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.

  • LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    Why would surrounding a vehicle with gunmen who get out of an unmarked vehicle be a proper response to not wearing a seatbelt?

    Imagine if we just sent the ticket to their house and didn’t hold up traffic with the dash/rear cameras like a speed trap would do. No officers in danger, no people feeling in danger.

    Unmarked vehicles in themselves are questionable. 5 officers in 1 vehicle… strange

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      7 months ago

      I never said any of that.

      All I stated was that the summary was crafted in such a way as to not present all the available facts to the readers.

      My understanding is a police officer was shot first, by the driver. None of that was mentioned in the summary.

      Do I believe the police forces throughout the nation have a huge problem that need fixing? Absofuckinglutely.

      But we’re not going to fix things if we don’t look at the whole truth of a situation, and only the partial truth.

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        But we’re not going to fix things if we don’t look at the whole truth of a situation, and only the partial truth.

        That’s what a summary is tho … simply a portion of the whole.

        The complete story is in the article. Therefore read it first before commenting.

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          7 months ago

          brief statement or account of the main points of something.

          No, it is not simply a portion of the whole.

          Therefore read it first before commenting.

          I sincerely hope you are an AI or a child because you’re demonstrating an incredible lack of awareness here.

          Edit: imagine disputing this, Jesus christ you people are dumb.