No charges against police in fatal Bridgeton, NJ shooting

The December 2014 stop and shooting of 36-year-old Jerame Reid in Bridgeton was captured by their patrol auto dashboard camera.

The officers approached the vehicle, and while the driver put his hands on the steering wheel as instructed, the officers spotted a handgun inside the auto, according to the report.

“I’m going to shoot you!”

“Jerame Reid should not be dead at the end of the day”, Hudson said.

Days repeatedly ordered Reid to not move, sometimes using expletives.

Faintly on the video, Reid can be heard telling the officer: “I ain’t doing nothing. I ain’t got no reason to reach for nothing”.

On the video, Officer Braheme Days removes a gun from the auto and pulls his weapon. No additional weapon was found.

The prosecutor’s office says Days and his partner, Officer Roger Worley, who’s white, opened fire.

Reid was unarmed when he was shot, as his family and a local civil rights activist have maintained since the shooting.

The announcement that no charges would be filed comes amid national scrutiny of police dealings with African-Americans, especially those killed by officers. Thinking Reid was making a move for the gun in the glovebox, one officer removed it. Then, the offices testified, Reid made the move to get out of the auto, which they intepreted as menacing. On Wednesday, the jurors declined to indict the officers. He took control of the case at the request of Cumberland County Prosecutor Jennifer Webb-McRae, who recused herself early on. Those charges were dismissed, but Bridgeton residents were aware of those charges amid protests that erupted after the shooting. He said the group will ask the U.S. Department of Justice to investigate.

Reid’s widow has filed a wrongful death lawsuit. Benedetto didn’t immediately return a call seeking comment Thursday.