During the last year of his life, Dexter Reed was reaching out for help but still found himself in trouble. While many questions remain about what happened in the March 21 shootout that left Reed ...

Donation Options Search Search Search Community members, activists and family members of Dexter Reed rally outside the Harrison district police station April 9. Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere/Sun-Times ...

Donation Options Search Search Search Dexter Reed’s mother, Nicole Banks, attends a news conference Wednesday outside the Harrison District police station in East Garfield Park. Her attorney ...

A week before the Civilian Office of Police Accountability released the videos from the shooting of Dexter Reed, the head of COPA, Andrea Kersten, crafted a letter calling on Chicago's police ...

From mid-2023 through March 2024 — the month 26-year-old Dexter Reed was killed in a shootout during a traffic stop in the 3800 block of West Ferdinand — those five cops were named in at least ...

While a preliminary investigation suggests the driver opened fire on officers first, his family and attorneys question why plain-clothed officers swarmed Dexter Reed’s car with guns drawn and ...

“The pretextual stop of Dexter Reed, and the escalation exhibited by the offending police officers, created an environment that directly resulted in his death.” Flanked by family ...

Authorities claim Dexter Reed Jr. fired first, and they released body camera footage that showed several officers returning fire. Reed was killed in the shootout. One police officer was shot in ...

The Dexter Reed case shows how it’s possible to get an anti-police narrative going in almost any circumstance. This wasn’t an unarmed man in an encounter that went desperately wrong.

While a preliminary investigation suggests the driver opened fire on officers first, his family and attorneys question why plain-clothed officers swarmed Dexter Reed's car with guns drawn and ...

Chicago police officers stopped Dexter Reed Jr. last month and fired 96 shots after he fired first and wounded an officer, investigators said. By Michael Levenson Chicago police officers killed a ...