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Pretextual traffic stops are a poor policing strategy
On March 21, Chicago police officers shot and killed yet another Black man, Dexter Reed. This wasn’t regular officers in a squad car with flashing lights. These were five plainclothes officers who were part of a tactical unit in an unmarked car. They …