5 police officers for a seatbelt violation

[JasonTAlexanderJR]

I have never heard of a situation where you need to send a tactical unit with five officers to pull over a guy not wearing a seat belt

Why did Dexter Reed traffic stop, shootout with Chicago Police escalate so rapidly?

A COPA news release issued Tuesday indicated that a seatbelt violation was the "purported" reason Reed was pulled over. But a letter issued April 1 expressed that COPA had doubts about this.

www.cbsnews.com

 

[Whiskeydeltadeltatango]

Welcome Jason.

 

[KFsdisciple]

"Additionally, the officers fired approximately 96 shots, raising serious questions about the proportionality of their use of deadly force,"

This is my favorite part... if they only shot 95 times he'd only be mostly dead.

 

[IAFB2021Champs]

It’s a shitty situation but it’s also hard to feel sorry for the guy that got shot when he is in illegal possession of a gun and allegedly fired the first shot.

Even if he were pulled over for a BS reason, he clearly knew he had broken the law and panicked.

 

[TJ8869]

"If you fire at police, you should expect return fire," said Harris. "There's just no other way of looking at it."

 

[JasonTAlexanderJR]

My car window is very sensitive. There have been many times when I slightly press it and it foes down and up. In a moment like that when you’re having anxiety and stress Its terrifying to think that if you accidentally roll the window up, seconds later you could die.

 

[millah_22]

Glad they're getting out and engaging with the community.

 

[TJ8869]

My car window is very sensitive. There have been many times when I slightly press it and it foes down and up. In a moment like that when you’re having anxiety and stress Its terrifying to think that if you accidentally roll the window up, seconds later you could die.

Does pressing your car window switch ever cause you to fire shots at police officers?

 

[tumorboy]

5 tactical officers for a traffic stop. They were looking for something else. Drug dealer perhaps. Think more than an illegal gun got their attention. The same 5 cops also have another open investigation involving a seatbelt violation traffic stop as well.

 

[JasonTAlexanderJR]

Glad they're getting out and engaging with the community.

Clearly

 

[JasonTAlexanderJR]

5 tactical officers for a traffic stop. They were looking for something else. Drug dealer perhaps. Think more than an illegal gun got their attention. The same 5 cops also have another open investigation involving a seatbelt violation traffic stop as well.

Terrifying

 

[Derekd3408]

Mayor Brandon Johnson said he met with Reed's family after the shooting and offered his condolences for his death.

"As mayor and as a father raising a family, including two Black boys on the West Side of Chicago, I am personally devastated to see yet another young Black man lose his life during an interaction with the police," Johnson said. "Our heart breaks for the family of Dexter Reed. They are grieving the loss of a son, a brother, and a nephew."


Well maybe he shouldn't have shot at the police, Brandon. What a dumb ass. Hope every cop in his city walks. This kid had no hesitation to use an illegal firearm on police officers, it was only a matter of when, not if, he used it on someone else.

 

[IAFB2021Champs]

5 tactical officers for a traffic stop. They were looking for something else. Drug dealer perhaps. Think more than an illegal gun got their attention. The same 5 cops also have another open investigation involving a seatbelt violation traffic stop as well.

Just curious they might or might not have been looking for something else. Even if he wasn’t a drug dealer he was clearly guilty of something pretty major. Maybe it was just the illegal possession of a gun. Are you okay that they pulled him over and it led to this?

 

[binsfeldcyhawk2]

Well maybe he shouldn't have shot at the police, Brandon.

This

Seems it was pretty prudent to have 5 officers present.

 

[ericram]

I wonder how they saw him not wearing a seat belt when his windows were dark tinted. Also the officer at the car window got really aggressive really quick. 5 officers for a seat belt violation would make my brown self nervous too. Not sure why he fired first and no way did they need 96 shots to kill him. One cop had to reload 3x.

 

[Whiskeydeltadeltatango]

My car window is very sensitive. There have been many times when I slightly press it and it foes down and up. In a moment like that when you’re having anxiety and stress Its terrifying to think that if you accidentally roll the window up, seconds later you could die.

Think of how crazy those seconds get when you pick up a firearm, point a firearm at a cop, and pull a trigger.

 

[Whiskeydeltadeltatango]

We need to quit pandering to stupidity.

 

[hydro2.0]

Mayor Brandon Johnson said he met with Reed's family after the shooting and offered his condolences for his death.

"As mayor and as a father raising a family, including two Black boys on the West Side of Chicago, I am personally devastated to see yet another young Black man lose his life during an interaction with the police," Johnson said. "Our heart breaks for the family of Dexter Reed. They are grieving the loss of a son, a brother, and a nephew."


Well maybe he shouldn't have shot at the police, Brandon. What a dumb ass. Hope every cop in his city walks. This kid had no hesitation to use an illegal firearm on police officers, it was only a matter of when, not if, he used it on someone else.

Yeah but structural racism and privilege have you thought about THAT

 

[Whiskeydeltadeltatango]

Yeah but structural racism and privilege have you thought about THAT

America surely let this young person down.

 

[tumorboy]

Terrifying

Idk, it leaves a lot of open questions. Calling this based on a seatbelt violation and routine traffic stop with 5 plain clothes officers looks weird. Especially when it goes bad. The officers supposedly didn’t know anything else about his background. Puts them in a bad spot even if everything is on the up and up.

 

[hydro2.0]

America surely let this young person down.

Correct it certainly is everyone else’s fault this person got merked.

 

[JasonTAlexanderJR]

When I was younger I remember being pulled over 7 times in Chicago.
1 - seat belts
1 - expired tags
1 - broken taillights
3 - illegal turn signal (which wasn’t true)
Cant recall the last one.
But all very high stress situations as a young person.

 

[Whiskeydeltadeltatango]

When I was younger I remember being pulled over 7 times in Chicago.
1 - seat belts
1 - expired tags
1 - broken taillights
3 - illegal turn signal (which wasn’t true)
Cant recall the last one.
But all very high stress situations as a young person.

Did you shoot at a cop?

 

[tumorboy]

Just curious they might or might not have been looking for something else. Even if he wasn’t a drug dealer he was clearly guilty of something pretty major. Maybe it was just the illegal possession of a gun. Are you okay that they pulled him over and it led to this?

I have no problem getting criminals off the street. I question the tactics used. Guy has to stop sometime correct. Grab him at a gas station, Walgreens, etc etc. They do that in Milwaukee all the time. Seen a swarm off cops come out of nowhere and nail a perp at Walgreens. After he had gotten out of vehicle or came out of store. Traffic stops are a hazardous situation to try and control.

 

[JasonTAlexanderJR]

I wonder how they saw him not wearing a seat belt when his windows were dark tinted. Also the officer at the car window got really aggressive really quick. 5 officers for a seat belt violation would make my brown self nervous too. Not sure why he fired first and no way did they need 96 shots to kill him. One cop had to reload 3x.

Shot him three times while he was laying on the ground with no firearm because they stated he left it in the car

 

[ericram]

Shot him three times while he was laying on the ground with no firearm

I read that too... All seems very suspicious for these cops.

 

[FAUlty Gator]

The important thing is that we focus on the positive. And the good thing to come from this is the GIF of his mom pretending to faint in front of the reporters. Looking forward to using that.

 

[KFsdisciple]

My car window is very sensitive. There have been many times when I slightly press it and it foes down and up. In a moment like that when you’re having anxiety and stress Its terrifying to think that if you accidentally roll the window up, seconds later you could die.

Especially if you shoot at the cops first... terrifying.

 

[Whiskeydeltadeltatango]

The important thing is that we focus on the positive. And the good thing to come from this is the GIF of his mom pretending to faint in front of the reporters. Looking forward to using that.

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Pandering to stupidity.

 

[tumorboy]

I read that too... All seems very suspicious for these cops.

 

[JasonTAlexanderJR]

I read that too... All seems very suspicious for these cops.

At that point it wasn’t about safety to them or the public. They wanted him dead.

 

[tumorboy]

Pandering to stupidity.

Yeah don’t have much sympathy for this guy. But if u read all the details. The cops aren’t without some unanswered questions as well.

 

[Whiskeydeltadeltatango]

At that point it wasn’t about safety to them or the public. They wanted him dead.

Probably because he just fired a gun at them.....


You are trying way too hard JR.

 

[GlenHawk]

I’m going to guess that if this young man didn’t have an illegal weapon in the car and didn’t use it to shoot at police, he would still be alive today.

Another FAFO situation. You shoot at police, you’re probably going to catch the dead.

 

[IAFB2021Champs]

I have no problem getting criminals off the street. I question the tactics used. Guy has to stop sometime correct. Grab him at a gas station, Walgreens, etc etc. They do that in Milwaukee all the time. Seen a swarm off cops come out of nowhere and nail a perp at Walgreens. After he had gotten out of vehicle or came out of store. Traffic stops are a hazardous situation to try and control.

Not disagreeing but I wonder if they feel like it might be a little more isolated.
Say they went for him once he gets out of his car and like in this situation, he gets a couple of shots off and instead hits an innocent person on the street?
I myself have no problem with how this went down. Doesn’t sound like any innocent people were severely hurt and one less POS out roaming around.

 

[JasonTAlexanderJR]

Not disagreeing but I wonder if they feel like it might be a little more isolated.
Say they went for him once he gets out of his car and like in this situation, he gets a couple of shots off and instead hits an innocent person on the street?
I myself have no problem with how this went down. Doesn’t sound like any innocent people were severely hurt and one less POS out roaming around.

It’s similar to when you hear stories about police car chases in metropolitan areas and then some crash that kills or injures innocent people.

 

[tumorboy]

Not disagreeing but I wonder if they feel like it might be a little more isolated.
Say they went for him once he gets out of his car and like in this situation, he gets a couple of shots off and instead hits an innocent person on the street?
I myself have no problem with how this went down. Doesn’t sound like any innocent people were severely hurt and one less POS out roaming around.

Well, as I said they did this a month or so as well. And obviously had bad results. Hence it’s investigated as well. If u can see a person fully. It appears to be a safer situation that’s all. Maybe they never got the chance. As I said leaves a lot of questions.

 

[DeangeloVickers]

Mayor Brandon Johnson said he met with Reed's family after the shooting and offered his condolences for his death.

"As mayor and as a father raising a family, including two Black boys on the West Side of Chicago, I am personally devastated to see yet another young Black man lose his life during an interaction with the police," Johnson said. "Our heart breaks for the family of Dexter Reed. They are grieving the loss of a son, a brother, and a nephew."


Well maybe he shouldn't have shot at the police, Brandon. What a dumb ass. Hope every cop in his city walks. This kid had no hesitation to use an illegal firearm on police officers, it was only a matter of when, not if, he used it on someone else.

Responses like this from yet another mayor of Chicago is why many are so critical of Chicago politics. Pure race pandering by Johnson, in a time when real leadership is needed. Disgusting.

 

[B1GDeal]

This seems very odd. Why would police pull up and block off a car for a seatbelt vs putting on lights and pulling the driver over? Why not announce clearly you are the police? They clearly had no idea there was a gun or they wouldn't have walked right up to the car. And, I tried a few times but still cannot tell if a shot came from inside the car or not. They later claim to have found a gun inside the car passenger seat, but we've seen these planted before, but maybe he did have a gun. What if it was legal? How would they have known without speaking to him? And, shooting 100 rounds in a residential area with some shooting in the direction of a house in the background is negligent.

 

[DeangeloVickers]

This seems very odd. Why would police pull up and block off a car for a seatbelt vs putting on lights and pulling the driver over? Why not announce clearly you are the police? They clearly had no idea there was a gun or they wouldn't have walked right up to the car. And, I tried a few times but still cannot tell if a shot came from inside the car or not. They later claim to have found a gun inside the car passenger seat, but we've seen these planted before, but maybe he did have a gun. What if it was legal? How would they have known without speaking to him? And, shooting 100 rounds in a residential area with some shooting in the direction of a house in the background is negligent.

The gun wasn't legal, he had previously been charged with weapon possession as a felon. I'm sure the cops knew him and also knew he likely had a gun on him and was a danger.
It's crazy we have people constantly clamoring for more gun restrictions, yet this human piece of garbage, who is part of the core source of gun violence in this country, gets shot while possessing an illegal gun and firing at police... and just like clock work those same people rush to defend him and attack the police. It shows how unserious they really are.