Family of Dexter Reed, killed in Chicago police shooting, files federal civil rights lawsuit [Video]

CHICAGO (WLS) — The family of a man, who Chicago police fatally shot during a traffic stop, has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit.

Reed’s mother, during a news conference Wednesday morning outside the Chicago Police Station on West Harrison Street, said her son was “unlawfully pulled over.”

The lawsuit accuses Chicago police of promoting “brutally violent, militarized policing tactics” and argues that the five officers who pulled Reed over “created an environment that directly resulted in his death.”

“Dexter Reed is not alive today because of the actions of these officers and the inaction of the city of Chicago,” attorney Andrew Stroth said.

In the March 21 traffic stop, a team of five tactical officers in plain clothes stopped the 26-year-old for an alleged seatbelt violation.

ABC7 Chicago obtained a memo written by the Chicago Civilian Office of Police Accountability chief administrator and sent to the Chicago police superintendent.

COPA questioned the …