As police oversight officials in Chicago are working to determine if changes should be made to CPD’s traffic stop policies and practices, one of our city’s cops says he was the target of an unlawful traffic stop in Arizona last summer. Many of the complaints CPD Officer Jalen Woods aired during interviews with a Phoenix TV reporter echo concerns people have raised about police practices here in Chicago.
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Tempe cops claimed they heard Woods’ tires “chirp” and smelled burning rubber, prompting them to make the stop. But the Woods says he did not squeal his tires and claims the Tempe cops quickly went from writing a ticket to going on a fishing expedition for bigger problems.
