The family of a man, who Chicago police fatally shot during a traffic stop, has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit.
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In the March 21 traffic stop, a team of five tactical officers in plain clothes stopped the 26-year-old for an alleged seatbelt violation.Bodycam video shows the stop unfold, as there were 96 rapidly fired gunshots in the span of 41 seconds.Reed's family claims he became confused as officers surrounded his SUV.
"My son, he didn't deserve none of that. They shot him down like he was an animal. They shot him three times in the back after he laid down," Dexter Reed Sr. said. "That's overkill." "They executed him. He fell down, and they put the handcuffs on him. That was not right," Reed's mother Nicole Banks said.
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