When It Comes to Police Sources, Journalists Do Not Always Display Appropriate Skepticism
Official statements may, intentionally or not, withhold or omit information. The police have been known to give information that is incomplete, misleading or presented for strategic reasons.
Police body camera video shows Adam Toledoâs hands were raised just before he was shot.
Photo: Chicago Police Department/Handout
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The death of 13-year-old Adam Toledo might well have made international headlines on March 29, 2021 â the day he was shot and killed by a police officer â had the emerging narrative been different.
Instead, early news reports of the incident relied on a police statement which said Toledo died in an âarmed confrontation.â An image of a gun recovered at the scene was also released. During a bond hearing for the man who had been with Toledo when the chase began, prosecutors said a gun was in Toledoâs hand when police shot him dead.