South Jersey Police Officers Won't Face Charges Following Fatal Shooting

Two Bridgeton Police officers who shot and killed a man who had his arms raised during a traffic stop on Dec. 30 will not face criminal charges, the Courier Post reports.

Officers Braheme Days and Roger Worley opened fire after stopping a car in Bridgeton. The passenger, 36-year-old Seabrook resident Jerame C. Reid, was killed in the incident.

The cops had been accused of unfounded drug searches, pepper spraying a handcuffed man and the failure to follow proper protocol when investigating an armed robbery. Those charges were dismissed, but Bridgeton residents were aware of those charges amid protests that erupted after the shooting.

Officers stopped the car because it failed to come to a complete stop at South Pine and Henry streets at 9:22 p.m. that night, according to the report.

The officers approached the car, and while the driver put his hands on the steering wheel as instructed, the officers spotted a handgun inside the car, according to the report. The officers said Reid was reaching for this gun when officers reached out and pulled it out. Reid attempted to get out of the car, despite officers repeatedly telling him not to, according to the report.

Reid managed to get out of the car. Officers, fearing Reid had another weapon, opened fire, according to the report.

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