Newark police did nothing wrong during the encounter, a grand jury has found.
Among the evidence reviewed by the grand jurors are three police bodycams, one of them worn by the officer who began chasing the 43-year-old Newark native on foot after he ran.
Two others graphically document the arrest and the moments that followed as highway traffic barreled by.
In the end, what killed DeJesus was heart disease aggravated by meth use, experts found.
Video of the incident begins with Officer Alberto Vera emerging from his police cruiser and approaching a hooded DeJesus on Orange Street near the Sidi Supermarket on Jan. 5, 2023.
DeJesus had gotten out of a car that was tied to a homicide the month before in Paterson, authorities said at the time.
What the officer and DeJesus initially say to one another either wasn’t recorded or was removed from the video. The end of a question from Vera is barely heard.
“Turn around for what?” DeJesus replies before suddenly taking off on foot.
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COMPLETE FOOTAGE from the three Newark PD bodycams and three stationary surveillance cameras can be found here: CLICK to review the recordings