This story was originally published by the Illinois Answers Project.
An attorney for the family of Chicago Police Officer Krystal Rivera, who was fatally shot by her partner, Carlos Baker, said Wednesday that Baker should have never been a police officer, given a serious complaint made against him during his probationary period, and the death of Rivera “should have never happened.”
The lawyer, Antonio Romanucci, at a news conference on Wednesday called for an independent investigation of the shooting, saying the Chicago Police Department narrative “does not pass the smell test” and asked the department to publicly release Baker’s full disciplinary record as well as police body cam footage from that night that left the family with more questions than answers…