On April 11, 2016, a Chicago police officer shot and killed a sixteen-year-old African-American teenager named Pierre Loury. The shooting occurred after a traffic stop. The officer had stopped Loury because his car resembled one used in an earlier crime. Instead of cooperating with the officer, Loury fled. A foot chase followed. While trying to scale a fence, the officer shot Loury.
The autopsy revealed that Loury died of a gunshot wound to the chest. What happened next is debatable. The officer claimed self-defense. He said Loury turned and pointed a pistol at him during the foot chase. Police did recover a semi-automatic weapon at the scene.
However, an unidentified witness told the Chicago Tribune that Loury was scaling the fence and in the air when shot. She said his pants were caught in the fence. Fearing police retaliation, she didn’t provide her name. If we are to believe this witness, the teenager was defenseless when shot. Unfortunately, police shootings have been occurring at an alarming rate. According to the Washington Times, police officers killed 990 people in 2015.
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