Posted August 20, 2015 7:54 pm by Comments

By Bob Owens

Jarame Reid was an ex-con with a history of armed violence towards police, and was known by both New Jersey police officers who encountered him as a passenger in a December, 2014 traffic stop. Mr. Reid was non-compliant with officers during the stop even after having a gun removed from the vehicle, and was shot and killed as he forced his way out of the vehicle, while he was “unarmed.”

I did an analysis of the shooting via the squad car’s dashcam video in January.

I concluded after a lengthy analysis:

[Officer] Days had already removed one weapon from the vehicle, and knew for a fact that he was dealing with a violent convicted felon who had fired upon law enforcement officers in the past. Reid was a clear lethal force threat, and officers never use less-lethal systems (batons, tasers, chemical sprays) in such situations.

Reid was given repeated warnings to not move and to keep his hands up, but exited the vehicle towards Officer Days. Days had every reason to believe that Reid was raising a weapon, and shot to stop the threat. When Reid stopped being a threat, Days stopped firing, scanned and assessed …read more

Source:: Bearing Arms

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