Mark Smolens, left, and Brian Coffman right, attorneys for the family of Cedrick Chatman who was shot and killed by Chicago police in 2013, speak at a news conference at the federal courthouse Thursday, Jan. 14, 2016, in Chicago. A federal judge on Thursday granted the release of 2013 surveillance video showing a white Chicago police officer fatally shooting Chatman, a 17-year-old black carjacking suspect after the city withdrew its objection to it being made public. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)
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CHICAGO (AP) - A lawyer for the family of a black carjacking suspect fatally shot by a white Chicago police officer in 2013 hopes newly released video of the shooting will help prompt a reopening of a criminal investigation against police.
Footage made public Thursday doesn't clearly show if Cedrick Chatman turned threateningly toward officers chasing him. The officer who shot him said he did. The Chatman family says in a civil suit the officer's claim is untrue.
Family attorney Brain Coffman says it's Cook County State's Attorney Anita Alvarez's call. He hopes she might consider reopening the case.
But at a news conference Thursday, Alvarez didn't seem inclined to do so. Asked about reopening the case, she said her office looked into it in 2013 and determined "no criminal charges were warranted."
Mark Smolens, left, Nicole Barkowski, and Brian Coffman right, attorneys for the family of Cedrick Chatman, who was shot and killed by Chicago police in 2013, speak at a news conference at the federal courthouse Thursday, Jan. 14, 2016, in Chicago. A federal judge on Thursday granted the release of 2013 surveillance video showing a white Chicago police officer fatally shooting Chatman, a 17-year-old black carjacking suspect after the city withdrew its objection to it being made public. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)
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Brian Coffman, attorney for the family of Cedrick Chatman who was shot and killed by Chicago police in 2013, speaks at a news conference at the federal courthouse Thursday, Jan. 14, 2016, in Chicago. A federal judge on Thursday granted the release of 2013 surveillance video showing a white Chicago police officer fatally shooting Chatman, a 17-year-old black carjacking suspect after the city withdrew its objection to it being made public. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)
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Mark Smolens, podium left, and Brian Coffman right, attorneys for the family of Cedrick Chatman, who was shot and killed by Chicago police in 2013, speak at a news conference at the federal courthouse Thursday, Jan. 14, 2016, in Chicago. A federal judge on Thursday granted the release of 2013 surveillance video showing a white Chicago police officer fatally shooting Chatman, a 17-year-old black carjacking suspect after the city withdrew its objection to it being made public. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)
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Mark Smolens, an attorney for the family of Cedrick Chatman who was shot and killed by Chicago police in 2013, speaks at a news conference at the federal courthouse Thursday, Jan. 14, 2016, in Chicago. A federal judge on Thursday granted the release of 2013 surveillance video showing a white Chicago police officer fatally shooting Chatman, a 17-year-old black carjacking suspect after the city withdrew its objection to it being made public. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)
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