Plainclothes Chicago police officers fired nearly 100 gunshots over 41 seconds during a traffic stop that left one man dead and one officer injured, according to graphic video footage a police oversight agency released Tuesday.

Five officers from a tactical unit who were in an unmarked police vehicle surrounded an SUV last month driven by Dexter Reed, allegedly for failing to wear a seatbelt. Video shows the 26-year-old Black man briefly lowering a window and then raising it and refusing to exit the vehicle as more officers arrived, yelled commands and drew weapons.

  • Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee
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    8 months ago

    Some of the other commenters have said he had a record, and was not permitted to have a firearm.

    The officers definitely came expecting trouble.

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      8 months ago

      The officers definitely came expecting trouble.

      For the reason of, according to the police, him not having a seatbelt on.

      If the police are that scared of someone not wearing a seatbelt, maybe just let him dive without a seatbelt. Seatbelt laws are for your own safety, and by all appearances he’s safer driving without a seatbelt than he is being pulled over by the police.

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          8 months ago

          Are you saying the police are LYING about why they pulled him over? Why would they do that?