CHICAGO (WGN) – The family of fallen Chicago Police Officer Krystal Rivera is demanding an independent investigation, asking for Illinois State Police to step in.
“I need to understand what happened that night. I need to know the truth,” Krystal’s mother Yolanda Rivera said. “We have many questions that need to be answered.”
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The Rivera family’s attorney Antonio Romanucci said the family wants to see cell phone records from that fateful June 5 night, along with the unedited body camera and dash camera videos and the personnel file for Rivera’s partner, who investigators said inadvertently fired the deadly shot that hit Rivera.
“We need to understand who he is, what his character was about and what his conduct was like as a police officer,” Romanucci said…