"Adam's death rapidly became a site of contestation. Community residents, politicians, political pundits, and others expressed personal conjectures on the events that transpired on 29 March. On one end, people vilified him and his family, going as far as blaming Adam for his own death, alleging that the murder by police officer Eric Stillman was justified. On the other end, there were clear attempts at rejecting the stigmatized narrative of victim blaming, and a push for police accountability in the form of an eventual abolition of the Chicago Police Department (CPD) ensued by young people, which called for a defunding of the city's police department and a reinvestment of funds into neighborhoods that have historically experienced gun violence, including from police."
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Jennifer M. Ortiz, Critical and Intersectional Gang Studies (Taylor & Francis, 2023)
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Adam Toledo
Adam Toledo (May 26, 2007 – March 29, 2021) was a Mexican American boy who was killed during a police foot chase, after being shot with his hands raised. Chicago police officer Eric Stillman was not charged for Toledo's death. A series of protests against police brutality developed across Chicago and around the United States.
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