Pasquotank Co. NAACP, elected leaders & family attorney call for release of Andrew Brown shooting body camera footage
By: Web Staff
and last updated 2021-04-22 18:40:00-04
PASQUOTANK Co., N.C. - The Pasquotank Co. chapter of the NAACP, local city officials and the Andrew Brown family attorney spoke after meeting with the district attorney on Thursday.
Keith Rivers with the NAACP called for more transparency from the sheriff s department. He said this transparency will build trust with the community and that without it, trust is lost.
He said this transparency would start with releasing the body camera footage that was taken when Brown was shot by a deputy on April 21 in Elizabeth City.
Community members in Elizabeth City protest for release of body cam footage in Andrew Brown s death
By: Web Staff , Antoinette DelBel
Posted at 3:25 PM, Apr 22, 2021
and last updated 2021-04-23 17:46:24-04
ELIZABETH CITY, N.C. - For a second night in a row, more than 100 community members peacefully protested throughout the streets of Elizabeth City in the wake of Andrew Brown s shooting death.
âI just want justice and peace all over the world,â said Kayla Parker, a protester. âItâs crazy how just in our little small town that this would happen. I never would have thought we would be here, but we are.â
Elizabeth City officials, residents meet to discuss Andrew Brown shooting
and last updated 2021-04-21 23:11:22-04
âWe will be transparent with this situation, absolutely,â Pasquotank Co. Sheriff Tommy Wooten said during a briefing Wednesday afternoon.
âThis will not be a rush to judgment,â District Attorney Andrew Womble said. âWe re going to wait for that investigation, as we re duty bound to do.â
As the meeting went on inside, outside people gathered reacting to the incident and demanding answers and transparency.
âWe have to demand that we have a fair, impartial investigation,â Pasquotank County NAACP President Keith Rivers said.
During the emergency meeting, city leaders met to discuss protocols related to a curfew and state of emergency; however, neither were implemented.
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Growing calls in North Carolina for police to release body camera footage in Andrew Brown shooting
By: WTKR Staff
and last updated 2021-04-22 15:57:25-04
PASQUOTANK Co., N.C. (WTKR) - A local chapter of the NAACP, elected officials and a family attorney met with the district attorney in Elizabeth City, North Carolina Thursday, calling for the release of police body-worn camera footage showing the shooting of Andrew Brown.
Peaceful demonstrations are planned for the city, which is about 20 miles south of Norfolk, Virginia, until the video is released.
Keith Rivers with the NAACP called for more transparency from the Pasquotank County Sheriff s Department. He said this transparency will build trust with the community and that without it trust is lost.