Man killed in shootout with police in Valparaiso, Indiana
Indiana State, Porter County Sheriff's, and Valparaiso police officers saturated the neighborhood where it all happened Thursday afternoon.
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Indiana State, Porter County Sheriff's, and Valparaiso police officers saturated the neighborhood where it all happened Thursday afternoon.
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."
The civil rights lawsuit filed by Reed's mother accuses police of using "brutally violent, militarized policing tactics" during a traffic stop on March 21.
Protesters gathered Thursday night ahead of a Police Board meeting, taking issue with the police shooting that killed Dexter Reed last month. CBS 2's' Charlie De Mar reports.
Community organizers held a rally Thursday afternoon to demand the firing of the five Chicago police officers involved in the shooting death of Dexter Reed.
The activists also said they want CPD Supt. Larry Snelling to be fired.
Community organizers were planning to hold a rally Thursday afternoon to demand the firing of the five Chicago police officers involved in the shooting death of Dexter Reed.
Police Supt. Larry Snelling weighed in on the body cam video of the shooting for the first time Friday, saying neither he or anyone else can come to conclusions on the case right now. CBS 2's Marybel Gonzalez reports.
Days after the release of dozens of videos related to the police shooting death of Dexter Reed during a traffic stop last month, Chicago Police Supt. Larry Snelling was asked Friday about the shooting.
Supt. Snelling appeared to be at odds with COPA, the agency investigating the killing, which recommended the officers be relieved of their police powers during the investigation.
Days after the release of dozens of videos related to the police shooting death of Dexter Reed during a traffic stop last month, Chicago Police Supt. Larry Snelling was asked Friday about the shooting.
Sharon Fairley, the former head of Chicago’s Civilian Office of Police Accountability, says officers will have to justify all the shots they fired in the shootout last month. CBS 2's Sabrina Franza reports.
Reed, 26, was shot and killed by police on March 21, during what police told COPA was a traffic stop made because Reed was not wearing a seat belt.
The Civilian Office of Police Accountability wants the officers involved in a shootout that left Reed dead stripped of their powers. CBS 2's Jermont Terry reports.
The central question is what led a team of five plain-clothed tactical officers to circle Reed’s car in the first place? As CBS 2 Political Reporter Chris Tye reports, the COPA boss said some of what the Chicago Police Department told her investigators just doesn’t add up.
COPA Chief Administrator Andrea Kersten is questioning some of the officers on the scene that night of March 21.
COPA Chief Administrator Andrea Kersten has called for the police powers of the officers involved to be stripped for now. CBS 2 Political Reporter Chris Tye reports.
While the Civilian Office of Police Accountability says Reed shot first in the incident last month, activists and Reed's family take issue with the fact that he was shot by officers 96 times. CBS 2's Jermont Terry reports.
Reed was shot and killed in a shootout with officers in which the Civilian Office of Police Accountability said he fired the first shot, but then police fired 96 shots at him. As CBS 2's Sabrina Franza reports, Reed's family wants the officers involved to be charged criminally.
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.
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.
A COPA news release issued Tuesday indicated that a seatbelt violation was the "purported" reason Reed was pulled over. But a letter issued April 1 expressed that COPA had doubts about this.
Some questioned Tuesday whether it was clear, as the Civilian Office of Police Accountability said, that Dexter Reed fired at officers first before he was shot and killed by police. CBS 2's Tara Molina asked COPA Chief Administrator Andrea Kersten about that.
Disturbing video released on Tuesday shows Chicago police officers firing 96 shots during a deadly shootout after a traffic stop last month in Humboldt Park. A police officer was wounded and the driver officers pulled over was killed. As questions swirl about use of force, and whether it was justified in this case, other questions have emerged over why five plainclothes officers circled Dexter Reed's car in the first place.
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