Officer Who Shot Paul O’Neal Probably Won’t Face Charges, Nor Should He. Here’s Why.

By Bob Owens

Friday saw the release of nine videos by the Chicago Police Department relating to the shooting death of 18-year-old car thief Paul O’Neal as he fled from a car crash he initiated during a high-speed chase.

[Here’s our in-depth analysis of those videos]

O’Neal was spotted with a stolen car. Instead of surrendering at the scene, O’Neal led police on a dangerous high-speed chase through residential neighborhoods where he put the lives of numerous Chicago residents at risk.

O’Neal nearly mowed down one officer at an attempted roadblock (still shot from body camera video from that officer, above), and then crashed the stolen car head-on into a police SUV containing two officers on the next block. O’Neal and a juvenile then fled the stolen car in different directions. The officers in the vehicle hit by O’Neal gave chase after him, and it appears that the officer in the passenger side of the struck SUV is the officer who fired five shots at O’Neal. That officer’s camera was off during the chase and shooting, and he only turned it on afterward.

His body camera video, body camera video #4, begins …Read the Rest

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