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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    3 months ago

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

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      3 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.