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.

  • crossmr
    -19•8 months ago

    https://abc7chicago.com/dexter-reed-chicago-police-shooting-body-camera-video-copa/14637195/

    From the video: The 26 year old was already facing illegal gun charges and if the cops found the gun he’d be going back to jail.

    Plainclothes Chicago police officers

    At least one clearly had a vest on marked POLICE

    It’s very likely they ran the plates, knew he was up on weapons charges, saw him not wearing a seatbelt and used that as a pretence to pull him over. End of the day he was a criminal doing criminal things who shot a cop first.

    • Limitless_screaming
      10•8 months ago

      It seems like one of them was marked, but I can’t tell if that vest had the same text on the front from the video.

      End of the day he was a criminal doing criminal things who shot a cop first.

      I mostly agree with this, but still, there’s some room to doubt that he knew they were cops.