Dexter Reed was the lovely man in his mid 20s, with an arrest record,
who was pulled over in what was likely a pretextual traffic stop and
about to be a civil rights violation in the search of his vehicle. For
reasons we'll never know, he panicked, pulled a gun and shot at police, striking one officer in the hand (who recovered). Police obviously shot
back and killed him with multiple rounds in his body, plus a ridiculous
number of rounds that went wide. As he lay on the, probably dead or
still bleeding to death, one officer shot more rounds into him.
It's unlikely that the stop could have been justified and any contraband
found in the search of the vehicle and of his person, including the gun,
would likely have been suppressed. He might have been able to sue for
the civil rights violation.
I haven't read if cops had identified him from the license plate or
recognized him but he wasn't pulled over by the patrol officer. It was a
task force of officers in three squad cars.
All that being said, he had no justification to shoot. He's dead because
he shot first.
There was a $1.25 million settlement to the greedy relatives, er, the
estate, but it was rejected by aldermen on the city council committee.
Even though legal fees would be high, higher than the settlement, in my opinion, this needs to be fought and the city cannot afford to lose this.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/11/city-council-1-25-million-settlement-dexter-reed-family/
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