Chicago Police Failed to Place Troubled Cop Under Strict Supervision Before He Fatally Shot Partner ^⁠56%

By Peter Nickeas⁠^64% Casey Toner⁠^64% Tom Schuba⁠^54%

7/17/2026, 3:30:00 AM

Topics: Police Misconduct, Officer Involved Shooting, Internal Supervision

Keywords: Carlos Baker, Chicago Police Department, Krystal Rivera

BS Summary: This article contains 5 faulty reasoning types, including Biased Writer Voice, Post Hoc (False Cause), and Negativity Bias, with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 77.8% saturation with 56 hits. Analysis detected 132 faulty-reasoning hits from 72 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 45.8% and a BS Rank of ⁠56% (13,191 of 29,596 articles). This article is worse (more manipulative) than 55.40% of the article peer group.

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Carlos Baker was referred to a program that subjects officers to intense oversight.

Those who fail can face “severe” discipline or be fired.

But Baker wasn’t enrolled before he shot Officer Krystal Rivera because a supervisor didn’t respond to an email.

Chicago police Officers Carlos Baker, left, and Krystal Rivera (Credit: Photos provided by Chicago Police Department)

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Chicago Police Failed to Place Troubled Cop Under Strict Supervision Before He Fatally Shot Partner ^⁠56%