CHICAGO (WLS) -- Officers on a Chicago Police Department tactical team are facing a new lawsuit this week over a traffic stop turned search that the driver claims was unlawful and racist.

For years, the ABC7 I-Team has been reporting on a controversial CPD tactic that critics call "pretextual traffic stops," or stops for minor traffic violations turning into drivers handcuffed and vehicles searched, moments after pulling them over.

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It's a police practice that city leaders have vowed to overhaul.

"I was just terrified," said Limorris Bell, the plaintiff and driver behind the latest lawsuit. "Honestly, I didn't know what was gonna happen next."

Bell said he had no clue why Chicago police were pulling him over on Sept. 1, 2024,

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