Pushback possible as Chicago Finance Committee set to vote on Dexter Reed police shooting settlement

Alderman calls $1.25M settlement to Dexter Reed family an “embarrassment”

SCREENSHOT FROM BODY camera worn by CPD shows the moments before Dexter Reed was shot by Chicago Police, who fired upon him 96 times in 41 seconds. The family of Dexter Reed will receive just $1.25 million for the fatal shooting of the Black man police gunned down during a traffic stop in March 2024.  […]

Pushback possible as Chicago Finance Committee set to vote on Dexter Reed police shooting settlement

There could be pushback, as Chicago City Council's Finance Committee gets set to vote on a $1.25 million settlement in the civil rights lawsuit over the fatal police shooting of Dexter Reed during a traffic stop last year.

Dexter Reed's Family Could Get $1.25 Million From City In Controversial Deal Over Cop Shooting

Reed, 26, was killed by police last March after a minor traffic stop in West Humboldt Park escalated, with officers shooting him 96 times after he shot at them.

‘I Ain’t Doing Nothing!’: Chicago Cops Kill Black Man Over Seatbelt Violation—Then Change Story to Tinted Windows. Now City Must Pay Family $1.2M

Acting like straight-up gangbangers, a group of Chicago cops driving an unmarked car in a residential neighborhood and dressed in plainclothes cut in front of another car driven by a Black man named Dexter Reed last March, forcing him to stop before ordering him out at gunpoint — and never identifying themselves as officers or informing him why he was being detained. Police claim Reed, 26, responded by firing a single shot, striking one of the c…

Editorial: City Council should reject proposed $1.25M settlement in Dexter Reed police shooting

The City Council should not approve the proposed $1.25 million settlement to the survivors of Dexter Reed, shot dead last March by Chicago police after he opened fire on them. This is not to say that all the actions surrounding the traffic stop of the 26-year-old Reed in Humboldt Park on that fateful day were appropriate and shouldn’t be second-guessed. A group of five officers, dressed not in uniform but in tactical clothing and gear, surrounde…

Dexter Reed shooting: Chicago reaches tentative $1.25M settlement with man's family after fatal gunfight

Chicago has reached a tentative $1.25 million settlement with the family of Dexter Reed, a man fatally shot by police in 2024.