Protesters Gather For Rally In Wake Of Bridgeton Police-Involved Shooting
By Cleve Bryan
BRIDGETON, N.J., (CBS) -- Police issued four people summons for ignoring orders not march in traffic during a peaceful protest over the death of Jerame Reid.
On December 30 Bridgeton Officers Roger Worley and Braheme Days opened fire on Reid during a traffic stop after a gun was uncovered in the car.
Seasoned activist Lawrence Hamm says speaking out against Reid's death and getting a ticket for a civil rights cause reminds him of Rosa Parks whose birthday is tomorrow.
"I wear this ticket as a badge of honor in the spirit of Rosa Parks," says Hamm.
What shocked protesters even more than the tickets was when they got into chambers to speak at the Bridgeton City Council meeting Tuesday night, the meeting was already over having lasted only about half an hour.
"I couldn't tell what people were doing outside the room," explained City Council President Jack Surrency to a group of angry people.
He promised activist Steven Young and several others that he'd meet with them on a separate occasion to discuss civil rights concerns with Reid's death which is still under investigation by the Cumberland County Prosecutor's Office.
