{"id":429994,"date":"2021-04-16T11:20:25","date_gmt":"2021-04-16T15:20:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=429994"},"modified":"2021-04-16T11:20:33","modified_gmt":"2021-04-16T15:20:33","slug":"chicago-police-union-calls-cop-who-shot-13-year-old-adam-toledo-heroic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chicago-police-union-calls-cop-who-shot-13-year-old-adam-toledo-heroic\/","title":{"rendered":"Chicago Police Union Calls Cop Who Shot 13-Year-Old Adam Toledo \u2018Heroic\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fchicago-police-union-calls-cop-who-shot-13-year-old-adam-toledo-heroic%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=429994&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p>The Chicago police union defended the officer who shot and killed a 13-year-old boy late last month after the city released body cam footage of the incident.<\/p>\n<p>Fraternal Order of Police President <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2020\/06\/12\/chicago-police-union-george-floyd-protests-kneeling-john-catanzara\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">John Catanzara<\/a> said Officer Eric Stillman, 34, was \u201c100% right\u201d when he fired a single shot at Adam Toledo, 13, on March 29, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/chicago.suntimes.com\/news\/2021\/4\/15\/22383392\/adam-toledo-shooting-video-released-chicago-police-bodycam\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Chicago Sun-Times<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>After a short on-foot pursuit down an alley, Toledo <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/04\/15\/adam-toledo-chicago-fatal-shooting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">appeared to toss a firearm<\/a> immediately before turning toward Stillman with both his hands in the air, according to body cam footage <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chicagocopa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/COPA-RELEASES-VIDEO-AND-OTHER-MATERIALS-OF-FATAL-OFFICER-SHOOTING-OF-13-YEAR-OLD-ADAM-TOLEDO.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">released<\/a> by the Civilian Office of Police Accountability (COPA) Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe offender still turned with a gun in his hand,\u201d Catanzara told the Sun-Times. \u201cThis occurred in eight-tenths of a second.\u201d <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/04\/15\/adam-toledo-chicago-fatal-shooting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Graphic Footage Of Officer Fatally Shooting 13-Year-Old Released)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Catanzara later <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CuomoPrimeTime\/status\/1382870140824477698\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">appeared on CNN<\/a> Thursday evening, <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/04\/14\/kim-potter-daunte-wright-pete-orput-second-degree-manslaughter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">adamantly defending<\/a> Stillman\u2019s actions and arguing there was no other option other than shooting Toledo. The union chief added that Stillman was defending himself in a dangerous situation.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"8.1004184100418\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">John Catanzara, president of the Chicago Police Union, defends the actions of the officer who fatally shot of 13-year-old Adam Toledo. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/681ELa7SF0\">https:\/\/t.co\/681ELa7SF0<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BUuECFsijW\">pic.twitter.com\/BUuECFsijW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Cuomo Prime Time (@CuomoPrimeTime) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CuomoPrimeTime\/status\/1382870140824477698?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 16, 2021<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cHe would\u2019ve been justified to shoot multiple times,\u201d Catanzara told CNN host Chris Cuomo. \u201cWe\u2019re basically trained to shoot two and reassess.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe do not have to wait to be shot to respond, \u201d he continued. \u201cThe officer had every reason to believe that that offender was turning and pointing the gun at him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2020\/07\/24\/chicago-mayor-lori-lightfoot-fraternal-order-police-union-president-clown-leaked-text-messages-apologize\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Catanzara<\/a> added that Stillman\u2019s actions were \u201cheroic.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He also noted that Toledo was alleged to be a member of the Latin Kings, a Chicago gang. Catanzara decried how gangs take advantage of \u201cmisguided\u201d children.<\/p>\n<p>Before the city released the footage and case report, Mayor Lori Lightfoot urged calm and peace, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wbez.org\/stories\/mayor-lori-lightfoot-urges-calm-as-city-prepares-to-release-videos-of-cpd-shooting-a-13-year-old-boy\/cd0111d7-3ab4-496d-a8bc-ef905c9838db\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">WBEZ Chicago<\/a>. She urged the public to withhold judgment until COPA concludes its investigation into the incident.<\/p>\n<p>Content created by The Daily Caller News Foundation is available without charge to any eligible news publisher that can provide a large audience. For licensing opportunities of our original content, please contact <a href=\"mailto:licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org\">licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Chicago police union defended the officer who shot and killed a 13-year-old boy late last month after the city released body cam footage of the incident.Fraternal Order of Police &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2276083,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-429994","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/429994","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=429994"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/429994\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2276083"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=429994"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=429994"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=429994"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}