March 29, 2021 – Little Village (IL)
13-year old. Shot dead : deceased
- Last update: 18:54 - First published
Adam, a Latino seventh grader at Gary Elementary School with no prior criminal record, was shot and killed by Chicago Police Department (CPD) officer Eric Stillman in the Little Village neighborhood on the West Side of Chicago. Officers responded to reports of gunshots and encountered him and another boy, 21-year-old Ruben Roman.
Cook County prosecutors said that Roman had fired the gun at a passing vehicle, setting off the ShotSpotter notification system, a technology which can identify and alert officials of potential gunshots, but that Adam had been holding it during the encounter with police and was warned repeatedly to drop it before police shot him, the Chicago Sun-Times reported.
A few hours after the shooting, the CPD described the incident in a tweet as an “armed confrontation.” Cook County Assistant State’s Attorney James Murphy alleged in court that Adam was armed when Eric Stillman shot him.
But on April 15, Eric Stillman‘s body cam video recording was released, appearing to show Adam dropping a handgun before he turned towards Stillman and raised his empty hands, with 838 milliseconds (5⁄6 of a second) passing between “gun shown in hand and single shot” according to the CPD, while an area resident who said she witnessed the shooting from her apartment window across the street said that Adam was complying with the officer’s requests when he was shot.
Justice and Light for Adam and his family !
Physical violence
| Hustle / Projection | |
| Kicks, punches, slaps | |
| Feet / knees on the nape of the neck, chest or face | |
| Blows to the victim while under control and/or on the ground | |
| Blows to the ears | |
| Strangulation / chokehold | |
| Painful armlock | |
| Fingers forced backwards | |
| Spraying with water | |
| Dog bites | |
| Hair pulling | |
| Painfully pulling by colson ties or handcuffs | |
| Sexual abuse | |
| Use of gloves | |
| X | Use of firearm |
| Use of “Bean bags” (a coton sack containing tiny lead bullets) | |
| Use of FlashBall weapon | |
| Use of sound grenade | |
| Use of dispersal grenade | |
| Use of teargas grenade | |
| Use of rubber bullets weapon (LBD40 type) | |
| Use of batons | |
| Use of Pepper Spray | |
| Use of Taser gun | |
| Use of tranquillisers |
Psychological violence
| Charge of disturbing public order | |
| Charge of rebellion | |
| Accusation of beatings to officer | |
| Charge of threatening officer | |
| Charge of insulting an officer | |
| Charge of disrespect | |
| Charge of resisting arrest | |
| Photographs, fingerprints, DNA | |
| Threat with a weapon | |
| Aggressive behaviour, disrespect, insults | |
| Charging without warning | |
| Car chase | |
| Calls to end torment remained unheeded | |
| Sexist remarks | |
| Homophobic remarks | |
| Racist comments | |
| Violence by fellow police officers | |
| Passivity of police colleagues | |
| Lack or refusal of the police officer to identify him or herself | |
| Vexing or intimidating identity check | |
| Intimidation or arrest of witnesses | |
| Prevented from taking photographs or from filming the scene | |
| Refusal to notify someone or to telephone | |
| Refusal to administer a breathalyzer | |
| Refusal to fasten the seatbelt during transport | |
| Refusal to file a complaint | |
| Refusal to allow medical care or medication | |
| X | Lies, cover-ups, disappearance of evidence |
| Undress before witnesses of the opposite sex | |
| Bend down naked in front of witnesses | |
| Lack of surveillance or monitoring during detention | |
| Lack of signature in the Personal Effects Register during detention | |
| Confiscation, deterioration, destruction of personal effects | |
| Pressure to sign documents | |
| Absence of a report | |
| Deprivation during detention (water, food) | |
| Inappropriate sanitary conditions during detention (temperature, hygiene, light) | |
| Complacency of doctors | |
| Kettling (corraling protestors to isolate them from the rest of the demonstration) | |
| Prolonged uncomfortable position |
- 04.20.2021 – A group of Latino law associations called on the Department of Justice to launch a formal investigation
- 04.17.2021 – Kim Foxx, the Cook County State’s Attorney, announces an investigation into why prosecutor’s earlier descriptions of the shooting of Adam hadn’t matched the video, and announces James Murphy, the prosecutor who had provided the “misleading” description of the video, would be placed on administrative leave.
- 04.15.2021 – Bodycams footage released
- 04.10.2021 – Cook County Assistant State’s Attorney James Murphy alleges in court that Adam was armed when the officer shot him
- 03.29.2021 – Death of Adam Toledo
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