Chicago police shows an unarmed black teen being pushed to the ground and handcuffed after he has been shot by cops.
Paul O’Neal died of gun wounds after he was hit in a shoot out when he tried to escape from what was alleged to be a stolen car.
The shocking footage which was released on Friday, was filmed by nine different bodycams worn by officers.
In the clips, O'Neal can be seen bleeding out on the ground, his T-shirt stained with blood, and cops shove his face into the ground and handcuff him.
One of the police officers kicks him and calls him a "motherf*****."
O'Neal, 18, was suspected of driving a stolen car before the fatal incident last Thursday.
The video clips show an officer driving the the scene in a surburban Chicago street, jumping out and shooting at the vehicle.
It narrowly scrapes past him - and another cop can also be seen shooting.
One can be heard saying: "He hit a car get an ambulance!"
The stolen vehicle appears to have hit a cop car head on and both are damaged with smoke coming out.
A man, said to be O'Neal, can be seen running into the garden of a house - at this point several cops are in hot pursuit.
Two climb over the back gate - one gets a leg up and another uses an upturned bucket. More shots can be heard as they get into the back yard.
The bodycam footage shows a group of officers standing around O'Neal who is lying on the ground, his top beginning to soak with blood.
One of the officers is seen standing on O'Neal's leg, another appears to be kicking him.
The cop who is filming the footage, runs into his body and then pulls the teen's hand behind his back.
One of officers can be heard shouting: "get your hands behind your back motherf*****" as well as "f****** shoot at us!" and adds he thought O'Neal shot at his partner.
It appears to be a justification for him opening fire.
O'Neal is still alive at this point, and as he bleeds, there is no discussion about getting him help for his injury
One cop goes through his backpack, while the other officers -around six to eight of them, can be heard asking if everyone is alright.
A conversation then ensues about who shot at who.
One says: "they shot at us, right?" Another responds: "Dude, I heard shots and I f****** shot."
Then an officer can be heard saying: "Somebody shot." Someone then responds: "Hey he shot back, right?" Another says: "Who was shooting in the alley, was that him?"
The cop with the camera on at this point adds: "I think I shot once."
Three police officers have been stripped of their powers since the shooting last week.
O'Neal's family and community activists saw the videos on Friday at the HQ of the Independent Police Review Authority.
An investigation is being carried out into what happened.
The family's attorney Michael Oppenheimerk, said the video showed officers taking "street justice into their own hands" and they were left so distraught by the footage they could not speak to waiting media.
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