Chicago Police Officer Dante Servin Charged In 2012 Shooting Death Of Unarmed Rekia Boyd
Chicago Police Officer Dante Servin Charged In 2012 Shooting Death Of Unarmed Rekia Boyd
For only the second time since 1997, a Chicago police officer has been indicted in a police-involved shooting, this time for the death of the unarmed 22-year-old woman, Rekia Boyd.
CPD Officer Dante Servin, 45, is charged with involuntary manslaughter, reckless discharge of a firearm and reckless conduct in connection to Boyd's March 2012 death near Douglas Park. Monday, Servin was ordered held on $75,000 bond, according to DNAinfo Chicago.
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"It's a sad day when an officer is charged for doing something he was trained to do," said Fraternal Order of Police spokesman Pat Camden who criticized the charges and insisted Servin's name will be cleared through the trial.
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Servin said one of the men with Boyd, Antonio Cross, pointed a gun at him, prompting Servin to fire in self-defense. Cross was hit in the hand and Boyd was hit in the back of the head; she died two days later. Cross was later determined to be holding a cell phone at the time and the Independent Police Review Authority has since stated
no weapon was ever recovered at the scene.
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