A day after the release of body-worn camera footage that showed Chicago police officers firing 96 times at Dexter Reed, questions remained over the circumstances of the killing.
A still image of 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 in the Humboldt Park neighborhood.
A group of tactical officers allegedly curbed Reed’s vehicle because he wasn’t wearing a seat belt in the 3800 block of West Ferdinand in Humboldt Park shortly after 6 p.m. on March 21. Reed’s SUV had tinted windows, and video footage released Tuesday shows him disregarding officers’ repeated commands to roll them down.
Warning: Graphic content. The Civilian Office of Police Accountability released video footage Tuesday that shows a group of Chicago police officers firing dozens of bullets at Dexter Reed, 26, during a traffic stop in the Humboldt Park neighborhood on March 21, 2024. Outgoing Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx on Monday also did not immediately dismiss the notion of potential criminal charges in the case, telling reporters at a news conference with Mayor Brandon Johnson that “our pursuit of justice will be relentless, guided by the facts, grounded in evidence and the law.”
During a public question-and-answer session at CPD headquarters Monday, Snelling was asked about the video’s then-imminent release and about the traffic stop. The reduction of traffic stops coupled with a 9% year-to-date increase in felony arrests, Snelling added, “says that we’re going in the right direction and we’re focusing on the problems that we need to focus on in these communities.”
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