Years after a police SUV rolled over a 15-year-old girl during George Floyd protests, CPD footage is missing as a civil case proceeds
Thank you for supporting our journalism. This article is available exclusively for our subscribers, who help fund our work at the Chicago Tribune.Tawana Washington becomes emotional while speaking about her daughter, Astarte Washington, on May 24, 2023. Astarte was run over by a Chicago police vehicle in May 2020 and is still recovering from her injuries.
But the city has not turned over Police Department footage from officer body-worn cameras for a crucial stretch of time when officers were tending to Washington after she was injured by the car, according to court records.The city has refused in court filings to admit whether the footage exists, raising questions about the department’s practices around creating and storing body-camera footage, a key reform tool meant as an accountability measure for police officers.
Chicago police officers ordered people to get to the ground, and as others began to run away, Astarte and her brother complied, the lawsuit said, even when a police Ford Explorer that was not put into park rolled over Washington, first the front tires and then the back tires. In the years since, Astarte has suffered from mental health issues related to what happened, her mother said. She’s less talkative and retreats to her room.
Fakhouri also secured dash-camera video that shows, with no audio, five officers attending to Astarte after the rollover. The city’s apparent inability to turn over body-camera footage for time periods relevant to the Astarte Washington case, though, showcases holes in the accountability measure.
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