Killing of Paul O'Neal

On July 28, 2016, 18-year-old Paul O'Neal was shot in the back by Chicago Police Department officers following a grand theft auto chase.

[3] The Los Angeles Times notes Chicago's use-of-force policy specifically prohibits police from shooting into a car when the vehicle represents the only danger.

[4] However, this policy is not absolute and expressly applies "unless such force is reasonably necessary to prevent death or great bodily harm to the sworn member or to another person.

[8][9] At 7:23 p.m., Chicago police officers attempted to stop O'Neal in the South Shore neighborhood as he drove a Jaguar convertible reported stolen in Bolingbrook.

[11] Paul O'Neal was included in a list of Black Americans killed during interactions with police at the conclusion of 2020 short film Two Distant Strangers, about a Black American stuck in a time loop where he is repeatedly killed by a police officer.