Videos show Chicago police fired nearly 100 shots over 41 seconds during fatal traffic stop

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Videos show Chicago police fired nearly 100 shots over 41 seconds during fatal traffic stop
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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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This comment doesn't make sense to me. Even if he did think he was being robbed, he's outnumbered four to one, and they already have guns drawn.

Opening fire isn't a winning strategy even then.

So police can act with the professionalism of criminal organizations, got it

Of course. All cops are criminals. Every single cop has at bare minimum been an accomplice and an assaultant. Most are also thieves, murderers, and/or rapists.

You wanna know who's trafficking kids? Who's bringing in the day's big moral panic drug? Who's selling illegal guns?

Always the cops. Literally every time.

No, they are not capable of that level of coordination discretion rationality discipline or community ties.

I'm curious how you reached that conclusion?

Because you're saying they can behave the same way without facing consequences?

When did I say that?

I have a feeling you're playing dumb for engagement, because truly no one can be as clueless as this. I suspect everyone else feels the same which is why your question is being ignored. Most of your post history is similarly unaware. There will be no further reply.

is laying down to let them shoot and rob you the winning strategy?

Between that and dying, it's the better of the two.

shoot and

Hey, take it up with the person who laid out the idiotic scenario.

I said nothing about pulling a gun nor firing. Only what I would think if a bunch of people ran up with guns.

And we're going to ignore the context of the article you're commenting on?

I don't have any idea what you're trying to say, but whatever it is, I imagine we'll disagree.

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