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Porscha Banks, sister of Dexter Reed

Porscha Banks, sister of Dexter Reed Jr., speaks to reporters outside the District 11 police station, demanding justice for her brother, who police fatally shot in an exchange of gunfire last month. | Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere/Sun-Times

Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere

Porscha Banks, sister of Dexter Reed

Porscha Banks, sister of Dexter Reed Jr., speaks to reporters outside the District 11 police station, demanding justice for her brother, who police fatally shot in an exchange of gunfire last month. | Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere/Sun-Times

Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere

WBEZ Weekly News Recap, April 12, 2024

Video shows Chicago police firing nearly 100 shots in less than a minute, resulting in the death of 26-year-old Dexter Reed during a traffic stop.

Porscha Banks, sister of Dexter Reed Jr., speaks to reporters outside the District 11 police station, demanding justice for her brother, who police fatally shot in an exchange of gunfire last month. | Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere/Sun-Times

Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere

   

New legislation aims to close a race gap in teacher evaluations, former Chicago mayor Lori Lightfoot gets hired by the village of south suburban Dolton, President Biden hits town for campaign fundraising, and stargazers head downstate for totality of a solar eclipse.

Reset goes behind the headlines of those stories and much more in our Weekly News Recap.

GUESTS: Andy Grimm, Chicago Sun-Times reporter

Ravi Baichwal, anchor at ABC 7 News

Leigh Giangreco, government and politics reporter, Crain’s Chicago Business

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