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Latino community leaders and lawyers are asking the Department of Justice to investigate the fatal police shooting of 13-year-old Adam Toledo. Meanwhile, Ruben Roman, 21, who was with Toledo the night of the shooting and was charged with firing his gun before police arrived, has been released on bond. His bail was paid for by the non-profit Chicago Community Bond Fund. Reset checks in with a criminal defense lawyer and a courts reporter for the latest in the case. For more Reset interviews, subscribe to this podcast. And please give us a rating, it helps other listeners find us. For more about Reset, go to wbez.org and follow us on Twitter @WBEZReset

Advocates from the anti-violence initiative Increase the Peace held a peace walk for Adam Toledo Sunday night in Little Village. Executive director Berto Aguayo joins Reset to discuss how Chicago’s Latino community is healing following the release of body cam footage that captured a Chicago Police officer shooting and killing the 13-year-old last month. For more Reset interviews, subscribe to this podcast. And please give us a rating, it helps other listeners find us. For more about Reset, go to wbez.org and follow us on Twitter @WBEZReset

Dr. Nogzi Ezike talks to Reset about the uptick in cases, traveling and how the pause in use of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine is impacting Illinois.

ideo drops of the fatal police shooting of 13-year old Adam Toledo. High schools set to re-open in Chicago. COVID-19 continues. And much more. Reset breaks down the biggest local stories of the week in the Weekly News Recap. For more Reset interviews, subscribe to this podcast. And please give us a rating, it helps other listeners find us. For more about Reset, go to wbez.org and follow us on Twitter @WBEZReset

Many little kids go through a phase where they say they want to grow up to be a police officer. So how do you talk to them about the police-involved deaths and shootings that are all over the news? As officials release body-cam footage of a Chicago cop shooting 13-year-old Adam Toledo in Little Village, Reset brings on an expert to discuss how to talk to kids and teens about this incident, the video and the systemic problem with police shootings across the country. For more Reset interviews, subscribe to this podcast. And please give us a rating, it helps other listeners find us. For more about Reset, go to wbez.org and follow us on Twitter @WBEZReset

WBEZ reporter Patrick Smith updates us on the CPD video of the shooting of 13-year old Adam Toledo. And UIC law school associate dean Samuel Jones gives us his take on police accountability in Chicago and beyond. For more Reset interviews, subscribe to this podcast. And please give us a rating, it helps other listeners find us. For more about Reset, go to wbez.org and follow us on Twitter @WBEZReset

The Biden administration says it will not develop mandatory vaccine passports, but leaders and businesses around the world are split on the idea. Reset takes a closer look at vaccine passports and why they’re stirring debate. For more Reset interviews, subscribe to this podcast. And please give us a rating, it helps other listeners find us. For more about Reset, go to wbez.org and follow us on Twitter @WBEZReset

Why are Black women dying of COVID-19 at three times the rate of white men? Also, we catch you up to speed on the latest COVID and vaccine news in Chicago and Illinois.

Reset brings on an infectious disease expert for our weekly check-in to provide clarity and answers to your questions, comments and concerns about COVID-19.

Activists and city officials react to the Adam Toledo shooting. The suburbs hold elections. Plus, COVID infections and vaccinations are up. Reset breaks down the week’s top stories in our Weekly News Recap with host Sasha-Ann Simons. For more Reset interviews, subscribe to this podcast. And please give us a rating, it helps other listeners find us. For more about Reset, go to wbez.org and follow us on Twitter @WBEZReset