Julius Reed (left) and Porscha Banks, siblings of Dexter Reed, confront Chicago police Tuesday during a protest outside the Harrison District police station, after the release of body camera footage of Dexter’s fatal shooting by police last month.
The brother of a man who was fatally shot by Chicago police last month was arrested at a protest Tuesday evening following the release of body camera footage showing the shooting in Humboldt Park.
Julius Reed, 24, was arrested around 6:44 p.m. Tuesday night as protests erupted outside the Harrison District police station at 3151 W. Harrison St., according to an arrest report and the Reed family’s attorney, Andrew Stroth.
According to his arrest report, Julius Reed was unarmed and resisted arrest.
“The arrestee knowingly and intentionally extended his right arm” toward an arresting officer, striking the officer in his ballistic vest, causing the officer to be pushed backwards, the arrest report said.
When additional officers began to place him into custody he resisted by “stiffening his body and by pulling away his arms,” the report said.
Charges against Reed are battery and two counts of resisting arrest, all misdemeanors, according to the arrest report.
“This young man just lost his brother, and I know the plan was to peacefully protest,” Stroth told the Chicago Sun-Times. “They want justice for their brother.”
Dexter Reed, 26, was stopped on March 21 in Humboldt Park while driving by tactical officers with the Chicago Police Department, sparking a tense standoff before gunfire erupted on both sides, ending in Reed’s death and an officer being injured.
Roughly 96 shots in just 41 seconds were fired after Reed shot one of the officers in the wrist, according to footage released by the Civilian Office of Police Accountability this week.
The Tuesday protest was marked by clashes between protesters and police, a heckler shouting “He shot a police officer” and one person hospitalized during the altercation.
After he was taken into custody, activist groups called for Reed’s release on social media, urging people to call Chicago police.
“He is #DexterReed’s lil Bro & 20 Cops swarmed him last night, slammed him to the ground for no good reason & are currently detaining him!” a post on X from the group Good Kids Mad City reads.
ATTENTION WE NEED EVERYONE TO PLEASE CALL THE 11 District police station AND DEMAND THE IMMEDIATE RELEASE OF Julius Reed!!
He is #DexterReed’s lil Bro & 20 Cops swarmed him last night, slammed him to the ground for no good reason & are currently detaining him! Please share! pic.twitter.com/IQiMmJAqfA
— GoodKidsMadCity (@GKMC18) April 10, 2024
Contributing: Tom Schuba
COPA Chief Administrator Andrea Kersten raised “grave concerns” about the officers in a letter to Chicago Police Supt. Larry Snelling last week.
Julius Reed, 24, brother of Dexter Reed who was fatally shot at a traffic stop by Chicago police last month, was arrested at protests and charged with misdemeanor battery and resisting arrest.
By Mary Norkol
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Family and community activists called for the firing of officers who shot and killed Dexter Reed. Two people were injured as protesters clashed and blocked an intersection outside a police station.
An exchange of gunfire during a traffic stop last month killed the driver and wounded one of the several Chicago police officers involved in the gunfight.
Dexter Reed, 26, was fatally shot after a shootout that wounded a Chicago police officer Thursday evening in Humboldt Park.
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Dexter Reed, 26, was pronounced dead at Mount Sinai Hospital Thursday evening. The wounded officer was rushed to Stroger Hospital in good condition.
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