>> THANKS >> FOR JOINING US ON CHICAGO TONIGHT.

I'M BRANDIS FRIEDMAN, EXPLOSIVE NEWS TODAY WITH THE RELEASE OF VIDEO OF A FATAL POLICE INVOLVED SHOOTING AND WILL BE DEVOTING THE ENTIRE PROGRAM.

TONIGHT TO THE STORY.

>> ON MARCH, 21ST CHICAGO POLICE OFFICERS PERFORMED A TRAFFIC STOP IN THE 11TH POLICE DISTRICT NEAR THE BORDER OF HUMBLE PARK IN GARFIELD PARK.

IT RESULTED IN THE SHOOTING DEATH OF 26 YEAR-OLD DEXTER READ JUST TODAY, THE CHICAGO OFFICE OF POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY RELEASED THE BODY CAMERA FOOTAGE FROM THAT SHOOTING WERE OFFICERS APPARENTLY FIRED 96 ROUNDS.

AND IN JUST A FEW MINUTES, WE SHOULD KNOW WE WILL BE HEARING FROM THE CHIEF ADMINISTRATOR OF THAT AGENCY.

MEANWHILE, YOU'RE ABOUT TO SEE A NUMBER OF VIDEO CLIPS FROM DIFFERENT VANTAGE POINTS OF THE OFFICERS INVOLVED IN THE SHOOTING.

AND WE SHOULD NOTE THIS VIDEO IS GRAPHIC IN BOTH IMAGES AND LANGUAGE.

WE'RE SHOWING MULTIPLE POINTS OF VIEW TO GIVE YOU A MORE COMPLETE REPRESENTATION OF THE INCIDENT AND WE'LL START WITH THE VIDEO TAKEN FROM A NEARBY RESIDENTS WILL SHOW THE ENTIRETY OF THE SHOOTING FROM THAT CAMERA.

THE SHOTS APPEARED TO TAKE ABOUT 37 TO 40 SECONDS FROM START TO FINISH.

THEN WE PIECE TOGETHER SOME OF THE VIDEO OF POLICE BODY CAMS MOVING FROM ONE CAMERA TO ANOTHER IN REAL TIME.

FINALLY, WE HAVE A FEW CLIPS SHOWING SO THE AFTERMATH OF THAT SHOOTING.

AND AGAIN, WE SHOULD NOTE THIS FOOTAGE IS GRAPHIC.

SO AS MENTIONED, THIS IS THE VIDEO FROM A RESIDENCE NEXT.

YOU'LL SEE BODY CAMERA FOOTAGE ONE OF THE 4 OFFICERS WHO OPENED FIRE RHODE ISLAND DOWN TO.

>> I DO ROLL THE DO NOT ROLL THE IT.

LOVE >> OUT.

GOT >> ALSO WATCH >> I THIS EXPECTED WAS INJURED IN THE SHOOTING.

THIS IS AFTER THE SHOOTING ENDED.

>> YOU CAN SEE AT THE END OFFICERS CHECKING ON OFFICER WHO WAS WOUNDED AND ADMINISTERING CPR TO DECKS, TO READ THE 26 YEAR-OLD WHO WAS KILLED IN THAT SHOOTING AND MINUTES OF FOOTAGE OF YOU CAN GO TO OUR WEBSITE FOR A LINK TO ALL OF THE VIDEO THAT WAS RELEASED TODAY.

MEANWHILE, MAYOR BRANDON JOHNSON CALLED THE FOOTAGE OF REED'S DEATH DEEPLY DISTURBING IN A HASTILY SCHEDULED APPEARANCE AT CITY HALL THIS MORNING.

JOINING HIM WAS ANDREA KIRSTEN, THE HEAD OF THE CIVILIAN OFFICE OF POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY, WHO YOU WILL HEAR FROM IN A BIT IN THIS PROGRAM.

COOK COUNTY STATE'S ATTORNEY KIM FOXX WAS THERE AS WELL.

AND HERE'S SOME OF WHAT THEY HAD TO SAY EARLIER TODAY.

>> I KNOW THIS FOOTAGE IS EXTREMELY PAINFUL AND TRAUMATIC.

FOR MANY OF OUR CITY'S RESIDENTS.

IT WILL BE ESPECIALLY DIFFICULT FOR THOSE OF US LIVING IN COMMUNITIES WHERE?

THE EVENTS DEPICTED OCCUR ALL TOO OFTEN.

I'M PERSONALLY.

DEVASTATED TO SEE YET ANOTHER YOUNG BLACK MAN.

LOUISE'S LIFE DURING AN INTERACTION WITH THE POLICE.

>> WE ARE AWARE OF THE COMMUNITIES NEED FOR ANSWERS AND THE DESIRE FOR SWIFTNESS.

LET ME ASSURE YOU.

THERE ARE PURSUIT OF JUSTICE WILL BE RELENTLESS.

GUIDED BY THE FACTS.

GROUNDED IN EVIDENCE AND THE LAW.

HOWEVER.

AND I MUST STRESS.

IT EQUALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE ALLOW THE INVESTIGATIVE PROCESS THE TIME IT NEEDS TO ENSURE THAT ITS FINDINGS, RBI APPROACH.

>> REPORTER HEATHER SHARON JOINS US LIVE FROM THE CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT'S 11 DISTRICT WHERE A RALLY IS SET TO START IN JUST A FEW MINUTES TO CALL FOR THE OFFICERS INVOLVED TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE.

AND HEATHER, WHAT WOULD YOU SAY?

THE MOOD IS LIKE WHERE YOU ARE RIGHT NOW IN THE WEST SIDE.

WELL, IT'S MOSTLY QUIET HERE.

BRANDON SAYS PEOPLE ARE STARTING TO ARRIVE FOR THE RALLY.

>> THERE'S ONE MAN HERE WHO WAS CHANTING THAT DEXTER REED SHOT A CHICAGO POLICE OFFICER AS APPEARS TO BE THE CASE.

ACCORDING TO THE PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION.

HOWEVER, THAT'S NOT GOING TO STOP REID'S FAMILY FROM SAYING THAT IT WAS IMPROPER AND A COMPLETE USE OF EXCESSIVE FORCE FOR OFFICERS TO SHOOT AT HIM.

96 TIMES IN THE MIDST OF A TRAFFIC STOP.

ON CHICAGO'S WEST SIDE.

>> WE KNOW THAT READS MOTHER AND HIS SISTER, THEY CALLED FOR JUSTICE OUTSIDE THE WEST TOWN OFFICES OF THE CIVILIAN OFFICE OF POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY THIS AFTERNOON.

HERE THEY ARE.

>> I JUST MISS MY SIDE.

HEART.

I'M SICK FEEL LIKE I'VE BEEN SHOT.

BUT LAST IS BURNING UP, WE JUST WANT TO WHY DOES THE PONIES KEEP DOING THIS?

SO YOUNG BLACK AFRICAN MS?

>> IF HE WAS SUPPOSED TO PORED FOR A TRAFFIC STOP, WHAT THEY HAVE.

POINTED TO HIM.

HE WAS SCARED.

HE WAS ALREADY WELL, THE GROUND.

THEY STILL PUT THE CAUSE IS THAT IT'S CHECK AND SEE WHAT READ.

>> HEATHER, INVESTIGATORS SAY REID SHOT FIRST AT POLICE AS WE'VE HITTING ONE OFFICER IN THE FOREARM BEFORE OFFICERS RESPONDED BY FIRING 96 SHOTS IN ABOUT 40 SECONDS.

DO HIS FAMILY AND THEIR ATTORNEYS DISPUTE THAT SEQUENCE OF EVENTS.

>> THEY DON'T.

BUT THEY HAVE REAL QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT PROMPTED THE INTERACTION IN THE FIRST PLACE.

AND THEY HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT WHY OFFICERS APPROACHED REID'S CAR IF HE WAS ONLY SUSPECTED OF NOT WEARING A SEAT BELT, AS THEY TOLD INVESTIGATOR WITH GUNS DRAWN AND RESPONDED SO QUICKLY WITH DEADLY FORCE.

THEY SAID REED WAS A 26 YEAR-OLD MAN WHO LOVED BASKETBALL AND HIS FAMILY WHO WAS LEARNING TO MAKE HIS WAY THROUGH THE WORLD AND THEY SAY THEY CAN'T THINK OF A REASON WHY HE WOULD SHOOT AT POLICE IF HE KNEW THEY WERE POLICE.

NOW WE HEARD FROM ONE OF HIS LAWYERS WHO SAID THAT HE DOES NOT BELIEVE THAT OFFICERS IDENTIFIED THEMSELVES PROPERLY WHEN THEY APPROACHED THE CAR.

THAT WILL BE AT THE HEART OF THE ONGOING INVESTIGATIONS, NOT ONLY BY STATE'S ATTORNEY KIM FOXX, BUT ALSO THE CIVILIAN OFFICE OF POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY, WHICH WILL WHICH IS ALREADY RECOMMEND MET, RECOMMENDED TO TOP COP.

LARRY SNELLING SAID HE SUSPENDED THE OFFICERS RIPPED STRIP THEM OF THEIR BADGES.

WHILE THE PROBE IS ONGOING.

SNELLING HAS YET TO TAKE THAT ACTION.

HEATHER, THE SHOOTING BEGAN WHEN HAS DISCUSSED A TACTICAL TEAM, A PLAINCLOTHES OFFICERS PULLED OVER THE THAT REID WAS DRIVING NEAR THE BORDER OF HUMBOLDT.

>> GARFIELD PARK BECAUSE THEY THOUGHT THAT HE WASN'T WEARING A SEAT BELT.

SO A LOT OF QUESTIONS AS WE DISCUSSED, HOW TRAFFIC STOP FOR A MINOR INCIDENTS.

YOU KNOW, A MINOR INFRACTION LEAD TO A FATAL SHOOTING.

THAT IS THAT IS PROBABLY ABOUT TO SHAKE THE CITY.

>> WELL, THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS, IS THAT IT IS NOT UNUSUAL FOR CHICAGO POLICE OFFICERS TO STOP BLACK MEN DRIVING ON THE WEST SIDE OF CHICAGO FOR MINOR VIOLATIONS SUCH AS SEAT BELT VIOLATIONS OR HAVING AN EXPIRED LICENSE PLATE STICKER OR PERHAPS A BROKEN TAIL LIGHT.

LAST WEEK I REPORTED ON A NEW REPORT FROM THE POLICE REFORM GROUP IMPACT FOR EQUITY WHO SAID THAT THE VAST MAJORITY OF TRAFFIC STOPS IN CHICAGO START EXACTLY THIS WAY AND ARE NOT CAUSED MOVING VIOLATIONS OR CLEAR THREATS TO PUBLIC SAFETY.

THAT'S WHY THEY'VE CALLED FOR A BAN ON THE TYPE OF STOP THAT APPEARS TO HAVE LED TO READ STAFF AND IS NOW VERY MUCH AT THE TOP OF THE AGENDA FOR POLICE REFORM ADVOCATES IN CHICAGO.

>> ALL RIGHT, HEATHER, AND WE'LL SEE YOU A LITTLE BIT LATER ON IN THE PROGRAM AS WELL.

THANK YOU.

>> UP NEXT, ONE ON ONE WITH THE HEAD OF CHICAGO'S CIVILIAN OFFICE OF POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY.

>> CHICAGO TONIGHT IS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART WHY THE ALEXANDER AND JOHN NICHOLS FAMILY.

THE GYM AND K MAYBE FAMILY.

THE POPE BROTHERS FOUNDATION.

AND THE SUPPORT OF THESE DONORS.

>> NOW, AS WE'VE BEEN DISCUSSING, MAYOR JOHNSON IS URGING CALM AFTER VIDEO RELEASED TODAY SHOWING CHICAGO POLICE OFFICERS FIRING 96 TIMES.

A 26 YEAR-OLD EXTRA READ WHO WAS PULLED OVER FOR NOT WEARING HIS SEATBELT ON MARCH.

21ST IN THE HUMBOLDT PARK NEIGHBORHOOD, THE CIVILIAN OFFICE OF POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY.

THAT IS THE OVERSIGHT AGENCY IN CHARGE OF INVESTIGATING POLICE MISCONDUCT SAYS REID SHOT FIRST BUT COMMUNITY ACTIVISTS ARE CALLING FOR AN INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION.

THEY WANT TO KNOW WHY UNDERCOVER OFFICERS PULLED THE MAN OVER FOR SEAT BELT VIOLATION AND WHAT LED TO THE EXCHANGE OF GUNFIRE THAT LEFT DEXTER RE DEAD AND AN OFFICER WOUNDED.

JOINING US NOW IS ANDREA KIRSTEN CHIEF ADMINISTRATOR CHICAGO'S CIVILIAN OFFICE OF POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

THANKS FOR HAVING ME.

WALK US THROUGH, IF YOU WOULD, THE EVENTS OF MARCH, 21ST.

SO AS HAS BEEN DEXTER REID WAS AS THE SOLE OCCUPANT OF HIS VEHICLE.

>> ON APPROXIMATELY THE 3800 BLOCK OF WEST FERDINAND A TACTICAL UNIT IN AN UNMARKED POLICE CAR PULLED HIM OVER FOR NOT WEARING A SEATBELT.

THERE WERE 5 PLAINCLOTHES TACTICAL OFFICERS ASSIGNED TO THE 11TH DISTRICT THAT WERE IN VEHICLE AND 4 OF THEM EXIT THE VEHICLE RIGHT AWAY, KIND OF SURROUNDING DEXTER REED'S ONE OFFICER BEGAN SORT OF ENGAGING IN VERBAL COMMANDS, SOME OF WHICH DEXTER ATTEMPTED TO COMPLY WITH OTHERS.

NOT OVERALL.

HE WAS NOT COMPLETELY COMPLIANT AND THAT QUICKLY ESCALATED THE SITUATION.

GUNS BEGAN TO BE AND THEN AS WE BEST CAN DISCERN FROM VIDEO EVIDENCE AND AUDIO EVIDENCE AS WE'VE REVIEWED IT TO DATE, IT APPEARS THAT DEXTER, DID, IN FACT FIRE FIRST STRIKING ONE OFFICER AND THEN ERUPTION OF GUNFIRE FROM 4 OF THE 5 OFFICERS ON SCENE ENSUED.

WHAT WHAT CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT HOW YOU'RE ABLE TO ASCERTAIN THAT HE DID, IN FACT, FIRE FIRST?

OBVIOUSLY THOSE OF US WERE UNTRAINED.

>> LOOK AT THAT VIDEO.

IT IS HARD TO TELL.

LOTS OF LOTS OF SHOTS ARE FIRING.

IT'S VERY HARD TO TELL US THAT A LOT OF VIDEO ANALYSIS AS WELL AS THE AUDIO THAT IS CAPTURED ON THE VIDEO AS WELL AS SOME REPORTS FROM FROM THOSE THAT ARE INVOLVED.

OBVIOUSLY, WE CAN'T GET A REPORT FROM DECKS TO READ BECAUSE HE IS DECEASED.

SO THE OFFICERS ON SCENE.

BUT BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, IT'S THAT VIDEO AND AUDIO EVIDENCE AND BECAUSE OF BODY-WORN CAMERAS BEING AFFIXED TO EACH INDIVIDUAL OFFICER, WE'RE ABLE TO FOLLOW THAT OFFICERS MOTIONS FOLLOW THEIR INDIVIDUAL DISCHARGES AND HAVE SOME AMOUNT OF GUNFIRE THAT IS UNACCOUNTED FOR ON THE OFFICER'S BODY-WORN CAMERA, WHICH IS INDICATING THAT PERHAPS THAT'S TO READ IT.

IN FACT, FIRE FIRST, LOCAL FAITH LEADERS HELD A PRESS THIS MORNING WHERE THEY WERE QUESTIONING WHY UNDERCOVER OFFICERS PULLED SOMEONE OVER FOR NOT WEARING YOUR SEAT BELT.

>> THEY EXPRESS WHAT SOME THINK MIGHT BE A COMMON REACTION.

>> THEY WERE LEAVE.

HOWLING ALL PERSONALLY DON'T KNOW.

IN A CLIMATE LIKE THIS.

>> CHOOSES TO PULL A MEAL WITH A PLAIN CLOTHES.

WIFE AND I >> I'M NOT YOU.

I WAS >> DEXTER REID'S MOTHER SAYS THAT HER SON HAD JUST PURCHASED THAT SUV, THAT HE WAS DRIVING SEVERAL DAYS PRIOR ON, I THINK ALLUDING TO THE FACT THAT HE MIGHT HAVE BEEN CONCERNED ABOUT THE POTENTIAL FOR A CARJACKING BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT THOSE HAPPENED IN THE CITY OF CHICAGO'S WELL, WHAT IS THE POLICY WHEN IT COMES TO UNDERCOVER MAKING A TRAFFIC STOP AND PULLING A CART OVER AND THEN EVENTUALLY HAVING TO DROP TONS.

SO I THINK WE DO NEED TO LOOK YOU KNOW, HOW TACTICAL UNITS ARE BEING DEPLOYED IN OUR VARIOUS DISTRICTS.

THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF PUBLIC REPORTING AROUND VEHICLE STOPS IN PARTICULAR, IN PARTICULAR, IN THE 11TH DISTRICT.

>> AND SO WHILE, YOU KNOW, OFFICERS ARE ABLE TO MAKE LAWFUL TRAFFIC STOPS, THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT'S THE END OF THE INQUIRY.

CERTAINLY WE NEED TO EVERY USE OF DEADLY FORCE ANALYSIS.

WE REALLY ARE LOOKING AT THE TOTALITY OF CIRCUMSTANCES.

SO WE'RE LOOKING AT THE VERY MOMENT WITH WHICH WE CAN ASCERTAIN BEST WHEN OFFICERS FIRST SAW DEXTER REED'S VEHICLE WHEN THEY OBSERVED THAT AND WHAT THEIR ACTIONS WERE FROM THAT MOMENT FORWARD ALL THE WAY TO CONCLUSION.

SO, WOW, YOU KNOW, THIS INVESTIGATION AT WAS STARTED BECAUSE OF THE USE OF DEADLY FORCE.

AGAIN, ANY TIME WE ARE ASKED TO REVIEW AN OFFICER'S USE OF FORCE, IT'S THE ENTIRETY OF THAT INCIDENT.

THAT IS ALL THE CONTRIBUTING FACTORS THAT WE WILL WEIGH IN.

OUR ANALYSIS, OF COURSE, THE THE WINDOWS OF THAT CAR WERE VERY TENTED.

>> IS IT POSSIBLE TO HAVE EVEN BEEN ABLE TO DETERMINE FROM OUTSIDE THE CAR WITH THE WINDOW ROLLED UP REID WAS WEARING A SEATBELT OR IS IT POSSIBLE THAT THE OFFICERS HAD ANOTHER REASON FOR PULLING HIM OVER THE ONLY REASON THAT WE HAVE ABLE DEDUCE HAS SO FAR IN OUR INVESTIGATION WAS REPORTEDLY NOT WEARING A SEAT BELT BY TAX TO READ.

>> AS WE DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER INFORMATION THAT HE WAS KNOWN TO THEM OTHERWISE ARE THAT THAT VEHICLE WAS SOMEHOW KNOWN TO THEM.

OTHERWISE.

SO WE WILL BE LOOKING AT.

WE'VE OBVIOUSLY NOTICE THAT INTO THE WINDOWS AS WELL.

ALL OF THAT ARE FACTORS THAT WE WILL HAVE TO CONSIDER AS WE MOVE THROUGH THIS INVESTIGATORY PROCESS.

ATTORNEYS FOR REED'S FAMILY SAY THAT THE OFFICERS WERE IMMEDIATELY ESCALATING THE SITUATION BY IMMEDIATELY DRAWING THEIR WEAPONS.

MAYOR JOHNSON HAS ALSO STRESSED THAT OFFICERS NEED TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE IN ORDER FOR TO TRUST THEM.

>> AND YOU SENT A LETTER TO POLICE SUPERINTENDENT LARRY SNELLING OUTLINING, QUOTE, GRAVE CONCERNS ABOUT THE OFFICER'S ABILITY TO ASSESS WHAT IS NECESSARY.

REASONABLE AND PROPORTIONAL USE OF DEADLY FORCE.

WHAT CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT THOSE CONCERNS AND YOUR WORK?

SO WHAT I CAN TELL YOU IS UNDER THE CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT'S POLICIES, DIRECTIVES TO OFFICERS.

>> WHEN THEY USED FORCE AND DEADLY FORCE, THERE ARE A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF RESTRICTIONS PLACED ON OFFICERS.

IN FACT, AS I ALLUDED TO STATED DIRECTLY IN MY REMARKS EARLIER TODAY AT CPD, HIS POLICIES ON USE OF FORCE ARE MORE RESTRICTIVE THAN THE STATE LAWS HERE IN ILLINOIS AND THE U.S. CONSTITUTION.

POLICE OFFICERS HERE IN CHICAGO HAVE AN AFFIRMATIVE DUTY TO USE DE-ESCALATION TACTICS, AFFIRMATIVE DUTY TO B OBJECTIVELY REASONABLE AND MAKE SURE THAT EVERY USE OF FORCE IS NECESSARY AND PROPORTIONAL.

AND IN THAT TOTALITY OF CIRCUMSTANCES FRAMEWORK AND WHAT I ALSO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT IS THE TOTALITY OF CIRCUMSTANCES ITSELF ISN'T JUST THAT FINAL FRAME BEFORE OFFICERS IMMEDIATELY CHOOSE TO FIRE.

IT STARTS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE ENCOUNTER AND THE CHOICES MADE BY BOTH DECKS TO READ AND THE OFFICERS INVOLVED ARE ALL PART OF WHAT ULTIMATELY COMPLETES THE TOTALITY OF CIRCUMSTANCES.

WHEN WE'RE ABLE TO WEIGH WEIGH THESE DECISIONS AND BEFORE WE LET YOU GO, WE KNOW THAT AN OFFICER WAS WAS WOUNDED.

I THINK IN HIS WRIST IN THE SHOOTING, WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT HOW HE'S DOING TODAY, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT HE IS RECOVERING AND WE'RE THANKFUL FOR THAT.

THESE THE CIRCUMSTANCES ARE INCREDIBLY FRAUGHT.

THESE VIDEOS, OBVIOUSLY DEEPLY DISTURBING TO DECKS TO REED'S FAMILY TO MANY COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND OFF.

ALSO OUR OFFICERS.

THESE ARE COMPLICATED SITUATIONS AND THAT'S WHY WE NEED THOROUGH INVESTIGATIONS, THOROUGH REVIEWS FROM AN INDEPENDENT AGENCY SUCH AS CUP.

OK, INJURED PERCENT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US.

THANK YOU.

>> AND WE'RE BACK WITH MORE FROM HEDDA SHARON.

PLUS, PAIR SHOTS RIGHT AFTER THIS.

>> CHICAGO, TONIGHT'S COVERAGE OF PUBLIC SAFETY IS SUPPORTED BY THE SOO LEE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INITIATIVE FOR REDUCING VIOLENCE IN CHICAGO.

>> IT COULD LIKELY BE MONTHS BEFORE AN INVESTIGATION IS COMPLETE IN THE SHOOTING DEATH OF DEXTER REID.

JOINING US TO LOOK AT THE POLITICAL FALLOUT AND RAMIFICATIONS FOR THE JOHNSON ADMINISTRATION, STATE'S ATTORNEY KIM FOXX, CHICAGO POLICE AND OTHERS IS OUR SPOTLIGHT.

POLITICS TEAM HERE IN THE STUDIO IS PARA SHOTS AND JOINING US AGAIN OUTSIDE 11TH DISTRICT IS HEATHER WELCOME BACK.

TEAM.

SO THAT MAYOR JOHNSON'S PRESS CONFERENCE TODAY THE COPA CHIEF ADMINISTRATOR, ANDREA PERSON WHO WE JUST HEARD FROM AND THE COOK COUNTY STATE'S ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.

THE MAYOR DESCRIBED THE BODY CAMERA FOOTAGE OF DECKS TO RE BEING SHOT, QUOTE, EXTREMELY PAINFUL AND TRAUMATIC.

HEATHER, HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE THE MAYOR'S DEMEANOR TODAY?

>> HE WAS SHAKEN BRANDIS AND I THINK SOMEBODY WHO LIVES ON THE WEST SIDE AND AS HE OFTEN REMINDS IS RAISING BLACK CHILDREN ON THE WEST SIDE, HE COULDN'T HELP BUT SEE HIS CHILDREN IN THE THE SPOT THAT DEXTER REID FOUND HIMSELF AS WELL AS THE OFFICER WHO WAS WOUNDED.

HE HAD A PARTICULAR CONNECTION TO DEXTER DEXTER WENT TO WESTINGHOUSE AND WAS A BASKETBALL STANDOUT.

MAYOR JOHNSON WHEN HE WAS A TEACHER, HE TAUGHT CIVICS AT WESTINGHOUSE WHICH PROBABLY MADE THE EVENTS OF MARCH.

21ST FEEL INCREDIBLY CLOSE TO HOME FOR THE MAN.

>> HEATHER, HOW HOW IS HE RESPONDING?

WHAT WHAT HAS HE SAID IN HIS RESPONSE TO THE SHOOTING?

WELL, HE'S TRIED TO WALK A VERY CAREFUL LINE IN CALLING FOR ACCOUNTABILITY FOR THE OFFICERS.

>> BUT ALSO NOT APPEARING IN ANY RESPECT TO CONDONE SOMEBODY APPEARS TO HAVE OPENED FIRE ON POLICE OFFICER.

HE SAID THAT EXPLICITLY, BUT HE WOULD NEVER SOMEONE WHO OPENED FIRE ON CHICAGO POLICE AND HE EXPRESSED HIS GREAT RELIEF THAT THAT OFFICER IS NOT IN ANY IMMEDIATE LIFE-THREATENING DANGER, BUT THIS IS PROBABLY THE TOUGHEST AND THE MOST FRAUGHT PUBLIC SAFETY TEST THAT HE'S FACED IN HIS 11 MONTHS IN OFFICE.

AND IT STRIKES DIRECTLY AT THE HEART OF THE PROMISES THAT HE MADE TO THE CHICAGO PEOPLE, BUT THAT HE WOULD RETHINK POLICING IN CHICAGO, WHICH, OF COURSE, HAS BEEN THE SUBJECT OF DECADES OF COMPLAINTS AND MISCONDUCT AND HAS REALLY, REALLY.

RIPPED APART SORT OF THAT SENSE OF TRUST BETWEEN THE COMMUNITY AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, WHICH THE EVENTS OF TODAY HAS ONLY MADE TOUGHER.

MAYOR JOHNSON MAINTAINED HIS ADMINISTRATION'S COMMITMENT TO ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY YET.

>> CPD SUPERINTENDENT PARIS, LARRY SNELLING WAS NOTICEABLY MISSING AT THIS MORNING'S PRESS CONFERENCE.

WHAT CAN WE INFER FROM THAT?

I WOULDN'T IN FOR TOO MUCH.

I WOULDN'T PRETEND TO KNOW WHY THAT IS OTHER THAN THE FACT THAT THOSE ARE THE INVESTIGATORY PUBLIC OFFICIALS THAT WERE WITH THE MAYOR THERE.

SO COOK COUNTY STATE'S ATTORNEY KIM FOXX OFFICE DOES HAVE TO LOOK INTO THIS AND INVESTIGATE.

>> WHETHER THERE WAS WRONGFUL ACTION BY POLICE OFFICERS HERE AND THEN ALSO YOU JUST HEARD FROM OBVIOUSLY THERE WAS A POLICE OFFICER SHOT.

POLICE SUPERINTENDENT SNELLING PROBABLY DOES NOT WANT TO APPEAR THERE WANTS TO APPEAR TO BACK HIS POLICE OFFICER WHO WAS SHOT AND INJURED AND THE CPD IS BEING INVESTIGATED.

SO THEY DON'T WANT THE APPEARANCE OF, YOU KNOW, THE PARTY BEING INVESTIGATED.

APPEARING AT THIS PRESS CONFERENCE WITH INVESTIGATE TOURS, WHICH WHICH MAKES THAT WHILE THE MAYOR SAID THAT HE IS GOING TO HOLD, OF COURSE, CPD OFFICERS TO THE HIGHEST HE ALSO ASKED FOR PEACE.

>> AS THE INVESTIGATION CONTINUES, HERE'S A LITTLE OF >> AS THE CITY REMEMBERS THE LIFE OF DEXTER READ.

URGE EVERYONE TO REMAIN PEACEFUL.

AND NOT LEADER CITY DOWN THE PAST.

THE DIVISION, BUT INSTEAD TOWARDS HEALING.

AND TRANSFORMATION, BUT ULTIMATELY BUILD A BETTER, STRONGER AND A MUCH SAFER.

CHICAGO.

>> HEAD OF THE FAMILY OF DECKS TO READ ALSO HELD AN EMOTIONAL PRESS CONFERENCE TODAY AS AS WE CALLING FOR JUSTICE FOR DEXTER'S DEBT.

WHAT WOULD THE FAMILY LIKE TO SEE HAPPEN TO THE OFFICERS INVOLVED?

>> WELL, THEY CERTAINLY WANT THE OFFICERS TO BE STRIPPED OF THEIR POLICE POWERS IMMEDIATELY.

THEY ARE ON 30 DAY DESK DUTY AS IT REQUIRED BY CPD POLICY.

THEY ALSO WANT TO SEE THEM CRIMINALLY CHARGED, WHICH, OF COURSE, WOULD BE UP TO STATE'S ATTORNEY KIM FOXX AND WOULD REQUIRE HER TO COMPLETE HER INVESTIGATION FIRST.

BUT AS YOU CAN SEE A LITTLE BIT BEHIND ME, THE PROTEST IS GATHERING.

WE'VE GOT SIGNS COMING AND IT'S CLEAR THAT PEOPLE ARE HAVING AN INTENSE EMOTIONAL REACTION, PERHAPS JUST AS THE MAYOR DID TO THIS TO TO VIDEO.

>> THE OFFICERS WHO WERE INVOLVED IN THE INCIDENT ARE ON A 30 DAY DESK DUTY PARIS.

WHAT ELSE DO WE KNOW ABOUT THE INVESTIGATION WILL BE NEXT.

WHAT'S INTERESTING THANKS TO THE KUAN MCDONALD CASE AND EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENED.

THE PUBLIC KNOWS MORE ABOUT THESE CASES NOW THAN THEY DID IN THE PAST IN THE PAST.

THEY'RE TOTALLY KEPT IN THE DARK RUMOR.

WHAT A COLD OR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT OR THE POLICE FOP WOULD START TRY TO SET THE NARRATIVE NOW BECAUSE OF THAT, THE RULES ARE THAT THE VIDEO HAS TO BE RELEASED AT SOME POINT.

AND SO WE KNOW WHAT WE SAW ON THE VIDEO.

WE KNOW THAT THE OFFICERS WERE PLAINCLOTHES, THAT WE KNOW THAT IT WAS PART OF THIS TACTICAL UNIT.

WE KNOW FROM WHAT COPA SAID HERE, THAT THIS WAS A PART OF A PRETEXTUAL TRAFFIC STOPS WERE THE YOUNG MAN WAS NOT WEARING A SEATBELT.

WE KNOW AGAIN FROM A COVID SAID AND FROM THE VIDEO THAT HE, YOU KNOW, WE HE PUT WINDOW DOWN.

MANY PUT IT BACK UP.

THEY THEY ASKED TO KEEP THE WINDOW DOWN.

WE KNOW ACCORDING TO COVID THAT HE SHOT FOR.

SO ALL THESE THINGS, THE PUBLIC WHERE THEY WOULDN'T HAVE KNOWN MANY, MANY YEARS AGO.

THANKS TO THE FALL LAQUAN MCDONALD CASE.

AND WE JUST KNOW THAT THERE.

THERE ARE A LOT OF RUMORS.

THERE'S A LOT FEELINGS ON THIS OR SOCIAL MEDIA RUMORS AND THE POLICE SUPERINTENDENT, LIKE LET'S JUST EVERYONE IS LIKE RESERVE JUDGMENT UNTIL WE KNOW EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED.

WE KNOW WE'RE GOING TO BE PATIENT AND LET LET THIS CASE RUN ITS COURSE.

ALL RIGHT.

THAT IS IT FOR SPOTLIGHT POLITICS.

MY THANKS TO PAIR SHOTS AND HAD A SHOWROOM.

>> AND THAT IS OUR SHOW FOR THIS TUESDAY NIGHT.

JOIN US TOMORROW NIGHT AT 5, 30 10.

WE'LL HAVE MORE REACTION FROM COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND FORMER POLICE OFFICERS TO THE SHOOTING DEATH OF DECKS TO READ.

AND NOW FOR ALL OF US HERE AT CHICAGO TONIGHT AND BRANDIS FRIEDMAN, THANK YOU FOR WATCHING HEALTHY AND SAFE AND HAVE A GOOD NIGHT.

>> CLOSED CAPTION WAS MADE POSSIBLE BY ROBERT A AND CLIFFORD CHICAGO PERSONAL INJURY AND WRONGFUL DEATH.

THAT IS PROUD TO RECOGNIZE ITS