Chicago Police Superintendent Larry Snelling addressed the investigation into the fatal shooting of Dexter Reed by officers, stating they won't be stripped of police powers for now. The five officers involved in the shooting had been investigated a combined 41 times since 2019, with many complaints related to traffic stops. The Chicago Office of Police Accountability and COPA Chief Administrator Andrea Kersten have been involved in discussing the ongoing investigation. There are concerns over the number of traffic stops in the West Side police district, where Reed was pulled over, leading to volatile encounters. Aldermen have filed complaints against COPA boss Andrea Kersten for media interviews on the case.
Top Cop Says CPD Tracks Accusations Against Officers — But Took No Action After 36 Complaints Filed Against Officers Involved in Dexter Reed Shooting | Chicago News | WTTW https://t.co/tN3oPpmqwC
The officers who conducted the traffic stop that led to the death of Dexter Reed & the wounding of one officer had been the subject of 36 complaints for improperly stopping Chicagoans driving through the West Side, according to records provided to @wttw https://t.co/2UkyLfIcsE https://t.co/WSOX5VctvZ
Chicago's top cop said brass track complaints filed against officers to ID troubling patterns of behavior. But there is no evidence leaders knew the 5 officers who stopped Dexter Reed shortly before officers fatally shot him racked up 34 complaints. @wttw https://t.co/wEr0m7bQau
The officers involved in the traffic stop that led to the death of Dexter Reed had been the subject of 36 complaints that they were improperly stopping Chicagoans driving through the city's West Side, according to records provided to WTTW News by COPA. https://t.co/dhNKNnW6yf
According to a @chicagotribune report, an alderman has filed a complaint against COPA boss Andrea Kersten about the investigation into the Dexter Reed shooting. https://t.co/4rWjHo5wmA https://t.co/luLUpJ7FiX
According to a @chicagotribune report, an alderman has filed a complaint against COPA boss Andrea Kersten over the investigation into the Dexter Reed shooting. https://t.co/87RZabuicc https://t.co/NuuziyVdbk
Alderman files complaint against police agency head for interviews on Dexter Reed case @byaliceyin https://t.co/8zUTk3FXT5
A Northwest Side alderman filed a complaint Tuesday against the head of the independent agency that oversees the Chicago Police Department after she spoke with some media outlets about the fatal shooting of Dexter Reed. https://t.co/16LnE7ZwdB
The traffic stop that left Dexter Reed dead & an officer wounded was just one of millions of Chicago Police stops in recent years. Watchdogs have long warned the recent flood of traffic stops in Black neighborhoods would inevitably lead to deadly violence: https://t.co/U1gFSal6wP
Alderman files complaint against police oversight agency head for media interviews on Dexter Reed case https://t.co/lCrVI3ewM0
Police pull over more people in the West Side police district where Dexter Reed was pulled over than in any other in Chicago. Activists long have warned soaring traffic stops are the new “stop-and-frisk" — and can spark volatile encounters. https://t.co/gidPUbV0AF https://t.co/PlVo8AVYVr
If Dexter Reed had not been stopped by Chicago police, he would still be with us, writes Laura Washington. https://t.co/OIjKAosdxg
NEW: Police pull over more ppl in the West Side police district where Dexter Reed was pulled over than any other in Chicago. The ACLU + others have long warned traffic stops are the new “stop-and-frisk" — & they are "creating danger, not finding danger." https://t.co/FQuoJgkdvF
Police Supt. Snelling criticized the city’s police watchdog agency for releasing information in the fatal shooting of Dexter Reed before investigators interviewed the cops involved. https://t.co/7ES8sqKPBe https://t.co/Hvzf5OQvFz
Chicago Police Superintendent Larry Snelling said COPA acted “irresponsibly” by publicly questioning whether the four officers who fired 96 shots in 41 seconds at Dexter Reed lied about why they stopped his car shortly before the fatal shooting. https://t.co/XQusBLMEWw
NEW: Police pull over more people in the West Side police district where Dexter Reed was pulled over than in any other in Chicago. Activists long have warned soaring traffic stops are the new “stop-and-frisk" — and can spark volatile encounters. https://t.co/vDMXCOKftf https://t.co/bhT1HZnLm6
Chicago’s top cop said Friday @ChicagoCOPA had acted “irresponsibly” by questioning whether the 4 officers who fired 96 shots in 41 seconds at Dexter Reed on March 21 lied about why they stopped his car shortly before the fatal shooting. @wttw https://t.co/lOsbME0iRN
COPA Chief Administrator Andrea Kersten joins “Chicago Tonight” to discuss concerns over the ongoing investigation around the fatal police shooting of Dexter Reed. https://t.co/V2DQKRD8CR
The Chicago Office of Police Accountability's chief administrator was on national television Saturday, talking about the investigation into the Chicago police shooting of Dexter Reed. https://t.co/KIBhmUJsas
My statement regarding Dexter Reed’s death and investigation into the CPD interaction that led to it: https://t.co/cCdOJwdAsh
On Friday, CPD Superintendent Larry Snelling spoke publicly for the first time since the video of Dexter Reed's death was made public. https://t.co/Ru5ps9MMcE
New body-cam footage of Dexter Reed shooting from ‘officer 3’ Chicago police superintendent Larry Snelling said on Friday that officers in Dexter Reed shooting won't be stripped of police powers for now "I will not make a decision to strip officers until that investigation… https://t.co/4cD6XYTqcA
NEW: The five Chicago police officers involved in the fatal shooting of Dexter Reed after his SUV was pulled over have been investigated a combined 41 times since 2019, many of the complaints stemming from traffic stops. https://t.co/0rnEsEwxqM
Friday we heard for the first time from Chicago Police Superintendent Larry Snelling about the investigation into the fatal police shooting of Dexter Reed on March 21. https://t.co/iZDpM5poe8
Chicago police superintendent says officers in Dexter Reed shooting won't be stripped of police powers for now https://t.co/h2QQO7nZE7 https://t.co/pO8lGKZdns