Chicago’s Civilian Office of Police Accountability has found an off-duty Chicago Police officer was justified for the March 2021 shooting a man he thought was trying to force his way into his apartment.
But Glasgow says surveillance video from the apartment complex does not show the events as described by officer.
In his statement to the COPA investigators six days after the March 31, 2021 shooting, Officer Smith said: “I didn’t know what was going to happen. I didn’t know if he was going to get – what he – if he had any weapons on him. I didn’t know if he was on anything. I didn’t know what he wanted to do in my apartment. I didn’t know if he was going to be able to overpower me, take my weapon, harm family. I had no idea what he was trying to do.
The COPA report also notes that after Officer Smith shot Mendoza, he “performed a protective pat-down … and determined that he did not have any weapons.”And Mendoza’s attorney says it didn’t happen.According to body camera footage, Smith told officers his version of events:
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