Family Slams Prosecutor After Grand Jury Declines To Indict Cops Who Shot Man Dead In N.J.

BRIDGETON, N.J. (CBSNewYork/AP) -- The prosecutor weighing whether to charge two police officers with the death of a man shot during a traffic stop in Bridgeton, New Jersey omitted details in a statement saying a grand jury failed to indict the officials, the attorney for the slain man's family said Friday.

The family of 36-year-old Jerame Reid, who was fatally shot in December 2014 with his hands up after defying police orders not to exit the stopped vehicle, was saddened by the Cumberland County grand jury's failure to indict officers Braheme Days and Roger Worley, attorney Conrad Benedetto said in a statement.

The Cumberland County prosecutor's office said it was giving ``the factual circumstances of the incident'' in a Thursday news release about the grand jury's decision not to indict the officers, but it left out details like the officers' statements and autopsy reports, Benedetto said.

While the prosecutor noted Reid's criminal history, he did not point out aspects of the officers' past, including that one of the officers involved had left law enforcement positions after investigations into his own conduct, Benedetto said.

Days and Worley have been the subjects of a handful of complaints alleging abuses of power over the past two years, but all the complaints were dismissed.

First assistant prosecutor Harold Shapiro declined to comment on Benedetto's statements.

Police actions across the country have come under scrutiny since a police officer in Ferguson, Missouri, shot and killed Michael Brown, unarmed 18-year-old, last August.

Reid's shooting gained further attention after a police dashboard camera showed details of their encounter. On Dec. 30 of last year.

Police said it all began when officers noticed a Jaguar run a stop sign. Days and Worley pulled the car over.

"Hey, officer Days, Bridgeton police," Days first says to the driver. "The reason I'm pulling you over – you went right through that stop sign back there."

"Where at?" the driver asks.

"Right on South Pine Street," Days responds.

The driver seemed cooperative, but things took a quick turn for the worse when Days began talking to Reid, who was in the passenger seat. One of the officers warned his partner he could see a gun in the glove compartment.

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Days repeatedly told the car's passenger to show him his hands and don't move.

"Show me your hands. Show me your f***ing hands! Show me your hands! Don't f***ing move! Don't you f***ing move! Don't f***ing move. Don't you f***ing move," Days says in the video. Get 'em out the car, Rog. We got a gun in his glove compartment. Don't you f***ing move."

The driver, Leroy Tutt, is seen showing his hands atop the open window on his side of the car. It's not clear what Reid is doing, though Days repeatedly warns him not to move during the standoff of less than two minutes.

The confrontation grew worse, Brennan reported.

"Dude, you're going to be f***ing dead. I'm telling you! You reach for something, you're going to be f***ing dead. I'm telling you! I'm telling you! Keep your f***ing hands right there," Days continued. "Hey Jerome (sic), you reach for something, you're going to be f***ing dead!"

``I ain't got no reason to reach for nothing, bro. I ain't got no reason to reach for nothing,'' Reid says as Days continues to yell to his partner that Reid is reaching for something.

Someone then says, ``I'm getting out and getting on the ground,'' but Days yells at Reid not to move.

The officer appeared to pull what appeared to be a gun from the vehicle, while Reid was seen pushing the car's door open just seconds later, CBS Philadelphia reported.

"No you're not. No you're not," Days says. Don't f***ing move! Don't you f***ing move!"

Reid's hands are at about shoulder height and appear to be empty. As he steps out, both officers fire at least six shots.

After the shooting, there are shouts from people in the area, and other police and emergency vehicles arrive.

Reid and the driver were black. The Bridgeton officer who spotted the gun, Days, is black; his partner, Worley, is white.

Both officers have been placed on leave while prosecutors investigate.

CBS Philadelphia reported Reid previously spent nearly 13 years in state prison for shooting at three New Jersey State Police troopers when he was a teenager, and was known by Officer Days from a drug possession and obstruction arrest last year.

Reid's widow, Lawanda, filed a $1 million federal civil rights lawsuit accusing the city of condoning excessive force by its officers. She also reached a tentative settlement with the county for $340,000 for abuse Jerame Reid had earlier said he suffered in prison.

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