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]
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    156 months ago

    Woah there. The full charge was “not wearing a seatbelt while black”.

    This is standard procedure for such crimes.

    • @Passerby6497
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      46 months ago

      Man, they’re really out there enforcing the laws against DWB, huh?