Her voice trembling, the mother of Chicago police Officer Krystal Rivera asked a question Thursday as she announced a wrongful death lawsuit against the Chicago Police Department and Officer Carlos Baker, who fatally shot her daughter shortly after their romantic relationship ended.

“Where is justice for Krystal?” Yolanda Rivera asked at a news conference. “Where is justice for my daughter, Krystal Rivera?

“I hope — and we hope — that this legal action brings real answers, real accountability and real change so that no other family has to stand here where all are standing today.”

The lawsuit says Rivera dated Baker on and off for about two years but broke up with him when she found out he had a live-in girlfriend. Rivera had threatened to tell the other woman about his infidelity before

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