This Week In Film (4/12/2021 - 4/18/2021)
April 12, 2021 - April 18, 2021 Hello readers. What a sh*t storm of a week we've had in Chicago! The Civilian Office of Police Accountability released all the videos associated with the police shooting of 13 year-old Adam Toledo. Video #1 BWC1-Shooting Officer shows officer Eric Stillman chasing after Ruben Roman and then after Toledo. When the kid stops, the officer tells him to turn around with his hands up. As the kid complies, raises his hands, and turns around, the officer shoots him. Officer Stillman runs up to the child and asks where he's been shot and attempts to help, but it's too late. Most media outlets are torn on how to report this. Some networks will lean on the fact that a gun was found mere feet away from Toledo. Other networks will lean on the fact that Officer Stillman attempts to assist directly after he makes the mistake. I've talked to older officers who remember a time that you had to actually be shot at in order to return fire - what a simpler ...