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The statement in question had been distributed widely for nearly a week before a spokeswoman for State’s Attorney Kim Foxx’s office on Thursday said that while the facts stated in court were correct, the prosecutor, Assistant State’s Attorney James Murphy, should not have phrased them in a way that could imply Toledo was armed at the exact moment he was shot.

“And with (LaVine) being out, it’s not necessarily going to fall on one person’s shoulders. It’s not, ‘Hey, Vooch, we don’t need 25 or 24, we need 35 now.’ It’s not that. We’ve got to generate good shots and be efficient on offense.”

Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan speaks during a meeting where his replacement, Angie Guerrero-Cuellar, was chosen as the new state representative on Feb. 25, 2021, at the Balzekas Museum in West Lawn. Democratic committeemen in the 22nd House District met again to choose a replacement for Madigan in the Illinois House after the original appointee, Edward Guerra Kodatt, resigned three days into the job. (Brian Cassella / Chicago Tribune)

“I played against Zack in college for a year or two, so it’s nice to have him on my team because he was quite the hitter at the University of Miami,” said Rodon, who went to North Carolina State. “And I think that’s the first time he’s caught me in a regular-season game. It was obviously a special moment. Going to be hard to recreate that again. It was good.

The gathering, advertised widely on social media, was the first major demonstration against the Chicago Police Department since the city released the video of Toledo’s killing Thursday. That night saw smaller protests in Millennium Park, at police headquarters in Bronzeville and in front of the Fraternal Order of Police Lodge in the West Town neighborhood, as well as solemn vigils in Little Village, where the fatal shooting took place.

“If the General Assembly believes that the policies passed during the scheme were good but not biased enough toward ComEd and Exelon, that consumers should be forced to pay even more to get even less, then it should pass this bill,” said Abe Scarr, director of the Illinois Public Interest Research Group, a consumer watchdog. “But in doing so, it should defend its position to Illinois voters rather than obscuring its intent.”

Second baseman Eric Sogard’s sacrifice fly put the Cubs ahead 1-0 in the second inning. But the Braves tied it in the third on catcher Travis d’Arnaud’s single off Cubs starter Zach Davies. Braves outfielder Ronald Acuña Jr. took over in the fourth. Davies retired the first two batters of the inning, but following two consecutive hits, Acuña’s gave the Braves a 3-1 lead with a two-run single. Another single from Freddie Freeman advanced Acuña to second, and he capitalized with a heads-up play the next at-bat.

Photos from the Chicago Cubs’ 5-2 loss to the Atlanta Braves at Wrigley Field on April 16, 2021. (Stacey Wescott) Chicago Cubs shortstop Javier Baez grimaces after getting hit by a pitch by Atlanta Braves starter Kyle Wright in the first inning at Wrigley Field on April 16, 2021. (Stacey Wescott / Chicago Tribune) Chicago Cubs pitcher Zach Davies bunts against the Atlanta Braves at Wrigley Field on April 16, 2021. (Stacey Wescott / Chicago Tribune) Chicago Cubs shortstop Javier Baez slides safely into third on a base hit by Jason Heyward in the second inning against the Atlanta Braves at Wrigley Field on April 16, 2021. (Stacey Wescott / Chicago Tribune) Chicago Cubs pitcher Zach Davies fields a ball during the first inning against the Atlanta Braves at Wrigley Field on April 16, 2021. (Stacey Wescott / Chicago Tribune) Chicago Cubs pitcher Zach Davies delivers to the Atlanta Braves at Wrigley Field on April 16, 2021. (Stacey Wescott / Chicago Tribune) Chicago Cubs shortstop Javier Baez gets hit with a pitch by Atlanta Braves starter Kyle Wright at Wrigley Field on April 16, 2021. (Stacey Wescott / Chicago Tribune)

“There’s some ridiculous numbers that have been put out there previously with no substantiation, no analysis, no information, just wild numbers,” Ferguson said before saying the legislation on the table was “as good as it gets if we really care about transparency” during a time of fraught public trust in Chicago police.

A mother from Cicero brought her daughters to pray April 16, 2021, at a memorial in the alley where Adam Toledo was fatally shot by police in the Little Village neighborhood. Artist Pablo Serrano painted the mural. (E. Jason Wambsgans / Chicago Tribune)