On April 25th, 2021, Raymond Jackson was a father, husband, and Rockford community member.
Raymond was driving on the road with his 12-year-old and his two-year-old daughters.
Unbeknownst to him, also on the road was a driver being chased by Rockford Police SCOPE officers. Why this individual was being chased by SCOPE officers was never released.
Officers unsuccessfully attempted to stop the vehicle through “stop sticks” and continued pursuing. A mile away would be where the pursuit culminated in the suspects crashing into a car occupied by Raymond Jackson and his daughters.
The crash killed Raymond and caused injuries to the children.
There is currently an active wrongful death lawsuit from the family of Raymond Jackson alleging officers reckless conduct led to the accident.
This is the twenty-fifth case investigated and justified by the Winnebago Boone County Integrity Task Force.
It was the fifth deadly force incident in the 2020’s and third in 2021.
This was the 14th deadly force incident since Tom McNamara took mayoral office.