In North Carolina, a Familiar Pattern After the Police Killing of Andrew Brown, Jr. April 27, 20218:01 PM
Benjamin Crump, one of the lawyers representing the family of Andrew Brown Jr., points to an autopsy chart that his team conducted showing where Mr. Brown was shot on April 27, 2021 in Elizabeth City, North Carolina.
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On Monday, city officials in Elizabeth City, North Carolina announced that they would be declaring a state of emergency ahead of the potential release of body cam footage of last week’s police killing of Andrew Brown, Jr., an unarmed 42-year-old Black man. Law enforcement and elected officials in Elizabeth City are following a familiar playbook for police departments that face calls for reform following high-profile killings of unarmed civilians, who are often Black: close ranks, delay information, and then, when the release of damaging information is imminent, preemptively attempt to shut down community protests.
Footage shows North Carolina sheriff s deputies in tactical gear rush to home of Andrew Brown
Brown was shot in his car in Elizabeth City on April 21; his family finally had access to some footage Monday
An independent autopsy shows that Brown, 42, was shot five times, including once in the back of the head
The pathologist hired by Brown’s family noted four wounds to the right arm and the one to his head
Brown’s son questioned why deputies had to shoot so many times at a man who, he said, posed no threat
That came after new video taken by a neighbor shows a group of cops surround his car following the shooting
Andrew Brown Jr police shooting: what does the body camera footage show?
The family of a North Carolina man fatally shot by sheriff s deputies were shown a brief video clip from a single police body camera on Monday.
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Last week, just a day after the guilty verdict was announced in the Derek Chauvin trial,
Andrew Brown Jr was gunned down by Pasquotank County sheriff deputies serving a warrant. On Monday the county attorney showed the victim s family a short redacted clip that
one family attorney described as an execution .
Of the seven or eight officers who were at the scene, presumably each was wearing a body camera,
Police shooting of Black man in North Carolina an execution, family s lawyer says
Lawyers for the family of a Black man shot by sheriff s deputies in North Carolina last week, said body cam video showed Andrew Brown Jr. had been executed and accused officials of showing them only a small portion of the video evidence.
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Posted: Apr 26, 2021 5:57 PM ET | Last Updated: April 26
Family members of Andrew Brown Jr. emerge from the Pasquotank County Public Safety building in Elizabeth City, N.C. on Monday after viewing 20 seconds of police body camera video.(Travis Long/The News & Observer/The Associated Press)