Authorities released disturbing video footage Friday showing the moments before and after Chicago police fatally shot an unarmed 18-year-old car theft suspect in the back.
Shortly before the release of the footage captured by police cameras, the head of the city agency tasked with investigating police-involved shootings and accusations of major misconduct by Chicago Police officers described the footage of the encounter with the teen, Paul O’Neal, as “shocking and disturbing.” The officers can be heard cursing at O’Neal as he lays lifeless on the ground, bleeding from his back.
