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Elizabeth City Black Lives Matter mural vandalized with skid marks hours after unveiling
and last updated 2021-07-12 20:14:43-04
ELIZABETH CITY, N.C.â Michael Little designed Elizabeth Cityâs Black Lives Matter street mural, proudly leaving his mark on his hometown.
With the help of several artists like Jimmy Bones, Little painted the mural on East Colonial Avenue in front of the Pasquotank County Sheriffâs Department after winning a city-sponsored design contest.
City Manager Montre Freeman say the mural was unveiled to the public Saturday morning at 9 a.m., and the street was re-opened at 12 p.m.
Freeman says a black Ram pickup truck left skid marks on the mural just before 2:30 p.m. the same day.
Elizabeth City council wants sit down with county commissioners over Andrew Brown Jr. shooting
Elizabeth City city councilmembers held their first regular meeting since Pasquotank County Sheriff s deputies shot and killed Brown on April 21. Author: Eugene Daniel (WVEC) Updated: 12:07 AM EDT May 4, 2021
ELIZABETH CITY, N.C. Elizabeth City city council members will request a meeting with Pasquotank County commissioners to be held within the next 10 days.
A motion passed to make the request in the council s regularly scheduled meeting since the death of Andrew Brown Jr.
Pasquotank County Sheriff s deputies shot and killed Brown on April 21 while serving an arrest warrant.
and last updated 2021-05-02 02:24:31-04
ELIZABETH CITY, N.C. - Protesters were back at it Saturday, taking to the streets once again to continue their cries for justice for Andrew Brown Jr. We re also trying to get police reform, not just in this county, but in the whole United States of America, said protestor Addonnis Jones who came in from Greensboro to support the cause.
Demonstrators are still calling for the immediate release of the bodycam video showing the moments leading up to Brown s shooting death by sheriffâs deputies. We should be out here peacefully protesting. They shouldn t be in riot gear and there is no riot, Jones said.
ELIZABETH CITY, N.C. â An attorney for Andrew Brown said Pasquotank County sheriffâs deputies shot the Elizabeth City man multiple times while he sat in his vehicle with his hands on the steering wheel.
Attorney Chantel Lassiter addressed a crowd in Elizabeth City on Monday afternoon after viewing 20 seconds of body camera footage along with the slain manâs family.
She said the footage showed deputies blocking Brown in his driveway while serving a warrant and approaching his car while firing. Brown did not move toward them or use a weapon, and deputies fired AR 223 semi-automatic rifles and Glock 17 pistols as he attempted to back away, Lassiter said.