Experts wonder how traffic stop involving Dexter Reed led to shootout with CPD so fast
There are other questions — like how and why a team of five tactical officers zeroed in on Reed in the first place. CBS 2 Political Reporter Chris Tye reports.
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There are other questions — like how and why a team of five tactical officers zeroed in on Reed in the first place. CBS 2 Political Reporter Chris Tye reports.
The Civilian Office of Police Accountability said video footage "appears to confirm that Mr. Reed fired first," and four officers returned fire approximately 96 times in 41 seconds.
Reed's family is demanding criminal charges against the officers, and is calling on the Chicago Police Department to disband tactical units like the one involved in the traffic stop and shooting. CBS 2's Sabrina Franza reports.
Among the questions is how and why a team of five Chicago Police tactical officers zeroed in on Reed in the first place. CBS 2 Political Reporter Chris Tye reports.
Police oversight officials on Tuesday released video of a shootout during a traffic stop last month in Humboldt Park that left 26-year-old Dexter Reed dead and a police officer wounded.
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A Chicago Police officer was struck in the wrist during the shootout in which officers killed Dexter Reed.
Chicago Police are calling the practice "coordinated multiple arrest incidents," or CMAs. They are to be used when multiple arrests happen at the same time and normal processing cannot happen.
Chicago Police are calling the practice “coordinated multiple arrest incidents,” or CMAs. They are to be used when multiple arrests happen at the same time and normal processing cannot happen. CBS 2 Political Reporter Chris Tye reports on some objections to the policy.
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The shootout followed a traffic stop in the Humboldt Park neighborhood. CBS 2's Marybel Gonzalez reports.
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The teams generated only a handful of chances through the first and second periods, and neither pressured with a territorial edge.
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