Pasquotank Sheriff s Office to end Elizabeth City protest assistance
Elizabeth City Police and the Pasquotank Sheriff s Office have been helping with security, but Sheriff Tommy Wooten says he wants to go back to normal operations. Author: 13News Now Staff Updated: 5:28 PM EDT June 23, 2021
ELIZABETH CITY, N.C. Pasquotank County s sheriff says his deputies will no longer provide assistance during protests in Elizabeth City.
On April 21, Pasquotank deputies shot and killed Andrew Brown Junior while serving a warrant. The district attorney has decided not to charge the deputies.
However, protesters have been out almost every day since the shooting, demanding justice.
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Civil rights advocates faulted Pasquotank County’s district attorney for attempting to “shape a narrative” at a news conference in which he defended the deputies’ use of lethal force.
Police see a threat. Family sees fear. Expert sees clips of Andrew Brown Jr. show everything wrong with policing . Tami Abdollah, USA TODAY
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To a civil liberties advocate, the same videos show a scared Black man trying to flee a phalanx of deputies with their guns drawn by driving across a lawn at a relatively modest speed.
Video of Brown s death, shown Tuesday, is like bodycam videos of similar deaths: It supports the beliefs of the person who sees it. Police experts who understand officers are trained to stop threats look at whether the deputies followed policy. Civil rights advocates who have seen Black men killed after confrontations spiral out of control see how Brown s death could have been avoided.