The Civilian Office of Police Accountability released video footage Tuesday that shows a group of Chicago police officers firing dozens of bullets at a man during an ill-fated traffic stop last mon…
A still image from a video released by the Civilian Office of Police Accountability shows a group of Chicago police officers surrounding a vehicle driven by Dexter Reed, 26, moments before an"exchange of gunfire" in which Reed was fatally shot on March 21, 2024, on the West Side.
Nicole Banks, center, is supported by family members while speaking about her son, Dexter Reed, on April 9, 2024, outside COPA headquarters. A video showing his death in a shooting by Chicago police last month was released today. Chief Administrator of the Civilian Office of Police Accountability, Andrea Kersten, left, heads to the podium as Mayor Brandon Johnson walks past, to discuss the fatal shooting of Dexter Reed during a press conference at City Hall on April 9, 2024.
Attorneys for Reed’s family called for Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx to file criminal charges against officers involved in the shooting — a possibility that Foxx acknowledged during a news conference. Reed initially complied, the video showed, but he disregarded orders to roll down the window on the passenger side, and after a few seconds of officers shouting, gunfire erupted. A Chicago Police Department officer standing on the SUV’s passenger side was shot in the wrist. COPA said it was Reed who fired first.
“If that bullet had hit him a few inches in a different direction, I would be here today talking about the loss of another Black man,” Johnson said about the CPD officer who was wounded. “These are incredibly painful and complex incidents that often garner considerable public attention, but at their core they most impact the lives of those directly involved and their loved ones,” Kersten said. “My hope today is that we can provide facts about the processes.”
After Reed’s sister and father somberly called for justice and accountability, his mother, Nicole Banks, stepped to the microphones. Hart’s co-counsel, Andrew M. Stroth, called for Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx to bring charges in “a criminal indictment against some of these officers.” “What you’re getting right now is people posting things in social media without all the facts,” Snelling said.
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