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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.

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[-] Alexstarfire@lemmy.world 190 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Why are undercover cops pulling over a guy for not wearing a seat belt to begin with? Unfortunately, we're still waiting for an answer to that.

[-] Maggoty@lemmy.world 94 points 2 months ago

That's an easy answer, they profiled him as a drug dealer and looked for any pretext to stop him. Instead of doing real police work like developing leads and stopping someone because they have probable cause to believe they're transporting drugs. But that's not sexy and adrenaline inducing.

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[-] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 115 points 2 months ago

If a bunch of people in plainclothes rushed my car with guns drawn I'd think I was being robbed.

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[-] cosmicrookie@lemmy.world 83 points 2 months ago

The police must have been very scared!

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 45 points 2 months ago

Only the bravest cowards join the police force.

[-] CrowAirbrush@lemmy.world 75 points 2 months ago

The audio isn't all that clear but i heard a returning: "what is going on?" And a lack of an answer followed by excessive firearm usage.

I have a feeling this person, same as the black guy from another video that refused to stop as he was convinced cops came to execute him and decided to pull into a gas station first...kinda knew what was going on by the energy the cops give off.

If you want someone to co-operate you pull them over, explain the situation and there would be no need for firearms. But if you charge someone like wild bulls wanting to make a kill, people are gonna know...it's instinct.

I'e also seen this in a video where a guy got shot in his own house where two cops were yelling opposite commands and killed him for not co-operating, the worst part was when he knew he was fucked because they didn't have their shit together. He was asking for clarity and bang bang bang...definitely cleared it up tho, but that shit ain't right.

Stop murdering people, please.

[-] joel_feila@lemmy.world 24 points 2 months ago

Oh no, cops are trained to yell different orders so you can't cooperate.

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[-] xkforce@lemmy.world 51 points 2 months ago

It is fucking sad and predictable how many people there are in this thread that defend the cops here.

You dont get a prize for being the bestest bootlicker.

[-] jordanlund@lemmy.world 48 points 2 months ago

Today's reminder on cop behavior comes from John Oliver - NSFW language:

https://youtu.be/Wf4cea5oObY

[-] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 44 points 2 months ago

You'd think with all the shooting they do cops would be better at shooting things. A hundred rounds for one dude? Even if he was an actual threat that's a huge waste of money. Ammo is expensive.

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[-] fiercekitten@lemm.ee 44 points 2 months ago

“Wear your seatbelt to be safe or we’ll shoot.”

[-] TheFriar@lemm.ee 25 points 2 months ago

“He’s putting himself in danger! Open fire!”

[-] juicy@lemmy.today 43 points 2 months ago

Chicago's finest:

In all, the city spent $295 million to resolve lawsuits alleging more than 1,000 Chicago police officers committed a wide range of misconduct — including false arrest and excessive force — in 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022, according to WTTW News’ analysis. Through the end of November, the city spent $62.3 million in 2023 to resolve police misconduct lawsuits.

[-] CileTheSane@lemmy.ca 26 points 2 months ago

The police don't care, those lawsuits come out of taxes.

[-] MIDItheKID@lemmy.world 21 points 2 months ago

Yup. The city didn't pay for shit. The citizens of Chicago did. I say make cops pay for lawsuits out of their pension funds. Watch this shit turn around real fast.

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[-] ChaoticEntropy@feddit.uk 40 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I wish we lived in a world where we could readily believe this statement.

The Civilian Office of Police Accountability said preliminary evidence showed Reed fired first, injuring an officer in the Humboldt Park neighborhood on the city’s West Side.

Rather than assuming that they probably shot their own officer in their excitement.

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[-] agitatedpotato@lemmy.world 26 points 2 months ago

Yeah this sounds like an execution.

[-] PriorityMotif@lemmy.world 24 points 2 months ago

I guarantee that cop on the far side either shot himself in the wrist or got shot by a coworker.

[-] Fedizen@lemmy.world 19 points 2 months ago

this is a firing squad

[-] unreasonabro@lemmy.world 14 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

keep doin them guns murica, they solve all the problems

eventually

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