Chicago Police Supt. Larry Snelling is moving to suspend five officers for violating department rules during a traffic stop two weeks before they were involved in the March 2024 shooting death of Dexter Reed during a similar stop.
Records released by the Civilian Office of Police Accountability show six officers pulled over a driver in the 3800 block of West Jackson Boulevard on March 6, 2024, after the officers said they saw the driver was not wearing his seatbelt properly.
However, COPA found the traffic stop was not justified, noting the officers initially told the driver “You’re flying, you’re eating, it’s not safe,” and noted his windows were tinted. It wasn’t until nearly three minutes after the driver was stopped that one of the officers brought up a seatbelt violation as the basis for the stop…