Furious BLM protesters clash with Chicago cops after video showed Dexter Reed being shot almost 100 times in less than a minute

Angry BLM activists have clashed with police outside a Chicago police station after a video was released showing a fatal officer shooting a black man.

Dexter Reed, 26, was killed during a traffic stop that turned into a large shootout that also injured an officer and that police say Reed started.

On Tuesday, Chicago police released footage of the March 21 encounter, which showed them firing 96 shots at Reed even as he lay motionless on the ground outside his vehicle.

The aspiring broadcaster’s death has reignited conversations about excessive police violence against black people, though officers insist Reed opened fire first.

Shortly after the footage was released, about 100 protesters gathered outside the CPD’s 11th Precinct, blocking the streets and jostling with police.

Dexter Reed, 26, was killed during a traffic stop that turned into a large shootout that also injured an officer and that police say Reed started

Chicago police released footage of the March 21 encounter, which showed them firing 96 shots at Reed even as he lay motionless on the ground outside his vehicle.

“We don’t need armed police officers telling someone to put on their seat belt,” one protester told the crowd in a video captured by Fox.

“Dexter Reed’s vehicle had tinted windows so the argument that they were enforcing seat belt laws makes no sense,” another added.

Police said they stopped Reed in Humboldt Park for allegedly not wearing a seat belt.

But Andrew Stroth, an attorney for Reed’s family, blasted the police stop as “unconstitutional” and claimed the plainclothes officers failed to announce they were law enforcement.

Bodycam footage showed a plainclothes tactical unit approaching Reed’s SUV and ordering him to roll down his window with weapons drawn.

Reed is seen resisting the order to roll down his window. Suddenly a volley of shots is heard and the officers immediately return fire.

Chaos ensues and at one point one of the officers is hit in the hand. As a precaution, several officers were taken to hospital.

The Civilian Office of Police Accountability said preliminary evidence showed Reed shot first, but this is not clear from the footage. A handgun was later recovered from the passenger side of Reed’s vehicle.

Dexter Reed, center, with his mother Nicole Banks and sister Porscha Banks in 2019

Activists seized on the death as another example of racist police brutality, with lawyers for Reed’s family labeling the detention of plainclothes police as “unconstitutional.”

Reed, 26, was killed following a traffic stop on March 21 after police pulled him over in Humboldt Park for allegedly not wearing a seat belt

At a news conference ahead of the protests on Tuesday, Reed’s mother Nicole Banks told the crowd that her son bought his car just three days before the deadly traffic stop.

“He was just driving around and they killed him, they killed him,” she wailed before falling to the ground.

The incident occurred just days after Reed appeared in court on firearms charges, after police allegedly discovered him with a loaded handgun without a concealed carry permit and after his firearm identification expired.

His shooting is currently under investigation, with Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson promising to conduct a full and transparent investigation.

Police spokesman Thomas Ahern said Tuesday that the department was cooperating with the investigation.

“We cannot make a decision on this shooting until all the facts are known and this investigation is complete,” he said.

State’s Attorney Kim Foxx said her office will determine whether the officers’ use of force was justified or warranted criminal charges.

Before his death, so was Reed charged with a misdemeanor count of shoplifting in April 2023 for allegedly stealing a $950 shirt before charges were dropped.

He was arrested again on July 13, 2023 when police allegedly discovered him with a loaded gun at a music festival, despite not having a concealed carry permit and after his firearms owner identification card was revoked.