Civil Trial Started in Chicago Police Killing of Adam Toledo. Cop Gunned Down 13 yr Old Latino Teen who Had Both His Hands Up. Cop Not Charged by Black State Attorney who Serves Elite White Liberals

Just over five years after a Chicago police officer shot and killed Adam Toledo, a 13-year-old Latino boy, during a foot chase on the city’s West Side, a wrongful death lawsuit filed by his family will be heading to trial on Monday.

In 2022, Toledo’s parents filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the city and the officer who fatally shot the boy, Eric Stillman. In their lawsuit, the Toledo family claimed Stillman did not follow department protocols as he chased and then fatally shot the boy.

In 2023 Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx, a SNAG who serves elite white liberals, announced her office would not bring criminal charges against Stillman. The Toledo family, meanwhile, filed a still-pending wrongful death lawsuit against Stillman in Chicago’s federal court.

Stillman shot and killed the 13-year-old Adam around 2:30 a.m. on March 29, 2021 in the 2300 block of South Spaulding Avenue in the Little Village neighborhood.

Adam was shot after he and another man allegedly ran away from police who were responding to the area for a report of gunfire.

COPA last year released 17 bodyworn camera videos, four third-party videos and several audio transmissions and police reports related to the shooting. 

Stillman’s own bodyworn camera footage showed he and his partner briefly chasing Adam and the other man — identified as Ruben Roman — through an alley near Farragut Career Academy High School. Stillman’s partner quickly tackles Roman, while Stillman goes after Adam.

While chasing the teen, Stillman repeatedly tells him to “stop right f—— now” and to “show me your f—— hands.” The officer also tells Adam to “drop it.”

Adam can be seen briefly ducking behind a break in a fence near Farragut, then quickly reemerging. Stillman was standing about 10 feet away, pointing his gun and a flashlight at the teen. Moments later, Adam turns toward Stillman with both his hands raised, and the officer fires a single shot, striking Adam in the upper left side of his chest, near his heart.

After he’s shot, the teen stumbles backward and collapses to the pavement. Officers immediately run to him, and Stillman is the first to start rendering CPR while calling for more medical aid. More than a dozen additional CPD officers soon arrive at the scene.

As other officers and Chicago Fire Department personnel continue to perform life-saving procedures, the officer who fired the shot soon finds a gun near the break in fence where the boy was shot.

Stillman joined the CPD in 2015 after having served in Afghanistan in the United States Marine Corps.

"It has been extremely excruciating for them every day that has gone by, every family event, every child's birthday, every anniversary of his death," said Adeena Weiss Ortiz, the Toledo family's attorney, on The Chicago Report last week.

Weiss Ortiz said she plans to bring forth a variety of evidence related to the case that the public hasn't seen before and that the proceedings could include around 90 witnesses. She said the trial could "easily" last for around two months. [MORE]