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Police shooting of 13-year-old Adam Toledo addressed by mayor and his family in press conference. twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1…
"Simply put we failed Adam. And we cannot afford to fail one more young person in our city...we have too many damn guns on our streets," Mayor Lori Lightfoot said during a press conference on the police shooting of Adam Toledo.
'It's excruciating': Mayor Lightfoot reflects on seeing the bodycam footage from the shooting of Adam Toledo.
Lightfoot: "...I've seen no evidence whatsoever that Adam Toledo shot at the police."
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