DON’T BLAME THE GUN. From [HERE] and [HERE] A new video of a 13-year-old Black teen who was gunned down by Chicago police last month shows he had his hands raised and appeared to be unarmed at the time. 

The seventh-grader, identified only as AG, was shot by officers of the Chicago police department during a foot pursuit on 18 May. 

Chicago police said the teen was fleeing from a stolen car when the incident occurred. A number of witness testimonies, however, had already stated that the teen had his hands raised and did not seem to be carrying any weapon.

The new surveillance video footage, accessed by the Daily Beast, now appears to confirm the testimonies. It showed the Black teen running off the pavement towards the light of a gas station parking lot with his hands visibly raised in the air and no weapon in sight.

He then turns around to his right and is suddenly shot by an officer, leading to him collapsing on the ground in front of the gas station, the video showed. 

Officers can be seen surrounding AG and holding him by his legs, as his arm briefly drags on the pavement.

In the video CPD officers did not render immediate aide to AG, but instead callously dragged him across the pavement and then turned their attention to an uninjured officer who crashed into a sign at the gas station while arriving on scene.

The teen, who survived the incident, sustained a major spinal injury and is in danger of never walking again, according to the family. According to the lawsuit “he has been permanently and catastrophically injured” and “at this point doesn’t have movement of his legs”.

The teen, who was being chased by almost a dozen officers seen in the video, did not have any charges against him and no weapon was fired by him or found on him. The chase began after he was spotted in a car the police were trying to stop and he started running.

The agency said it had body cam footage from one of the officers at the scene but can not release it because the boy is a minor. Said explanation is contradicted by the fact that the family promptly filed a lawsuit on May 31, 2022 and purposefully put AG’s photo in the public document for the public to see. The incident occurred on May 18th. There should be 2 relevant body camera videos here because 2 white cops appear to be running closely together towards the boy. Additionally, the Chicago police have failed to disclose the identity of the cop who shot the boy - to protect the systems of racism white supremacy and governmental authority.

According to the complaint: the facts are as follows:

On the evening of May 18, 2022, A.G. was riding as a passenger in a Honda Accord. CPD was in pursuit of the car. As the car was driving west on Rice Street towards Cicero Avenue, A.G. got out of the car and ran. As A.G. was running south on Cicero Avenue through the lot of a Marathon gas station, there were several CPD officers on foot chasing him from behind. There were also several police vehicles nearby, in addition to a CPD helicopter overhead.

According to witness accounts, while A.G. was running he was told by one or more of the pursuing CPD officers to put his hands up. A.G. did as he was directed; he put his hands up with the intent of surrendering to the police.

At or about the same time, John Doe Officer, who was running behind A.G. with his gun unholstered, shot A.G. without cause or justification, causing A.G. to sustain catastrophic and permanent injuries.

A.G. immediately collapsed in the lot of the Marathon gas station. CPD officers did not render immediate aide to A.G., but instead callously dragged him across the pavement and then turned their attention to an uninjured officer who crashed into a sign at the gas station while arriving on scene.

A.G. did not have a weapon or do anything to make John Doe Officer believe that he was armed or dangerous. A.G. did not pose an imminent threat of death or great bodily harm to John Doe Officer (who was running behind him) or to anyone.

As a result of the unjustified shooting by John Doe Officer, A.G. has (so far) been diagnosed with the following injuries:

1. gunshot wound;

2. complete lesion at T7-T10 level of thoracic spinal cord;

3. T10 spinal cord injury;

4. fracture of lamina of thoracic vertebrae;

5. fracture of transverse process of thoracic vertebrae;

6. fracture of spinous process of thoracic vertebrae;

7. retained magnetic metal foreign body;

8. multiplefractures of ribs;

9. hemothorax (collection of blood between the chest and lungs);

10. acute blood loss anemia;

11. bilateral pulmonary contusion;

12. esophageal injury; and

13. impaired mobility and ADLs. [MORE]