Family, protesters call for answers in Chicago police shooting of unarmed teen

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The sister of an unarmed 18-year-old black man who was fatally shot by police last week called for answers on Friday (August 5), after Chicago authorities released nine video clips of the incident.

"We just want answers, the truth, that's it. Nothing further," Briana Adams, 22, told reporters.

Meanwhile, protesters shut down a news conference where Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson was due to speak, blocking the podium and shouting, "We want convictions for killer cops!"

On July 28, Paul O'Neal crashed a stolen car into a police vehicle, then fled into a nearby backyard where he was gunned down.

The videos, posted on the internet by the Independent Police Review Authority, included four clips from officers' body-mounted cameras and five clips from the dashboard cameras of police vehicles.

In one video taken after the shooting, O'Neal is shown lying face down, with a blood stain on the back of his shirt as three officers try to put handcuffs on him. One officer can be seen searching through O'Neal's backpack and finding a screwdriver.

There appeared to be no video of the fatal gunshots, but body camera footage from a policeman heard saying he fired the shots starts as that officer exits the yard where the shooting took place. It shows him telling other officers that he fired three to five shots, and that he heard "gunshots coming at us."

No weapons were found on O'Neal. An autopsy found he died from a gunshot wound to the back.

Another clip shows an officer gesturing toward other officers' body cameras and telling them to make sure they are all turned off.

Three Chicago officers were stripped of their authority last Friday and Saturday, after a preliminary investigation found they may have violated department policies during the shooting, the department said.

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