North Carolina sheriff says he wants footage of Andrew Brown Jr. police shooting made public and may file motion Monday
Pasquotank County, North Carolina, Sheriff Tommy Wooten said Saturday he wants body cam footage of the fatal police shooting of Andrew Brown Jr. made public.
“Only a judge can release the video,” Wooten said in a video message posted on Facebook. “That’s why I’ve asked the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation to confirm for me that the releasing of the video will not undermine their investigation.”
Once he gets that confirmation, the sheriff said the county will file a motion in court, “hopefully Monday,” to have that footage released. His announcement followed calls from Elizabeth City leaders for the footage to be released.
BY ABC News Radio | April 24, 2021
Courtesy Brown Family
(ELIZABETH CITY, N.C.) The community and family of a Black man fatally shot by a deputy executing arrest and search warrants in North Carolina earlier this week are calling for the body camera footage capturing the incident to be released.
Andrew Brown Jr., 42, was killed as deputies from the Pasquotank County Sheriff’s Office attempted to serve the warrants at his home in Elizabeth City on Wednesday morning. Details of what led to the shooting have not been released by authorities. Deputies were serving warrants related to felony drug charges when the shooting occurred, the sheriff’s office said.
Family of Andrew Brown Jr join calls for North Carolina cops to release bodycam footage of his fatal shooting as head of local NAACP chapter calls for sheriff s resignation
Racial justice advocates joined Andrew Brown s family on Saturday in reiterating calls for police to release the footage of his shooting
Brown, 42, was shot and killed in his car in Elizabeth City, North Carolina Wednesday while police were executing a search warrant for drug offenses We re sick and tired of all these deaths happening that don t have to happen, Rev. William Barber II said. Release the tapes!
In a video statement released later on Saturday, Pasquotank County Sheriff Tommy Wooten II said he will ask a judge to allow the release of the footage
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