UpdatedWed, Jul 14, 2021 at 4:18 pm ET
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Attorney Bakari Sellers, shown here in April, said Wednesday that Brown "did not get justice in life, and so far he hasn’t even gotten justice in death.” (Sean Rayford/Getty Images)
ELIZABETH CITY, NC — The family of Andrew Brown, Jr. has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the Pasquotank County Sheriff's Office seeking damages of more than $30 million, according to reports.
Brown was shot to death in April by sheriff's deputies attempting to arrest him on drug charges. Decrying the fact he was unarmed, protesters descended upon Elizabeth City, making the incident a national story in the wake of numerous police deaths involving white officers encountering Black people.