‘Not All Police Shootings Are Equal’: Don Lemon Defends Officer In Adam Toledo Shooting

CNN’s Don Lemon defended the officer involved in the fatal shooting of Adam Toledo while speaking to CNN’s Chris Cuomo Thursday night on CNN’s “Tonight With Don Lemon.”

“Not all police shootings are equal,” Lemon said referring to the death of Adam Toledo, 13, who was fatally shot by a Chicago police officer on March 29 after police say he tried to flee. Bodycam footage from the incident shows an unidentified officer pursuing Toledo and another male on foot before the officer orders Toledo to “Stop right fucking now!”

“If I’m a police officer out there, if I’m anyone out there and there’s been a shooting and someone is running and you see – regardless of the 13-year-old. Thirteen-year-old’s life gone, tragic. But if someone’s running with a gun and they turn around, police officers have to make decisions in split seconds.”

“When you look at the video and you look at the instant, in an instance – the officer probably doesn... (Read more)

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