The gathering in Chicago came amid a number of high-profile protests throughout the country earlier in the day when demonstrators blocked major highways.
Dozens flocked to Chicago police headquarters, calling for the firing of the five officers involved in the shooting and for the department to end its use of plainclothes tactical units.
At a rally at police headquarters, community members called for greater transparency into the investigation, a halt to the use of tactical units and an end to pretextual traffic stops.
At the Chicago Police Board’s monthly meeting Thursday night, anger was palpable. One month after Dexter Reed was killed in a shootout with CPD officers in Humboldt Park, dozens of activists and protesters flocked to Chicago police headquarters, calling for the firing of the five officers involved in the shooting and for the department to end its use of plainclothes tactical units. The meeting .
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