Qatar will not see an oversupply of hotels in the country and will still be able to maintain good occupancy levels even after the 2022 FIFA World Cup, a hotel executive has said.The country needs those facilities, said Shangri-La Hotel Doha general manager Alex Willats, who pointed out that there needs to be a capacity available when hosting an event like the World Cup.Citing Qatar Tourism Authority (QTA) figures, DTZ, in its Q1 2016 Qatar Market Report: Hospitality Market Overview, said 56 hotels and 13 hotel apartment buildings are currently under construction and due to be released within the next five years, bringing the total number of rooms to 26,653.Of these, the QTA expects 20 hotels and hotel apartments to open in 2016. In addition, there are proposals for another 130 establishments, the report further said.Willats has lauded governments foresight, saying its not just about the World Cup but further towards realising the Qatar National Vision 2030.And certainly the government has got that right its not just about the World Cup but longevitythe plan to 2030 dovetails very much with the World Cup, but its not just about the World Cup.These kinds of facilities and the variety theyre putting into place will, in itself, position to allow a sustainable growth of hotels to maintain a good occupancy level even post 2022, Willats told Gulf Times.Aside from hotels, Willats also lauded the government for building world-class facilities like the Hamad International Airport (HIA), which would attract more tourism-related traffic into the country, and boost Qatars meetings, incentives, conferences and exhibitions (MICE) industry.The infrastructure that was put in place has extremely good urban planning in mind. Of course, with the World Cup coming in 2022, and the Qatar National Vision 2030, I think the planning that is going into place will lift the profile of Qatar as a MICE destination.And I think the great thing is that starting in some of these early stages, they can look at probably more opportunities than some of the other countries in this part of the region and I think that is what people are looking for in a MICE destination, he said.Citing MICE destinations like Thailand, Singapore, Hong Kong, and Dubai, Willats said companies, event planners, and organisers are also looking for other countries like Qatar as an alternative to other established venues.People are looking for something a bit different, a destination thats a little bit raw and sometimes a little bit in its infancy, and quite often, one that offers a bit more flexibility and I think thats also an area that Doha, and hotels like us and the other properties, can offer probably more flexibility in terms of rates, and therefore it makes it a much more attractive destination than some of those other traditional locations that have perhaps priced themselves out of the market a little bit, he said.Willats added: Were all sitting in global economic fund for a while; companies budgets are tight but at the same time they still realise and value that they need to have these exhibitions and conferences. And I think Qatar has an opportunity to attract those kinds of pieces of business and for a much more cost-effective option.
1954: American film star Marilyn Monroe (1926-1962). Photo by Baron/Getty Images
If headlines could scream, then scream they did in early August 1962. According to nearly every newspaper, television, and radio broadcast in the world, early on Aug. 5, Marilyn Monroe, Hollywoods brightest star, was found dead in the bedroom of her Brentwood, Los Angeles home. She was only 36.
Long before the opiate and opioid epidemics struck American life with such resounding force, there were plenty of other prescription drugs abused to excess with deadly results.
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On Marilyns bedside table was a virtual pharmacopoeia of sedatives, soporifics, tranquilizers, opiates, speed pills, and sleeping pills. The vial containing the latter, a barbiturate known as Nembutal, was empty. In her last weeks to months, Marilyn was also consuming, if not abusing, a great deal of other barbiturates (amytal, sodium pentothal, seconal, phenobarbital), amphetamines (methamphetamine, Dexedrine, Benzedrine and dexamyla combination of barbiturates and amphetamines used for depression), opiates (morphine, codeine, Percodan), the sedative Librium, and alcohol (Champagne was a particular favorite, but she also imbibed a great deal of Sherry, vermouth and vodka).
Her last two pictures, Lets Make Love (1960) and The Misfits (1961), were commercial flops. The latter, written by her husband, the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Arthur Miller, served as the breaking point in their marriage and the two were divorced shortly after wrapping that film. During this period, Monroe suffered from several mental health problems, including substance abuse, depression, and, most likely, bipolar disorder, along with physical ailments such as endometriosis and gall bladder disease.
A flower lays atop the Hollywood Walk of Fame star for the late actress Marilyn Monroe in Hollywood August 5, 2012. A memorial service was held in Los Angeles to mark the 50th anniversary of Monroes death. REUTERS/Krista Kennell
On June 8, 1962, the Hollywood film factory, 20th Century Fox, fired her while she was filming the ironically titled Somethings Gotta Give, (a remake of the 1940 film My Favorite Wife). The cause, the studio claimed, was her unjustifiable absences. Marilyn protested she was too sick to work while the studio moguls complained she was apparently well enough to sing Happy Birthday, Mr. President at John F. Kennedys famous soiree in New Yorks Madison Square Garden on May 19. This very public firing was an ignominious end for a superstar whose films had grossed more than $200 million during a relatively brief career.
This is a particularly lethal cocktail, not only because each of these drugs increase, or potentiate, the power of the other, but also because people who take this combination often forget how much they previously consumed, or whether they took them at all, and soon reach for another dose.
Lonely and harassed, Marilyn found getting to sleep especially difficult. To counteract her insomnia, she often cracked open a Nembutal capsule (so that it would absorb faster into her bloodstream), added a chloral hydrate tablet (an old fashioned sedative better known in detective stories as a Mickey Finn, or knockout drops,), and washed them both down with a tumbler of Champagne. This is a particularly lethal cocktail, not only because each of these drugs increase, or potentiate, the power of the other, but also because people who take this combination often forget how much they previously consumed, or whether they took them at all, and soon reach for another dose.
On her last day of life, Saturday, August 4, Marilyn lolled about her home in a drug and alcohol-fueled haze. Her publicist Patricia Newcomb, her housekeeper Eunice Murray, a photographer named Lawrence Schiller, and her psychiatrist Ralph Greenson were also present, off and on, for most of that day.
In 1995, a U.S. postage stamp commemorated actress Marilyn Monroe. REUTERS/Mike Segar
Before leaving for the night, Dr. Greenson asked Murray, who had lived with the movie star, to keep a close eye on Marilyn. Marilyn was last seen alive at 8 p.m., when she retired alone to her bedroom. At around 3:25 a.m., on August 5, Murray noticed that Monroes lights were on but the bedroom door was locked and Marilyn did not respond to shouts to open it up.
Murray then walked outside the home and looked inside the bedrooms French doors. She later recalled that Marilyn looked peculiar. An arm was stretched across the bed and a hand hung limp on a telephone. Murray called Dr. Greenson, who, upon arrival, broke through the window door with a fireplace poker to get to Marilyn. Sadly, it was too late. Soon after, Monroes personal physician, Hyman Engelberg, and the Los Angeles police arrived to the scene. As the entire world learned later that morning, Marilyn Monroe had died of an apparent, or accidental, suicide.
In the years since, Marilyns legend and the details surrounding her tragic death and autopsy have transmogrified into a mountain of conspiracy theories and tall tales. Who was she trying to call just before she closed her eyes for the last time? Was she murdered? Who was involved? And what about those pesky and unsubstantiated rumors about the involvement of John and Bobby Kennedy, not to mention the Mafia, the CIA and even members of the Communist Party? On and on it goes, each theory seeming to be crazier or more far-fetched than the last. But because of the sequestered nature of her demise, we will likely never know the precise details.
What remains most cautionary to 21st century readers is that the majority of the substances Marilyn was abusing were prescribed to her by physicians, all of whom should have known better than to leave a mentally ill patient with such a large stash of deadly medications. The barbiturates that killed her are rarely, if ever prescribed, today. Nevertheless, Monroe, like Judy Garland, Michael Jackson, Prince, and too many other famous Hollywood stars who overdosed, was adept at manipulating her doctors to prescribe the drugs she craved and felt she needed to get through her tortured days and nights. This treacherous course worked, albeit haphazardly, until it didnt work anymore and resulted in a talented young woman dying far too young.
A large photograph of Marilyn Monroe is displayed at Christies auction house in New York on June 3 at a preview of the actress personal property which will be sold there on October 27-28. The full-length, flesh-colored dress Monroe wore during her famous birthday tribute to President John F. Kennedy in 1962, in background, is among the items to be auctioned.
According to the National Institute for Drug Abuse, more than 52 million Americans over the age of 12 have used prescription drugs non-medically in their lifetime. More than 6.1 million people have used them in this fashion in the past month alone. Although the United States makes up less than 5 percent of the worlds population, its people consume 75 percent of the worlds prescription drugs.
In 2012, enough prescription painkillers were prescribed to medicate every American adult every four hours for one month. The most abused prescription drugs are painkillers, (e.g., opiates and opioids), tranquilizers, and stimulants. Although doctors prescribed many of these pills, many others were either purchased illegally or stolen from friends or relatives.
Opiate or opioid (narcotic painkiller) drugs are the most common cause of prescription overdose deaths today. According to the U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention, prescription opioid overdose deaths have quadrupled since 1999; so, too, have the sales of these prescription drugs. From 1999 to 2014, more than 165,000 Americans died from overdoses related to prescription opioids. In 2014, alone, more than 14,000 people died from overdoses involving prescription opioids.
Marilyn once told a reporter, the nicest thing for me is sleep, then at least I can dream. Sadly, Marilyn Monroes overdose represents the darker side of medical progress. Five decades after she died, and with the development of so many new, addictive, and potentially lethal painkillers and sedatives, this epidemic has only grown worse. Today, physicians, nurses, family members, and patients are all still struggling to grapple with its effects and stem its deadly tide.
A visitor to the Museum of Contemporary Art sits on the ground listening to an audio guide whilst looking at some of the 1967 Marilyn Monroe screenprints on paper from the exhibition The Warhol Look/Glamour Style Fashion in Sydney December 29. The exhibition features works made during each period of the famous American artist Andy Warhols career, from sketches and snapshots to major paintings, as well as film and video. Photo by David Gray/Reuters
The 2016 Rio Olympic Games are finally ready to commence. Yes, some events have already begun, but until the Opening Ceremony, the Olympics never feel like they"ve truly started.
But with Friday"s ceremony behind us, it"s now time to truly kick off the Games in style. Below you"ll find information of the events, streaming options and a few predictions for Saturday"s action.
Saturday Schedule Rio Olympics: Saturday Television Schedule NBC 8 a.m. Rowing Qualifying Heats Live NBC 8 a.m. Mens Cycling Road Race Live NBC 8 a.m. Mens Water Polo United States vs. Croatia Live NBCSN 9 a.m. Beach Volleyball Preliminary Round Live NBCSN 9 a.m. Mens Archery Team Round of 16 Live NBCSN 9 a.m. Womens Shooting 10m Air Rifle Final Live Bravo 9:30 a.m. Tennis Opening Round Matches Live NBC 10: 30 a.m. Mens Cycling Road Race Live NBC 10: 30 a.m. Swimming Qualifying Heats Live OBC 11 a.m. Womens Basketball Turkey vs. France Live Telemundo 11 a.m. Boxing Elimination Matches TBD Telemundo 11 a.m. Volleyball TBD TBD Telemundo 11 a.m. Swimming Qualifying Heats TBD Telemundo 11 a.m. Beach Volleyball Preliminary Round TBD NBCSN Noon Womens Rugby United States vs. Fiji Live NBCSN Noon Womens Rugby Preliminary Round Live MSNBC Noon Beach Volleyball Preliminary Rounds Tape MSNBC Noon Womens Handball Norway vs. Brazil Tape (live stream at 8:30 a.m.) Bravo 12:30 p.m. Tennis Opening Round Matches Live NBCSN 1 p.m. Mens Basketball Australia vs. France Live OSC 2 p.m. Womens Soccer Canada vs. Zimbabwe Live Telemundo 2 p.m. Boxing Elimination Matches Tape Telemundo 2 p.m. Volleyball TBD Tape (live stream at 8:30 a.m.) MSNBC 2:15 p.m. Table Tennis Singles, First Round Live MSNBC 2:15 p.m. Mens Archery Team Final Live NBC 2:30 p.m. Rowing Qualifying Heats Tape (live stream at 7:30 a.m.) NBC 2:30 p.m. Mens Beach Volleyball USA (Gibb/Patterson) v. Qatar (Jefferson/Cherif) Live NBCSN 3 p.m. Mens Water Polo TBD Tape NBCSN 3 p.m. Beach Volleyball Preliminary Rounds Tape USA 3 p.m. Equestrian Eventing, Dressage Tape (live stream at 9 a.m., 12:30 p.m.) OBC 3 p.m. Womens Basketball China vs. Canada Tape (live stream at 1:15 p.m.) Bravo 3:30 p.m. Tennis Opening Round Matches Live USA 4 p.m. Womens Field Hockey United States vs. Argentina Live NBCSN, NBC Universo, OSC 4 p.m. Womens Soccer United States vs. France Live NBC 4:15 p.m. Womens Volleyball United States vs. Puerto Rico Live CNBC 5 p.m. Womens Rugby United States vs. Colombia Live CNBC 5 p.m. Womens Rugby Preliminary Round Tape (live stream at 10 a.m., 3 p.m.) CNBC 5 p.m. Womens Soccer Germany vs. Australia Live USA 5:30 p.m. Beach Volleyball Preliminary Round Live Bravo 5:45 p.m. Tennis Opening Round Matches Live NBCSN, OBC 6 p.m. Men"s Basketball United States vs. China Live OSC 6 p.m. Womens Soccer Russia vs. China Live NBC Universo 6 p.m. Basketball TBD TBD NBC Universo 6 p.m. Boxing Elimination Matches TBD USA 6:30 p.m. Women"s Fencing Individual Epee Final Tape (live stream at 3 p.m.) OBC 7:45 p.m. Womens Basketball Brazil vs. Australia Tape (live stream at 4:45 p.m.) NBC 8 p.m. Womens Beach Volleyball USA (Walsh Jennings/Ross) vs. Australia (Del Solar/Laird) Live NBC 8 p.m. Swimming Finals: Mens 400m Individual Medley, Mens 400m Freestyle, Womens 400m Individual Medley, Womens 4x100m Freestyle Relay; Semis: Womens 100m Butterfuly, Mens 100m Breaststroke Live NBC 8 p.m. Mens Gymnastics Team Competition Tape (live streams at 9:30 a.m., 1:30 p.m. and 5:30 p.m.) NBCSN 8 p.m. Judo Final Tape (live stream at 2:30 p.m.) NBCSN 8 p.m. Womens Weightlifting 48kg Final Tape (live stream at 6 p.m.) OSC 8 p.m. Womens Soccer Germany vs. Australia Tape (live stream at 5 p.m.) NBCSN, OSC 9 p.m. Women"s Soccer Brazil vs. Sweden Live OBC 9:30 p.m. Men"s Basketball Venezuela vs. Serbia Live NBCSN 11 p.m. Table Tennis Singles, First and Second Rounds Tape (live stream at 8 a.m., 6 p.m.) NBCSN 11 p.m. Boxing Elimination Matches Tape (live stream at 10 a.m., 4 p.m.) OSC 11 p.m. Womens Soccer Colombia vs. New Zealand Tape (live stream at 7 p.m.) OBC 11:15 p.m. Womens Basketball Belarus vs. Japan Tape (live stream at 6:45 p.m.)
Source: Sports Media Watch
Sports Media Watch compiled the full schedule of events and television information.
Streaming
You can watch the Olympics online via NBC Sports and the NBC Sports app.
Saturday Predictions
One of the marquee events on Saturday will be the United States women"s soccer team taking on France. The match will be the defending World Cup champion"s second contest after opening the tournament on Wednesday, Aug. 3 (before the Opening Ceremony that Friday) against New Zealand.
The United States is the prohibitive favorite to win the tournament and become the first country to follow up a World Cup win on the women"s side with a gold medal, especially after Japan failed to even qualify for the tournament, but France is a real contender.
The three-time defending Olympic champions will beat the French, but it won"t be easy. Louisa Necib, Camille Abily, Elodie Thomis, Marie-Laure Delie, Eugenie Le Sommer and Amandine Henryform an elite core of players for the French, and perhaps only the Germans are strong contenders outside of the United States.
Of course, the United States counter withCarli Lloyd, Alex Morgan, Hope Solo,Becky Sauerbrunn andJulie Johnston, among others. It"s hard to find too many weaknesses on this team.
Look for the United States to sneak away with a tough 2-1 win.
Marta and Brazil will take on a solid Swedish side that same day. The Brazilians will escape with a 1-0 win.
In gymnastics, the men will open the qualification round. A few things are guaranteed:
Japan"s Kohei Uchimura will put himself in the running to win the all-around competition once again.
Cuban Manrique Larduet will be hot on his heels.
Great Britain"s Louis Smith will be the favorite on pommel horse.
The United States will have a solid team, but the medals once the competition continues won"t come easy.
That"s true for the team"s top performer,Sam Mikulak, who has yet to medal in the Olympics.
"It"s time for me to show what I can do on the international stage," he told the Associated Press (h/t NBCOlympics.com). "I think if I can go out there with my mind clear, I"ll be OK."
Meanwhile, the tennis tournament will begin. While no medals will be won on the day, Serbia"s Novak Djokovic and the United States" Serena Williams are theprohibitivefavorites for the men and women, respectively, and certainly won"t lose in theopening round.
The United States will open its play in men"s basketball, meanwhile, with a contest against China. Seeing as the former annihilated the latter twice in exhibition games before the Olympics, it"s hard to imagine the Chinese coming close against them.
Never mind that China lack an answer for players like Kevin Durant, Klay Thompson or Kyrie Irving, among others, they simply can"t deal with the United States" defensive intensity or the team"s dominance in the post, with centers DeMarcus Cousins and DeAndre Jordan.
The United States will beat China, and they"ll beat them big, 111-62.
Kerri Walsh-Jennings, looking for her fourth Olympic gold, will open her beach volleyball tournament with April Ross for the U.S. againstArtacho Del Solar and Nicole Laird of Australia.Walsh-Jennings and Ross are among the best team in the world, so they won"t be losing so early in this tournament.
The team"s chemistry will play an important role in their quest for the gold, as Walsh-Jennings toldVytas Mazeika of the San Jose Mercury News:
April and I had chemistry from the beginning and we built upon it. It"s been really amazing. As you go, you start with a level of trust, but you have to develop the trust and develop the energy and the partnership and the synergy. And we"ve been building upon it since the first day through crucial matches. Training is one thing, competing is another. And every single match we"re using it to get better.
That trust will make them tough to top for the gold.
In the men"s 400-metre individual medley swimming,Japan"s Kosuke Hagino and Daiya Seto will be the favorites and should each get on the medal stand, but the United State"sChase Kalisz will join them in what should be a fantastic race. Look for Hagino to take gold, Seto silver andKalisz the bronze.
"Those guys are awesome, and I"ve got to improve what I just did there to be competitive with those guys," Kalisz said of the Japanese pair, per Childs Walker of the Baltimore Sun. "Those guys are certainly the two best in the world, and they"re the favorites, so I"ve got to be sharp going into Rio."
Finding the time to work out is half the battle when it comes to keeping up with a fitness routine, and for better or for worse,that often means you get two choices: morning orevening. And while some people feel strongly about which way is rightfor them, the good news is that theres no best time in generaljust the one thats best for you.
I get this question all the time, saysSteve Ball, Ph.D., associate professor ofnutrition and exercise physiology at the University of Missouri. My answer? Any time is a good time to exercise. Find the time that works best for your schedulekeeping in mind that lifetime fitness is achieved through consistency, not through working out at the perfect time. If any physiological differences exist, they are minimal and dont outweigh personal preference.
So, even thoughresearch has found some small differencesbetween the calorie-burning and strength-building powersof working out at in the morning and working out at night, neither is necessarily better, and probably not worth basing your routine off of.
What is worth working your fitness habits around? Think about your schedule, when you feel the most energized, and how you get motivated. Here are eight things to considerwhen youre deciding to set up a morning or evening workout grind.
Benefits Of Morning Workouts:1.Exercise can give you an energy boost.
Some people (myself included) find that working out in the morning gives them all-day energy. This effect is, in part, a mental benefit, but endorphins are also released, explains Ball (and those bad boyscan give your energy an instant boost). Plus, an changein body temperature can help wake you up. Pair a workoutwith coffee, and youre well on your way to your most alert morning ever.
2. Life is less likely to get in the way of an early workout.
While chances of a 7 A.M.breakfast date are pretty slim, post-work happy hours or late nights at the officehave a way of derailing evening workout plans. If you have an unpredictable schedule at night, morning workouts are probably less likely to get canceled. There is some research that shows morning exercisers have increased adherence [to their workout routine], says Ball.If you exercise in the evening, life can often get in the way, and people tend to skip more often. Sinceconsistency is a key tomaintaining fitness, this [factor] shouldnt beminimized.
3. Gyms are often quieter in the morning, so you might have more space.
Hate waiting for a treadmill or a set of 15-pound dumbbells? Many gyms peak hours are right after the workday, according to Ball, so if the thought of working out in a crowded space stresses you out, earlier mornings might be a better bet. Try going at a few different times of day to feel out the situation, or ask your gyms staff to see when the least busy times are.
4. Youre getting your workout over and done with and setting a healthy tone for your day.
If you dread the thought of going to the gym aftera long workday,mornings might be a good optionthis way, your workout wont hang over your head the entire day, says celebrity fitness expert Lacey Stone of Lacey Stone Fitness. And you will feel you accomplished something before you even go into work. By getting your workout in early, thats one less thing you have to think about making time for later.
A potential drawback:Not everyone feels wired after a workout and for some people exercising first thing can leave them feeling drained during the day.
Outsidelands VLOG Duran Duran paid tribute to David Bowie, covering the late, great Rock and Roll Hall of Famer"s "Space Oddity" during Day One (Friday) at the
Outside Lands music festival at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco.
Other acts that have honored Bowie in concert in recent months include Phish, which also performed "Space Oddity" during its run at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium in San Francisco, and Hollywood Vampires, which covered "Jean Genie" and "Suffragette City" at the Mountain Winery in Saratoga.
Other artists performing at Outside Lands include Radiohead, J. Cole, Lionel Richie, Air and Lana Del Rey.
Duran Duran performs during an earlier concert at the Apollo Theater on July 19, 2016 in New York City. (Michael Loccisano/Getty Images)
Simone Biles - Vault, Bars, Beam, Floor - 2014 World AA (60fps)
This article originally appeared on PEOPLE.com.
Kim Kardashian Westis ready to watch the U.S. womens gymnastics team compete at the Rio Olympics!
The 35-year-oldKeeping Up With the Kardashiansstar showed her support for team memberSimone Bilesin a Twitter video on Friday.
Ahead of the opening ceremonies in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on Friday evening, the reality star wished 19-year-old Biles best of luck.
Hey Simone, its Kim Kardashian West. I just wanted to wish you the best of luck at the Olympics. Were all rooting for you back at home, Kardashian West said in the social media video.
After watching the video, the athlete thanked Kardashian West for her support in a tweet. Thank You So Much!!! Biles penned. By the way Im obsessed with North! So adorable.
She just started gymnastics! Kardashian West replied of her 3-year-old daughterNorth Westand suggested, Maybe she can show you some moves?
The mother-daughter duo will seemingly be watching the U.S. womens gymnastics team perform while at Rio.
RAW: Footage of Chicago police shooting Paul O’Neal
Videos from the fatal shooting of Paul O"Neal by Chicago police show a succession of apparent procedural errors, including police firing at a fleeing vehicle with other officers in harm"s way and an admission by the officer who believed he fired the fatal shot that he had no idea whether the 18-year-old was armed.
Comments from that officer caught on video indicate he may have erroneously thought O"Neal had fired from a stolen car barreling in his direction. In fact, those shots were fired in the officer"s direction by other police shooting at the stolen car in apparent violation of departmental policy.
Acting with uncharacteristic swiftness, Chicago officials on Friday made public nine video clips in all. Shortly before the 11 a.m. release, the head of the Chicago police oversight agency called the video footage "shocking and disturbing" and said her heart went out to O"Neal"s family.
At a news conference Friday afternoon, O"Neal"s sister, Briana Adams, 22, grew emotional as she told reporters that the family was devastated by what they saw on the videos.
"I want everyone to know that Paul had goals," she said, then lowered her head and began to cry.
Her brother had graduated from high school and wanted to go to a trade school and perhaps work for ComEd one day, she said.
"We just want answers the truth," she said.
Chicago police officers had tried to stop O"Neal about 7:30 p.m. July 28 in the South Shore neighborhood as he drove a Jaguar convertible reported stolen in Bolingbrook, police said. O"Neal struck two Chicago police vehicles while in the car, and two officers fired at him while he was in the car, authorities said. O"Neal fled from the Jaguar, police said, and a third officer chased him behind a home and fatally shot him.
O"Neal, who was unarmed, died of a single gunshot wound to the back, authorities said.
Meanwhile, activists disrupted an afternoon news conference scheduled for outside police headquarters, shouting down Superintendent Eddie Johnson.
"We are dissatisfied! Bridging that gap between African-Americans and Chicago police? Impossible! It is impossible!" shouted activist Lamon Reccord, 17.
"(Mayor) Rahm Emanuel is using you as a scapegoat for the black community!" another activist shouted at Johnson.
Before Johnson retreated into headquarters, he told several reporters he understood the activists" concerns in light of the videos.
"At the same time we"re trying to do the right thing, to be transparent," Johnson said as activists continued to shout over him.
The videos show officers firing on the Jaguar as it drove away from them, and their shots appear to place officers farther down the street in danger of being shot.
The videos capture at least 15 shots being fired in about five seconds as the Jaguar passed the officers and drove away.
The video then showed the Jaguar hitting a police SUV, and O"Neal took off running as police pursued him behind some homes, running up driveways and jumping fences. The clips do not show the fatal shooting, which happened in a backyard, but the devices record the sounds of about four more shots.
The fatal shot itself was not captured on video, department officials said, even though the officer who chased and shot O"Neal was wearing a body camera. Department officials have not said why the camera did not record the shooting.
The videos, which contain audio, showed a confusing scene in the shooting"s aftermath. The officer who believed he had fired the fatal shot initially thought shots had been fired at his police car from the speeding Jaguar when it actually came from officers down the street shooting toward the Jaguar.
While the body camera attached to the uniform of that officer did not capture the fatal shot, a video showed that the officer"s body camera was operating after the shooting and was still recording when police processing the scene asked him to walk through the backyard where he fired his gun and help them find the shell casings.
A sergeant asked whether the shots fired at the officer came from the rear of the yard, but the officer told him the shots fired in his direction happened back on the street moments before the stolen car chase ended in a collision.
"No, the shots were coming at us when the car was coming at us," the officer said before describing how he ended up in the backyard chasing O"Neal on foot.
"I took off this way, he was coming over this way," he said, indicating different sections of the backyard. "When I approached this, I didn"t know if he was armed or not."
As seconds passed in the backyard, the officer grew distraught and feared that it would be judged a bad shooting.
"Man, this is so f----- up, man. I don"t want nothing to happen to that f------ guy, dude," he said to the sergeant. "The way s---"s going man, I"m going to be f------ crucified, bro."
At that point, the sergeant sought to reassure the officer, citing the car theft as justification for what happened.
"Relax, he was in a hot car. Nothing to worry about."
The officer asked whether a weapon was recovered from the Jaguar.
"I"m not sure, but just relax," the sergeant said. "Don"t worry about it. They were in a hot car."
Minutes before he told the sergeant that the shots fired at him had not come from the back of the yard but from the earlier car chase in the street, the officer contradicted himself in an exchange with his own partner in video captured by another officer"s body cam. When the partner asked if the officer had fired at fellow officers, he responded:
"Dude, I heard shots. I don"t f------ know, man. When he came out the yard, he shot at me," the officer said.
After O"Neal"s family viewed the videos Friday morning at the offices of the Independent Police Review Authority, which is investigating the shooting, attorney Michael Oppenheimer called the footage "beyond horrific" and said he plans to call for a special prosecutor to look into the shooting of the unarmed teen.
"There is no question in my mind that criminal acts were committed," said Oppenheimer, a former prosecutor who is representing O"Neal"s family. "What I saw was pretty coldblooded."
O"Neal"s family is suing the Police Department.
Ja"Mal Green, a spokesman for the O"Neal family who is free on bail after he was charged with felonies alleging he assaulted a police commander at a recent protest over officer-involved shootings in Louisiana and Minnesota, said he was disturbed by one video that showed a few officers appearing to commend each other after the shooting, shaking hands.
"They did everything but high-five each other," Oppenheimer said.
Oppenheimer said the videos expose the need to improve officers" training.
"This goes down to training on race, this goes down to training on the community," he said. "There"s a lot that needs to be done. Some of it has been done. We have a long way to go."
Oppenheimer accused the officer who fired the fatal shot of intentionally shutting down his body camera so no footage would capture that moment.
"They decided they would control this, so the cover-up has begun," he said.
Before the release of the videos, Sharon Fairley, IPRA"s chief administrator, said in a statement that the agency is proceeding "as deliberately and expediently as possible in pursuit of a swift but fair determination" into the black teen"s shooting. She said she expected to wrap up the probe in several weeks, much sooner than the embattled agency once took.
The footage, "as shocking and disturbing as it is," Fairley said, "is not the only evidence to be gathered and analyzed when conducting a fair and thorough assessment of (the) conduct of police officers in performing their duties."
Johnson took quick action after the shooting, stripping three officers who opened fire at O"Neal of their police powers and saying it appeared they had violated departmental policies.
The city"s quick moves after O"Neal"s shooting show how much has changed in the eight months since the release of video of a white police officer shooting black 17-year-old Laquan McDonald 16 times. The officer who shot McDonald, Jason Van d**e, is charged with first-degree murder.
The McDonald video and long-simmering dissatisfaction with police use of force among many African-Americans led to sustained protests, and the U.S. Justice Department launched an investigation to determine whether police had systematically violated residents" rights. Federally enforced changes could come from that ongoing investigation, and Emanuel has announced or enacted a raft of reforms to policing and officer oversight.
Johnson broke with tradition by saying police appeared to have violated departmental policy in the O"Neal case. The superintendent, who was appointed by Emanuel amid the political crisis sparked by the McDonald video, issued an unusual departmentwide memo saying that the information he had on the shooting "left (him) with more questions than answers."
Chicago Tribune"s Annie Sweeney, Steve Schmadeke, Todd Lighty, Jeff Coen and William Lee contributed.
