From [HERE] Contrary to Dependent Media reports surveillance video, not bodycam video, appears to show a 13 year old Black boy raising his hands in the air moments before a white police officer shot him at a gas station. The shooting on May 18 on the city’s West Side left the boy paralyzed.

The family released the videos after it was given to them by the Civilian Office of Police Accountability after they made a FOIA request for it. The incident occurred on May 18, 2022, near 800 N. Cicero Ave.

The body camera footage from the officer who fired the shots does not begin until after the shooting occurred. That officer's attorney has acknowledged he didn't have his camera turned on until after the shooting. The attorney said it wasn't intentional, calling it a "high stress situation." [how self-serving . . the accused deletes or destroys the evidence?]

In body camera footage from other officers involved in the chase, you can see officers chasing the 13-year-old at the intersection of Chicago and Cicero avenues, running at a full sprint toward the gas pumps at a Marathon gas station, followed closely by the sound of multiple gunshots. 

In the span of less than a second, it appears the teen starts to turn, with his arms slightly raised, before he collapses to the ground. 

You can hear an officer saying "cell phone, it's a f***ing cell phone. Secure the area."

The mother of the 13-year-old boy is suing the city, claiming her son was unarmed and had raised his hands to surrender when he was shot. 

The suit claims the boy was unarmed and obeying commands, and yet was still shot in the back. 

"He heard a command to put his hands up. The young boy put his hands up. And without cause or provocation, he was shot in the back by the officer," Stroth said. "And that young man sustained serious life changing injuries and as of this point, he is paralyzed from the waist down."  

The mother is also demanding that video of the incident be released to the public.

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.

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]