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Alders block settlement offer to family of man killed by Chicago police

CHICAGO (WGN) — Members of the city's finance committee on Friday blocked an offer to settle a civil rights lawsuit filed by the family of Dexter Reed, a Chicago man killed by police during a traffic stop last year. Members voted 12-15 in rejecting the proposed $1.25 million settlement. The family's lawsuit argues that police officers had no right to stop Reed in the first place and then used excessive force when the first shot was fired. An inv…

City Council Rejects $1.25 Million Dexter Reed Settlement

Reed, 26, was shot and killed by police in March 2024 after a traffic stop in West Humboldt Park escalated. His family’s attorney now says they’ll take their case against the city back to court.

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City Council members reject $1.25 million settlement with Dexter Reed's family over fatal police shooting

A key City Council panel on Friday rejected a $1.25 million settlement to the family of Dexter Reed, who was killed in a hail of Chicago police gunfire after he shot and wounded an officer during a controversial West Side traffic stop last year.Two months after the payout had stalled in the Finance Committee amid bitter opposition from some of the Council’s staunchest police allies, it was turned down by a 12-15 vote, blocking it from considerat…

Chicago Finance Committee rejects $1.25M settlement in deadly CPD shooting of Dexter Reed

The Chicago City Council's Finance Committee rejected a $1.25 million settlement Friday in the civil rights lawsuit over the fatal police shooting of Dexter Reed during a traffic stop last year.

$1.25M settlement in fatal police shooting of Dexter Reed rejected by City Council committee

A key City Council panel on Friday rejected a $1.25 million settlement to the family of Dexter Reed, who was killed in a hail of Chicago police gunfire after he shot and wounded an officer during a controversial West Side traffic stop last year. Two months after the payout had stalled in the Finance Committee amid bitter opposition from some of the Council’s staunchest police allies, it was turned down by a 15-12 vote, blocking it from considera…