Protesters marched on Sunday night in New Jersey after a white police officer was found not guilty of assaulting a black teenager.

Between 50 and 100 people took to the streets to oppose the verdict in the case of Carteret Police officer Joseph Reiman, who was acquitted on Friday in a Middlesex County Superior Court, news site NJ.com reported.

“The residents are tired and fed up,” said protester Fred Gattuso. “There were a lot more people that weren’t there from this town that are fed up with what’s going on here. ... We need justice for Monte and all of the victims of Joe Reiman, and this needs to be the last.”

Gattuso, a former mayoral candidate, told the outlet that more marches are planned, including at future council meetings.

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The charges stemmed from a May 2017 altercation between Reiman and victim Monte Stewart, who was 16 at the time.

Reiman testified he trailed the teenager because he was speeding and quickly turned after passing the marked patrol car, NJ.com reported.

The teen reportedly sped away when Reiman attempted to pull him over before crashing into a guard wire for a utility pole.

Stewart testified that he slammed on the gas by accident when the cop turned on the emergency lights. He said he was worried about being pulled over because his father didn’t know he had taken the car to visit his girlfriend's house.

Footage recorded on Reiman’s dashboard camera appears to show the teenager heading toward the ground when the officer pounced on him and struck him repeatedly.

The officer claimed that the use of force was necessary because the teenager wasn’t allowing him to cuff his hands.

Stewart, however, said that he was trying to shield his face from the police officer’s blows, NJ.com reported.

Reiman, the younger brother of longtime Mayor Daniel Reiman, had been charged with aggravated assault, official misconduct and falsifying a police report, but was found not guilty by the jury.

Stewart’s father, Russel Stewart, erupted in the courtroom when the verdict was read.

“He beat my son,” Russel Stewart yelled. “It’s always the white police that get away. We’re going to die out here.”

There are also three pending lawsuits against the officer for alleged excessive use of force.

The outlet noted Monte Stewart’s civil lawsuit against the officer and the borough of Carteret is still pending.