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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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[–] LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world 13 points 7 months ago (2 children)

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

[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 15 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Woah there. The full charge was "not wearing a seatbelt while black".

This is standard procedure for such crimes.

[–] Passerby6497@lemmy.world 4 points 7 months ago

Man, they're really out there enforcing the laws against DWB, huh?

[–] CosmicCleric@lemmy.world 0 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (2 children)

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.

[–] LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I never said you said those things, I said them. That's why I used the term imagine. Sorry if you thought I was trying to pick at your words.

[–] CosmicCleric@lemmy.world -5 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

I know. Your response wasn't matching what I said. Thanks for clarifying.

[–] LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago

It's alright, we are getting down voted both for having a civil conversation with possible opposing views (haven't discussed) lol

[–] girlfreddy@lemmy.ca 1 points 7 months ago (3 children)

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.

[–] CosmicCleric@lemmy.world -1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

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

It's supposed to summarize the whole, not just one part that makes one side look favorable.

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

I did. This is a second time I'm telling you that now.

[–] Jax@sh.itjust.works -2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 6 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.