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Chicago PD Releases Video Which Shows 'Unarmed Black Man' Draw Gun On Cops

Chicago PD has released the bodycam footage showing the shooting of Harith Augustus.

Chicago, IL - Chicago PD has released bodycam video on Sunday of the fatal officer-involved shooting of Harith Augustus (below.)

The shooting happened in the area of 71st St and Chappel Ave at around 5:30 p.m. Saturday night.

Chicago PD Chief of Patrol Fred Waller said Saturday that officers were working foot patrol when they spotted Augustus, who appeared to be carrying a firearm.

The officers confronted the suspect, who then became combative. As the suspect fought with officers, he flailed away from them.

The newly-released video clearly shows that Augustus had a pistol and magazines holstered on his belt.

As Augustus broke free from officers, video shows him drawing his gun as an officer responds by fatally shooting him.

Officers recovered the semi-automatic pistol and loaded magazines from the suspect.

Superintendent Eddie Johnson announced Sunday that Augustus had a Firearm Owners Identification card, but not a concealed carry permit.

Supt. Johnson added that the officer who fatally shot Augustus is a male officer, contradicting "witness" reports of a white female officer being the shooter.

Almost immediately following the shooting on Saturday, a large crowd of protesters formed and started threatening to shoot the police.

The crowd spread the story about how a barber named "Snoop" was unarmed and shot in the back as he was walking home from work.

The crowd also created a second narrative where people claimed that Snoop was armed, but they said he had a concealed carry permit.

The crowd started jumping on police cars and clashing with officers.

Many in the crowd threatened police officers, saying that they better not be around come nighttime.

At around sunset, people in the crowd started to throw glass bottles, rocks, and bottles of urine at officers. Chief Waller said three to four officers were injured in the attacks.

Officers responded by ordering the protesters back and taking down troublemakers and people who refused to listen.

One person was arrested and charged with three felonies, and three more were detained and released.

You can see multiple videos from Chicago Sun-Times reported Nader Issa below:

As of the time of this writing, another protest is still scheduled for 5 p.m. Sunday, despite video showing Augustus being killed while trying to murder police officers.

You can see the bodycam video of the shooting below:

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SoberProgressive
SoberProgressive

@Hi_estComnDenomn Why can't I talk about percentages? Because you say so? Not good enough. Fact is, a police officer was 18.5 times more likely to be killed by a black male than any other person. And, there are fewer Police Officers than people in the Black Population. So, using your logic, it's alright for Blacks to have a war against the Police? Because that is exactly what you are condoning. Logic isn't your forte, I see. And, just putting up numbers apparently makes you feel justified. Unfortunately, it proves that you are more of a fool / idiot than a true thinker than you want everyone to believe. Or, you are more of a liar. Which I believe to be even more true. So, while you try to blow off the truth, no one is going to let you. You are now proven to be the liar that you truly are. BTW, when the Black population is only 13% and more than 28 of those 100 cop killers are Black, you don't see any problem with that? Funny how you only see the problem when it suits you. All, while you don't see the problem when you look at 96 killers of 100 Blacks being Black them self. The problem has got to be about the cops killing Blacks, right? You see what you want to see, when it suits you. Your stupidity suits you too. Own it, you deserve it.

Hi_estComnDenomn
Hi_estComnDenomn

@LEO0301 are you aware of how numbers work? I don't think you quite get what I'm saying.

If more than 50% of officers killed, were killed by whites, then that means out of 10 times a cop is killed, more than half of those killings were done by whites.

If you line 100 cop killers up in a row, more than half of them would be white guys in their 30s. You're confusing actual killings with kill rates, which is a totally different conversation.

LEO0301
LEO0301

@Hi_estComnDenomn - since the white population is significantly larger than the black population, I would have to be exposed to more white people before encountering someone wishing to do me harm than with blacks, who kill at a higher rate.

Hi_estComnDenomn
Hi_estComnDenomn

@LEO0301 That's a dumb statement. The numbers say the exact opposite of that.

if more than 50% of cops are shot by white people, that means it's more dangerous to stop a white person.

LEO0301
LEO0301

What the stats show is that it is safer for a police officer to stop a white person.

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Hi_estComnDenomn
Hi_estComnDenomn

@ThisIsWhy Nope! The conversation was who killed the most cops. Percentages doesn't factor in to who kills the most cops. what you and the other guy are on a whole other conversation.

Now, feel free to answer the question - who kills the most officers in this country?

ThisIsWhy
ThisIsWhy

Every goes and is proven by percentages and statistics. SoberProgressive is totally, absolutely correct. The numbers don't lie. Welfare, cop killings, cars sold to whom... 14% doing 37% of anything either is very bad or very good. This is not good.

Hi_estComnDenomn
Hi_estComnDenomn

@SoberProgressive Sorry, you can't derail this one. No one is talking about percentages.

Again, you say a whole lot without saying anything. But the conversation thread was about who more often kills cops. And its white guys in their 30s.

Now you can either refute that, accept that, or bring up a totally different argument if you wish. But your current argument doesn't belong in this conversation.

SoberProgressive
SoberProgressive

@Hi_estComnDenomn, you do realize that even your Newsweek article proves that the minorities are disproportionately killing cops than any other demographic? ' 37 percent were black ' With the Black Population approximately only 14% of the total US numbers, would it not be logical that the Police would be concerned with their well being while in their neighborhoods? That being said, whom do you think cops, of any background, would be more careful while serving the public? White population constitutes 65% of the population, yet only results in 44% of police officer deaths. That's a rate of 0.65 rate. While Police officer deaths by Blacks is at a 2.64 rate. That equates to 4 times greater that Police Officers will be killed by Blacks than by Whites. Are you really that stupid? Or, are you pushing your idiocy for a reason?