Cops' body cams were off during teen's bloody, violent arrest

None of the officers involved in last year's violent arrest, in which one Carteret cop faces criminal charges, switched on their body-worn cameras during a struggle that left a 16-year-old bloodied and bruised.

The lack of video from the other officers creates a nearly 2-minute gap in the encounter and violated the New Jersey Attorney General's directive for body cameras, which experts say was specifically crafted to limit situations where there's a dispute over what happened during an officer's encounter with a citizen.

The incident started just after 12:30 on the morning of May 31, 2017, when Reiman tried to pull over a sedan, which was driven by an unlicensed teen.

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