His family filed a federal lawsuit on Wednesday against the city and the five officers involved in the shootout, accusing police of using 'brutally violent, militarized policing tactics.'
CHICAGO -- Dexter Reed was shot 13 times in a fatal shootout with Chicago police tactical unit officers last month during a traffic stop in Humboldt Park , according to an autopsy report.The Civilian Office of Police Accountability, which is investigating the shooting, has said four officers fired a total of 96 shots at Reed after he shot a fifth officer in the wrist on March 21.
chief administrator Andrea Kersten has said officers stopped Reed for 'purportedly not wearing a seatbelt.' But a letter issued 11 days after the incident indicated that the oversight agency doubted a seatbelt violation was really the reason.
said Reed didn't follow officers' commands, and started shooting, wounding an officer standing on the passenger side of his vehicle. Four other officers then fired 96 shots in 41 seconds, killing Reed.Reed's family attorneys have said officers kept firing even after Reed got out of his car unarmed with his hands up.
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