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1. Footage of the fatal police shooting of Adam Toledo expected tomorrow

The Civilian Office of Police Accountability will release videos tomorrow from the night a police officer shot and killed 13-year-old Adam Toledo.

Adam’s family viewed the footage yesterday and asked the office, which is investigating the shooting, to not immediately release the videos. A family spokesperson described the videos as “extremely difficult and heartbreaking.” The family has called for peace as the public reacts to the footage.

Cook County prosecutors say Adam was holding a gun the night police shot him, and an officer twice told the boy to drop the weapon. [WBEZ]

2. Lightfoot spent more than $100,000 on her office as the pandemic decimated the city’s budget

Mayor Lori Lightfoot spent $104,682 on upgrades to her taxpayer-funded conference room last year as she prepared to warn the city about a historic $1.2 billion budget deficit, which was partly closed by a $93 million property tax hike, reports the Chicago Tribune.

The newspaper also reports Lightfoot’s interest in City Hall’s rooftop garden resulted in an extra $10,000 of maintenance. The mayor also wanted to know what happened to a honey bee colony that was once part of the garden.

“I have not seen anyone up there all summer, literally not once,” Lightfoot wrote in an email last year to city officials about the garden. “Who will make sure on an ongoing basis that a regular cadence of maintenance is done? And what about the bee colony?”

Lightfoot’s office defended the conference room upgrades by saying they were needed to maintain the “continuity of government.” [Chicago Tribune]

3. Was it riskier to pause Johnson & Johnson vaccines?

Health experts say the suspension of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine could cause more harm than good. Not only does the move give more ammunition to conspiracy theorists and possibly boost vaccine hesitancy, but the “pause” itself could result in more people becoming ill and dying.

“It’s a messaging nightmare,” Rachael Piltch-Loeb, an expert in health risk communications at the N.Y.U. School of Global Public Health, told The New York Times. But she added that federal officials faced an ethical dilemma. “To ignore it would be to seed the growing sentiment that public health officials are lying to the public.” [NYT]

Illinois and several states are following the federal recommendation to halt Johnson & Johnson vaccinations, and those decisions have an outsized impact on underserved communities. That’s because public health officials favored the one-and-done Johnson & Johnson shot for people who are hard to reach and face limited options. [Washington Post]

In Chicago, a vaccination program aimed at homebound seniors is now on pause. And city officials are trying to secure different vaccines to use at Chicago State University, a site specifically designed to increase vaccine access among communities of color. [WBEZ]

4. Officer who killed Daunte Wright will be charged with manslaughter

The white police officer who shot and killed 20-year-old Daunte Wright will be charged with second-degree manslaughter today, according to Washington County District Attorney Pete Orput.

The charges come a day after the officer, Kim Potter, and the police chief resigned from the Brooklyn Center Police Department. According to Minnesota law, second-degree manslaughter carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison and a $20,000 fine. [Axios]

Police have said Potter mistakenly took out her gun instead of a Taser. The New York Times reports officers rarely mix up their sidearms for Tasers, but it’s even rarer for cops to face charges in such cases. [NYT]

Wright’s killing comes as the murder trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin could reach closing arguments as soon as Monday. Jurors today heard from former Dr. David Fowler, a retired forensic pathologist who testified on behalf of Chauvin’s defense.

Fowler said George Floyd died from a sudden heart rhythm problem due to his heart disease, which contradicts several experts who said Floyd died from a lack of oxygen. [AP]

5. Chicago Public Schools and teachers union appear to make progress on reopening high schools

Public high school teachers and staff walked out today in an effort to put pressure on Chicago Public Schools, which is negotiating with the Chicago Teachers Union on reopening high schools.

The school district wants high school students to return to classrooms on Monday, but that could be delayed if both sides can’t forge a deal.

Union officials today said there has been some progress at the negotiating table. But a top issue for the union — vaccinating students 16 and older and communities hard hit by COVID-19 — remains unresolved, reports WBEZ’s Sarah Karp. [WBEZ]

Here’s what else is happening

• President Joe Biden said “it’s time to end America’s longest war” as he announced a withdrawal of troops in Afghanistan. [AP]
• A U.S. Capitol Police officer will not face charges in the fatal shooting of Ashli Babbitt during the Jan. 6 insurrection. [Washington Post]
• The Obama Center is moving forward with a groundbreaking likely in September. [Chicago Sun-Times]
• Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis wants signatures on mail-in ballots to match ones on file. Would he pass the test? [Tampa Bay Times]

Oh, and one more thing …

I had no idea that a 1950s cop show caused Mayor Richard J. Daley to ban TV shows and movies from filming in Chicago for decades.

The crime noir show M Squad was filmed in the city from 1957 to 1960, and it drew outrage from Daley after it aired an episode in which a cop kills another cop who was going to come forward about corruption in the police department, reports Chicago magazine.

There were few exceptions to the filming ban, but things changed when Mayor Jane Byrne famously welcomed The Blue Brothers to Chicago. [Chicago magazine]

Tell me something good …

How are you preparing to go back to the office when this pandemic is over?

Stacey S. writes:

“I have finally accepted that T-shirts and sweats won’t be my forever future and have started rotating dress shirts into the mix. Unfortunately, or fortunately, I get to be on the search for a new bottom wardrobe as none of my pants fit. I blame it on the muscles I have gained from all the at-home workouts.”

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