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.

  • @[email protected]
    0•6 months ago

    Police still do carry batons, by the way. It’s much easier to do that when the other guy doesn’t have a weapon, of course.

    I’m honestly not sure what your point is here, police can and do use pepper spray and tasers quite often, but not when the person they’re approaching is likely to have a firearm.