Chicago officers are under investigation after video shows police shooting a man at a train station

[Demovictory9]

https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/29/us/chicago-police-shooting-video/index.html

Chicago officers are under investigation after video shows police shooting a man at a train station

A video recorded by a bystander shows the officers struggling to restrain a man near an escalator at the station. The officers take the man down and within seconds, one of them is seen lying on top of him and attempting to handcuff him.

As they continue struggling, one of the officers is heard repeatedly shouting "stop resisting" while the man responds, "I didn't do nothing to you."

Both officers used stun guns on the man, police said.

The video shows police struggling with the man for several minutes before he breaks free from being pinned on the ground. At that point, one of the officers yells "shoot him!" and the other fires toward the man. The officer who fired the weapon shot at the man twice, police said in a statement.

The man, who was not identified, was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital where he remains in critical but stable condition after surgery, police said.

Gloria Schmidt Rodriguez, an attorney representing the man, told CNN he suffered a gunshot wound to the abdomen and another wound to the buttocks area. It appears that he will undergo more than one surgery, she said.

The police department reached out to the Cook County State's Attorney's Office to review the incident for possible criminal charges, according to a statement by the attorney's office. The State's Attorney's Office is working with the FBI on the investigation.

The officers won't be assigned field duties and will be on desk work pending the outcome of an investigation by the Civilian Office of Police Accountability, the police department said. The officers were not named by police.

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot described the video as "extremely disturbing" and said that while the video does not depict the entirety of the incident, the officers' actions were "deeply concerning."

[dalton99a]

1. "Stop resisting" means "stop breathing" in modern American police parlance

[safeinOhio]

2. 18 U.S. Code 242. Deprivation of rights under color of law

Whoever, under color of any law, statute, ordinance, regulation, or custom, willfully subjects any person in any State, Territory, Commonwealth, Possession, or District to the deprivation of any rights, privileges, or immunities secured or protected by the Constitution or laws of the United States, or to different punishments, pains, or penalties, on account of such person being an alien, or by reason of his color, or race, than are prescribed for the punishment of citizens, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than one year, or both; and if bodily injury results from the acts committed in violation of this section or if such acts include the use, attempted use, or threatened use of a dangerous weapon, explosives, or fire, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both; and if death results from the acts committed in violation of this section or if such acts include kidnapping or an attempt to kidnap, aggravated sexual abuse, or an attempt to commit aggravated sexual abuse, or an attempt to kill, shall be fined under this title, or imprisoned for any term of years or for life, or both, or may be sentenced to death.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

3. FTP.

[Demovictory9]

4. Police Video So Bad, All Charges Are Dropped

https://www.newser.com/story/287621/2-words-echo-across-chicago-shoot-him.html?utm_source=part&utm_medium=uol&utm_campaign=rss_top


Police Video So Bad, All Charges Are Dropped

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Now Chicago authorities have dropped charges against Roman (for narcotics and resisting arrest) as he recovers in hospital. "Given the totality of circumstances and the department’s significant level of concern around this incident, it would be insensitive to advocate for these charges," tweets a police rep. "While we will not rush to judgment, the level of concern over the tactics used in this incident is significant." Indeed, both officers were taken off the street, two investigations are underway, and Mayor Lori Lightfoot calls the video "extremely disturbing." As for Roman, a family lawyer says he was shot in the abdomen and buttocks and underwent surgery; USA Today reports he's no longer in critical condition. As an aside, the two officers involved appeared to be black and the suspect white.