On April 21, a Black man named Andrew Brown Jr. was shot and killed by Pasquotank County Sheriff’s Office deputies in Elizabeth City, North Carolina. Stay with Snopes.com for live updates as this story unfolds.
The fatal shooting occurred the day after former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, who is white, was convicted of murder and manslaughter charges in the death of George Floyd, also a Black man.
The aftermath of Brown’s death has brought daily news from local police in Pasquotank County, lawyers on both sides, Black Lives Matter supporters, and the victim’s family members and friends.
Black man shot by North Carolina deputies was executed, family says
Jim Morrison, Paulina Villegas, Meryl Kornfield and Timothy Bella, The Washington Post
April 26, 2021
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Attorney Benjamin Crump, right, stands with Khalil Ferebee, center, at a news conference in Elizabeth City, N.C., on Monday, April 26, 2021.Washington Post photo by Joshua Lott
ELIZABETH CITY, N.C. - The family of a Black man fatally shot by sheriff s deputies in this coastal North Carolina city decried a lack of transparency by law enforcement authorities Monday, saying they were shown only a snippet of police body-camera footage of the shooting, which has sparked protests.
Monday saw the fifth night of demonstrations amid calls for bodycam footage
Andrew Brown, 42, was shot and killed in his car on Wednesday in Elizabeth City
His family were finally allowed to watch body cam from the incident on Monday
Civil rights attorney Ben Crump said they saw just 20 seconds of the incident
Attorneys for the family said Brown was shot in the back of his head
They said he had his hands on steering wheel when eight officers opened fire
They said Brown complied with officer commands throughout the clip
Brown s son Khalil said: My dad got executed just trying to save his life
Andrew Brown, 42, was shot and killed in his car on Wednesday in Elizabeth City
His family were finally allowed to watch body cam from the incident on Monday
Civil rights attorney Ben Crump said they saw just 20 seconds of the incident
Attorneys for the family said Brown was shot in the back of his head
They said he had his hands on steering wheel when eight officers opened fire
Calls are mounting for authorities to publicly release the bodycam footage
While law enforcement have released few details of the fatal shooting six days on, the force instead released the search warrant that brought them to Brown
FBI opens federal civil rights investigation into police shooting of Andrew Brown Jr. after autopsy shows he was shot in the back of the head and his family call his death a modern-day lynching
Brown was shot in his car in Elizabeth City on April 21; his family had access to bodycam footage Monday
The bureau s Charlotte field office announced they had opened the civil rights investigation Tuesday
Agents will work closely with the Department of Justice to determine whether federal laws were violated
Following the news, lawyers for the Brown family said they have great faith in the investigation
They also called new footage of cops surrounding Brown Jr. s car an inflamed modern-day lynch mob