WGNTV reported that the Cook County state's attorney's office said prosecutor Murphy was in fact not fully informed.
An attorney who works in this office failed to fully inform himself before speaking in court, Sarah Sinovic, a spokeswoman for Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx, told WGN Investigates Thursday.