Chicago, August 9 (RHC)-- In the U.S. city of Chicago, hundreds of protesters marched through the streets and blocked traffic in a series of demonstrations following the release of video showing the fatal police shooting of an unarmed African-American teenager.
The newly released video from police body cameras shows the moments before and after police killed 18-year-old Paul O’Neal on July 28th. In the video, police are seen shooting repeatedly at the car O’Neal was driving, which police say was stolen.
The video then shows a police officer running over to O’Neal, who is lying face down in a growing pool of blood surrounded by other officers. The officers then handcuff O’Neal with his arms behind his back and search his backpack, as he continues to bleed from his wounds.
Afterward, one of the officers can be heard complaining that he’ll be on desk duty for 30 days, referring to the sanctions that he'd face for having shot and killed the Black teenager.
Paul O’Neal died shortly afterward at a hospital in Chicago. The medical examiner’s office saicd he was shot in the back. Police say three officers have been suspended in relation to the shooting.
The release of the video comes as Chicago police face ongoing accusations of racism and a federal investigation into their practices after Chicago waited more than a year to release video of the fatal police shooting of African-American teenager Laquan McDonald in 2014.