La Jornada – They separate the prosecutor who accused the Hispanic minor killed by a policeman

Chicago – A prosecutor who hinted in court that 13-year-old Hispanic boy Adam Toledo was holding a pistol at the time he was shot to death by a Chicago police officer was put on leave a day after a video showing that the minor does not have anything in his hands was revealed to the public.

“Last week in court, a prosecutor from our office failed to fully present the facts surrounding the death of a 13-year-old boy,” said Sarah Sinovic, the spokeswoman for Cook County State Attorney Kim Foxx, in a statement. “We have put that individual on leave and are conducting an internal investigation into the matter.”

During an April 10 bail hearing for Ruben Roman, a 21-year-old who was with Adam when he was shot on March 29, Assistant State’s Attorney James Murphy appeared to imply that the boy was still holding the gun when the police officer Eric Stillman pulled the trigger.

“The agent told (Adam) to let go of her when (Adam) turns to the agent. (Adam) has a gun in his right hand, ”Murphy said, according to the newspaper. Chicago Sun-Times. “The agent shoots (Adam) once, hitting him in the chest. The gun that (Adam) was holding fell against the fence a few feet away. “

However, Murphy did not explain what the video and still images taken of him show: That Adam had nothing in his hands when he was shot and had dropped or thrown the gun less than a second before the officer fired at him. . Police found the gun next to a fence a short distance from the scene after the incident.

According to the Chicago Tribune newspaper, Foxx told staff in an email that the language in the statement Murphy read in court “does not fully reflect all of the evidence that had been delivered to our office.”

But on Friday, Sinovic hinted that Murphy may not have had access to the full video that was released publicly Thursday at the time of his remarks, telling the Sun-Times: “What videos were made available to (Murphy) remains under investigation. We continue to try to find out what he had access to when he made those statements in court. “

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