Body cam shows cop shooting unarmed 13-year-old with hands up, paralysing him
Another unarmed 13-year-old was shot by a Chicago police officer. The boy's hands were up; he posed no danger, and he was only a passenger in a car that was suspected of being stolen. Since that day, more than two months have passed, and we have recently heard that the officer who shot the youngster did not activate his body camera. However, a nearby officer had his camera on and recorded the shooting on film.
One week after their son was shot, the boy's parents filed a lawsuit against the city and the Chicago police department, alleging that the agency has been too tardy in enacting changes to address CPD's "long sordid history of employing excessive force." As evidence, their son's paralysis after a shooting
"This little boy's life has been irrevocably altered," said the family's attorney, Andrew M. Stroth. This energetic little child is struggling to regain his ability to walk.
Since he was shot on May 18, the youngster, known only as A.G. in the complaint, has been hospitalised. According to the complaint, the bullet struck him in the spine and left him with "permanent and catastrophic" injuries.
According to the complaint, A.G. was fleeing the gunman; he was unarmed; he presented no danger to the officer who shot him or anybody else in the area. "Multiple witnesses at the scene testified that A.G. obeyed the officers' instruction to raise his hands, and his hands were definitely up when John Doe Officer shot him,"
This officer, labelled as John Doe, has been recognised as Noah Ball. Additionally, it has come to light that Ball did not activate his camera until after he shot the youngster.
According to the police, they were investigating a suspected carjacker driving a stolen vehicle. The toddler was not the driver, but when police stopped the car, he leapt from the backseat and fled. He was never formally accused of a crime.
Chicago police said in a statement that at 10:15 p.m., officers were trying to "intercept a stolen car sought in connection with a vehicle hijacking from a nearby suburb" in the 800 block of North Cicero Avenue.
Police would say that when the toddler ran away, he "turned toward cops" for a moment before one of them opened fire and killed the helpless child. The youngster stopped, but he raised his hands in the air and had them up when the officer opened fire.
"All of a sudden, I saw a little man dressed in all black exit the vehicle and dash toward the petrol station with his hands up," an unidentified witness told ABC7.
"And I saw the officer approach the youngster and begin firing." "He had no weapon whatsoever," the witness said.
"They said, 'Raise your hands, raise your hands!'" The child's hands were raised. There are others who have seen it. It was everything on my phone, and his hands were raised. "He was unarmed," the witness said. They shot him without justification.
Tim M. Grace, an attorney for Ball, said that his client was right to kill the boy because the boy "aimed" his phone at the police officer.
"Police officers must make split-second choices, and the law not only recognises but also permits this." "Illinois law instructs us not to evaluate these situations with 20/20 hindsight, but rather from the perspective of a reasonable law enforcement officer," he told ABC 7.
Officer Ball can be heard shouting that he has a gun. Ball believed that the pointed object was a firearm. "The dark object in his hand that he pointed at the officers was actually a large cell phone," Grace wrote.
Officer Ball had no cover or concealment, so he had to make a split-second decision. He fired his service weapon to eliminate the danger.
However, there was no danger.
"The police were not required to shoot him. "If he got out of the car running and he wasn’t a threat, they didn’t have to shoot him," said a neighbour in her 70s who lives a block from the gas station. I'm so sad. He is only 13 years old... they lack guidance. "
Below is the first video captured by the gas station's surveillance camera. It shows multiple officers chasing after A.G. before he’s shot and collapses.
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