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Chicago Police Union head calls Adam Toledo shooting ‘justified,’ says ‘officer’s actions actually heroic’

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by - 04/16/21 8:27 AM ET✕The footage raised questions as to whether Toledo actually had a gun in his hand before he was shot, as police have claimed. A gun is not clearly visible in Toledo’s hand in the video that was released.In an&nbsp;appearance on CNN’s “Cuomo Prime Time,” Catanzara&nbsp;said that the officer’s actions were “100 percent justified.”“I started my dissertation by saying it is 100 percent justified. That officer’s actions were actually heroic,” he said. “There’s a very good reason he only shot once. Like I said, he could have been shot multiple times but the officer assessed in a split second.“Unfortunately, he already committed to the first shot, justifiably so.”&nbsp;John Catanzara, president of the Chicago Police Union, defends the actions of the officer who fatally shot of 13-year-old Adam Toledo.— Cuomo Prime Time (@CuomoPrimeTime)“Far too many Black and Brown men and women have lost their lives to brutal acts of racial injustice,” he continued. “All the evidence shows that we are dealing with a system of justice that isn’t being applied equally—and we need to change that.”It also comes shortly after the high-profile police killing of 20-year-old Daunte Wright in Brooklyn Center, Minn., last weekend.✕✕× Close Ad

by - 04/16/21 8:27 AM ET✕The footage raised questions as to whether Toledo actually had a gun in his hand before he was shot, as police have claimed. A gun is not clearly visible in Toledo’s hand in the video that was released.In an&nbsp;appearance on CNN’s “Cuomo Prime Time,” Catanzara&nbsp;said that the officer’s actions were “100 percent justified.”“I started my dissertation by saying it is 100 percent justified. That officer’s actions were actually heroic,” he said. “There’s a very good reason he only shot once. Like I said, he could have been shot multiple times but the officer...

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