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.

  • Chaotic Entropy@feddit.ukEnglish
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    7 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.

    • Cosmic Cleric@lemmy.world
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      7 months ago

      Pretty sure the cameras that they were wearing caught the first shot being fired.

      Also the angle of attack of the shot that hit the officer could point back to where the shot came from.