"The footage shows a young boy, Adam Toledo, standing unarmed in an alleyway with a recently discarded handgun on the ground. Officer Stillman rushes to Adam and screams "show me your fucking hands," and Adam immediately thrusts his empty hands into the air in compliance .838 milliseconds (about five-sixths of a second) after Stillman shouted his demand, Stillman shot and killed Adam."
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Shawn E. Fields, Neighborhood Watch: Policing White Spaces in America (Cambridge University Press, 2022)
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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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