Yesterday, COPA released a statement that additional videos — footage captured by two CCTV cameras mounted on a nearby business — have now been released, saying that they had been mislabeled and lost track of until we called attention to them:

Following a thorough internal review, COPA with the assistance of the Invisible Institute, has identified and released additional video related to the ongoing investigation into the officer involved shooting death of Mr. Harith Augustus and has commenced a full review of its transparency release process. … We are reviewing oversight management protocols and processes to ensure nothing but full compliance is followed going forward.

COPA’s words echo a statement issued by the office of Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot following the publication of our article. After noting that Lightfoot had helped draft the city’s policy that all relevant video footage is to be released within 60 days of the incident, the statement continued:

We are working with the Chicago Police Department and the Civilian Office of Police Accountability to investigate what appears to be a violation of this strict video release policy, and we will take any and all necessary actions to ensure nothing but full compliance is followed going forward.