Chicago Sun-Times | Bodycam shows man fatally struck by semi as he fled from Chicago cops in Austin @chicagosuntimes | Uploaded 8 months ago | Updated 10 hours ago
Police oversight officials released video footage on Wednesday that shows a man being fatally struck by a semi-trailer as he fled from officers who saw him exit a stolen vehicle last month in the Austin neighborhood on the West Side.
Two of the videos released by the Civilian Office of Police Accountability captured the collision about 2:30 p.m. on Dec. 12 in the 800 block of South Cicero Avenue. A thud can be heard when Vesmo Banks, 35, was struck by the side of the semi-trailer, which Chicago police said then drove off.
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Police oversight officials released video footage on Wednesday that shows a man being fatally struck by a semi-trailer as he fled from officers who saw him exit a stolen vehicle last month in the Austin neighborhood on the West Side.
Two of the videos released by the Civilian Office of Police Accountability captured the collision about 2:30 p.m. on Dec. 12 in the 800 block of South Cicero Avenue. A thud can be heard when Vesmo Banks, 35, was struck by the side of the semi-trailer, which Chicago police said then drove off.
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