CNN: What If It Was A Fiery But Mostly Peaceful Shooting At Chicago Police?

CNN’s Omar Jimenez interviewed Reed’s family members after the body camera footage was released yesterday. Reed’s family says police should not have stopped him in the first place. As has been standard practice for CNN, they took the view of maybe the cops were just wrong, even though they did not shoot until Reed fired first.

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“How did a traffic stop for not wearing a seatbelt end with 96 gunshots, an injured officer, and a dead 26-year-old? Some say it was because Dexter Reed fired at officers first, as the initial investigation shows. Some believe the stop never should've happened in the first place,” Jimenez wrote on X.

“The initial response from police here isn't so much what's in question. You get shot at, you shoot back.["]

Ed Morrissey

Reed got pulled over for a seatbelt violation. If police aren't supposed to pull people over for non-compliance with seatbelt laws, then how are those mandates supposed to be enforced? If they aren't supposed to pull people over for not wearing seatbelts, then the state of Illinois should repeal its seatbelt law. 

Dexter Reed is dead because of Dexter Reed. 

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