"I think I shot that mother******, man," a police officer can be heard saying in footage of the deadly confrontation.
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Chicago Police Shoot Teenager Dead
The family of a black teenager who was fatally shot in the back by Chicago police have been shown video of the incident.
The agency that investigates Chicago police
misconduct cases released the footage on Friday morning, calling it
"shocking and disturbing."
Suspected car thief Paul O'Neal, 18, who was unarmed, died on 28 July after officers tried to stop him in a Jaguar convertible that had been reported stolen.
The video shows police firing on a vehicle speeding down a street at about 7:30pm in the city's South Shore neighborhood.
It goes through a stop sign and smashes head-on into another police car, before an occupant leaps out and runs.
Officers are seen pursuing a man through a yard and over a fence while shots are heard ringing out.
They handcuff O'Neal, who is seen face down on the ground with blood on the back of his t-shirt.
One officer can be heard saying: "I think I shot that mother******, man."
"Think I'm good - bunch of shots," he adds.
The officer who chased and shot O'Neal was wearing a body
camera, but department officials said the shooting was not caught on
film.
Police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi said they were trying to determine why the body camera was not functioning, but said he did not believe it was deliberately turned off.
However, Eric Russell, spokesman for Tree of Life and Justice League, was sceptical about that claim.
"There is a hunt going on," he told reporters. "The Chicago police are hunting black and brown people.
"Those of us who have been kissed by the sun have a target on our back."
Police Supt Eddie Johnson has stripped three officers of their police powers after it was determined they may have violated department policy in the shooting.
The president of the Chicago police officer's union condemned the release of video evidence, saying it was unfair to the officers and could turn even jeopardise their safety.
It was the first time the city made public such material in a fatal police shooting under a new policy that calls for it to do so within 60 days.
The department has been trying to restore public confidence after video released last year showing another fatal police shooting of a black teenager.
Suspected car thief Paul O'Neal, 18, who was unarmed, died on 28 July after officers tried to stop him in a Jaguar convertible that had been reported stolen.
The video shows police firing on a vehicle speeding down a street at about 7:30pm in the city's South Shore neighborhood.
O'Neal was being pursued in a car that was reported stolen
Officers are seen pursuing a man through a yard and over a fence while shots are heard ringing out.
They handcuff O'Neal, who is seen face down on the ground with blood on the back of his t-shirt.
One officer can be heard saying: "I think I shot that mother******, man."
"Think I'm good - bunch of shots," he adds.
Protests against police brutality have swept the US in the last two years
Police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi said they were trying to determine why the body camera was not functioning, but said he did not believe it was deliberately turned off.
However, Eric Russell, spokesman for Tree of Life and Justice League, was sceptical about that claim.
"There is a hunt going on," he told reporters. "The Chicago police are hunting black and brown people.
"Those of us who have been kissed by the sun have a target on our back."
Police Supt Eddie Johnson has stripped three officers of their police powers after it was determined they may have violated department policy in the shooting.
The president of the Chicago police officer's union condemned the release of video evidence, saying it was unfair to the officers and could turn even jeopardise their safety.
It was the first time the city made public such material in a fatal police shooting under a new policy that calls for it to do so within 60 days.
The department has been trying to restore public confidence after video released last year showing another fatal police shooting of a black teenager.
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