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Chicago Activist
Demands All Footage
From Police Shooting
Peterson Joins
MESD Board
Denyse Peterson, pictured here with William M. Pollard,
was sworn in July 17 as the newest member of the board of
directors for Multnomah Education Service District. Peterson
will represent Position 5, Zone 1. Multnomah Education
Service District is an educational cooperative that provides a
wide variety of programs and services on a regional basis to
school districts in Multnomah County and beyond. MESD is
one of 19 ESDs in Oregon.
Peterson was born and raised in Portland and graduated from
Jefferson High School. She worked in the 72nd and 73rd Oregon
State Senate Legislation session for Senator Avel Gordly,
mediating with various agencies to bring resolutions to the
challenges of affordable housing, employment and food. She
also has 12 years of experience at Metro E-R Commission
serving seven commissioners and the general manager.
Peterson has been an active volunteer with faith-based and
community organizations since she was a child.
By Don Babwin
Associated Press
Jason Van Dyke shooting
the teen 16 times, sparked
massive protests, cost
then-Police Superinten-
dent Garry McCarthy his
job and prompted vari-
ous federal and local in-
vestigations. Van Dyke is
awaiting trial on first-de-
gree murder charges.
Calloway said he will
sue the city if it does not
release the other videos.
Johnson said on Sunday
that release of the video
all the video now “may
jeopardize the integrity
of our investigation,” but
that the video would be
released no later than 60
days from the date of the
incident.
NUCCIO DINUZZO/CHICAGO TRIBUNE VIA AP
CHICAGO (AP) — A
community activist who
has pushed for more po-
lice transparency said
Monday that he’s asked
Chicago police for the
body camera footage
from all the officers at
the scene where one of
them fatally shot a black
man over the weekend.
William Calloway said
a brief video released by
police showing the view
from one officer’s body
camera does not answer
crucial questions, start-
ing with the reasons
the officers approached
37-year-old Harith Au-
gustus on Saturday after-
answer questions, they
can do a protective pat
down,” he said, adding
that the officer must be
able to “articulate why
they have a reasonable
suspicion” that a person
could pose a threat.
“They can’t start dig-
ging through their pock-
ets... but they can pat
down the outside of their
clothes.”
The video released by
police did not include
sound so it is impossible
to hear what was said by
either Augustus or any
of the four officers at the
scene. It shows one of the
officers trying to grab
the arm of Augustus,
who spins and runs away
with a clearly visible hol-
PHOTO BY JERRY FOSTER
William Calloway says footage
released so far leaves questions
On Sunday, July 15, 2018, protesters march in the South Shore neighborhood of Chicago following the
fatal shooting of a barber by a Chicago police officer in the 7100 block of South Chappel Ave., in Chicago.
noon just before he was
shot. Calloway also said
that a police spokesman’s
explanation that the Au-
gustus was “exhibiting
characteristics of an
armed person” does not
justify stopping some-
one in a city and state
where it is legal to carry
a concealed weapon.
Police Superintendent
Eddie Johnson said Sun-
day that detectives have
found no documentation
that Augustus had a con-
cealed carry permit, but
Calloway said there is no
way officers at the scene
could have known that
when they approached
him.
A department spokes-
man, Tom Ahern, said
officers have the right
to pat a person down on
the street if they are con-
cerned about their own
safety.
“If they feel someone
is acting suspiciously or
they see a bulge under
their shirt, if the person
is evasive or refuses to
stered gun on his hip.
“He was having a civil
conversation with the
Black cop at first so we
need to know what he
“
At a news conference
on Sunday to announce
the release of the 51-sec-
ond video, Johnson said
the way the technology
He was having a civil con-
versation with the Black cop
at first so we need to know
what he and that officer
were saying. There needs to
be (footage) from four police
officers with audio
and that officer were
saying,” Calloway said.
“There needs to be (foot-
age) from four police offi-
cers with audio.”
Ahern said the depart-
ment would not release
any more video and any
decision to do so would
have to be made by the
agency that investigates
such incidents, the Ci-
vilian Office of Police
Accountability (COPA).
In a written statement,
COPA said that releasing
works is that there is a
“30-second buffer peri-
od” without audio before
the sound is activated. It
is unclear why there is
no sound throughout the
entire video.
Calloway was instru-
mental in a legal battle
that ultimately led a
judge in 2015 to order the
release of dash cam video
showing the 2014 shoot-
ing of teenager Laquan
McDonald. The release
of that video of Officer
one day after the shoot-
ing was the quickest he
had ever ordered such a
disclosure. He said that
he did so to avoid a re-
peat of the clashes be-
tween angry residents
and police that took place
Saturday night. Protest-
ers threw rocks and bot-
tles — some filled with
urine — at police and of-
ficers responded by hit-
ting some demonstrators
with their batons.
After release of the
shooting video, protests
on Sunday evening were
peaceful. But the com-
munity remains tense
and a “demonstration
against the police mur-
der of Harith Augustus”
organized by a group
called the Chicago Alli-
ance Against Racism and
Political Repression was
scheduled for Monday
evening at the scene of
the shooting.