Plainclothes Chicago police officers fired nearly 100 gunshots over 41 seconds during a traffic stop that left one man dead and one officer injured last month.

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.

  • Chozo
    52•6 months ago

    Plain clothes officers in an unmarked car with guns drawn on him for a seatbelt violation. How is somebody supposed to differentiate them from any other gang calling themselves “police”?

    He shot in self defense. Period.

      • Flying Squid
        24•6 months ago

        When did you gain your psychic powers? I’d like to talk to my dead grandparents.

        • crossmr
          -14•6 months ago

          Clearly you already live in a fantasy world if you think a criminal illegally possessing a weapon simply shot out of ‘self defence’ when faced with returning to jail. No one was running up on him when he shot. They were backing off, clear as day in the video. The mental gymnastics people will go through to defend violent criminals is absolutely sad.

          • Flying Squid
            13•6 months ago

            Interesting that someone claiming to know a dead person’s motivations and thoughts accuses me of living in a fantasy world.

            • crossmr
              -10•6 months ago

              I notice that you didn’t accuse the person who claimed he fired in self defence of having psychic powers. Maybe if your bias was so blatant I wouldn’t take everything you said as a giant trolling joke.

              • Flying Squid
                12•6 months ago

                “You didn’t say anything to them, therefore what you said to me is not valid” is very poor reasoning.

                • crossmr
                  -9•6 months ago

                  It would be if I’d never seen you before, but given how many times I’ve run across you, it’s pretty spot on.

                  • Flying Squid
                    7•6 months ago

                    And the psychic makes another pronouncement from the spirit world.