Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net> wrote:
Last year, a man in his mid-20's named Dexter Reed was charged with three >>counts of aggravated unlawful use of a weapon and one count of possession of >>a firearm with a revoked "Firearms Owners Identification Card", which is >>required in the state of Illinois before you can possess a weapon or >>ammunition. Because no one really spends time in jail in Illinois anymore, >>Reed was free on pretrial release for these felony charges as recently as >>this past March.
It goes without saying that at that point, any functioning member of society >>who somehow found himself charged with these crimes would try to lay low for >>a bit. Maybe they'd keep their illegal guns at home, for example. But Dexter >>Reed did not choose that approach because he's not a functioning member of >>society. Instead, in March, Reed went for a drive in an SUV wearing a ski >>mask and carrying a firearm.
No, wait. What is this heresy you speak?!? According to the media
reports I've seen, he was a future scholar, a potential astronaut, cut
down in his prime!
When they show pictures of him, it's always in his graduation cap and
gown, smiling at the bright future he would have had in particle physics
or neurosurgery, if not for those racist cops.
That's when police say they noticed that Reed was breaking yet another law: >>he wasn't wearing a seatbelt.
This is where Effa chimes in and claims he was killed for not wearing a >seatbelt, instead of the truth which is that he was killed for SHOOTING
AT THE POLICE.
Instead of cooperating with the traffic stop, which is what civilized people >>do, this is what happened. I'm going to show two angles of this incident >>from police body cams.
Thank god for the leftists who insisted on police being required to wear >body cams. Those body cams have robbed them of so many fake racism
claims over the years-- and cleared so many cops of wrongdoing-- that I
have to imagine they're sorely regretting that demand at this point.
The second body cam is from an officer who was shot as this unfolded.
https://youtu.be/dmLPuExLow8
It's clear from this footage that Dexter Reed is wearing a ski mask and he's >>not cooperating with the officers. They tell him to unlock the door and stop >>rolling up the windows and he refuses for quite some time. Then the officers >>see something that clearly puts them in fear of their life. They back up and >>shots begin ringing out. One officer is hit in the wrist and he survives.
According to the Chicago Sun Times: "Alderman Brian Hopkins, chairman
of the City Council's Public Safety Committee, said he's been told >>26-year-old Reed fired 11 shots through his car window in what Hopkins >>called 'an attempt to kill police officers'. An empty gun was recovered
at the scene, Hopkins said. "He fired 11 rounds at these police officers >>before he was eventually killed."
As of now, police are still investigating this shooting. But Chicago's >>Civilian Office of Police Accountability has determined that the evidence >>"appears to confirm" that Reed fired the first shot. And the video by itself >>shows that pretty clearly.
One social media user on Twitter, the account "Expose Them", synced up >>footage from two of the body cams that Chicago police have released. The top >>bodycam is the one I just showed of the officer who got hit. The other >>bodycam is from a third officer on the scene. You can see that the first >>officer gets hit before the other officers fire:
https://youtu.be/MCxR2cmr3Zw
The footage is pretty clear evidence that the officers defended themselves. >>That should end the discussion entirely. But that hasn't happened because >>even before these body cams were released, professional agitators engaged in >>a concerted effort to turn Dexter Reed into a martyr.
They want a new Saint Floyd. Someone to inspire a new round of looting
and mayhem.
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