USA TODAY
ELIZABETH CITY, N.C. – Family and friends of Andrew Brown Jr. will gather at a funeral service Monday to honor the life of the man fatally shot by North Carolina sheriff s deputies last month in a case that has drawn national attention amid calls for accountability and transparency.
The Rev. Al Sharpton is set to deliver the eulogy at the invite-only funeral at noon Monday. Civil rights attorney Ben Crump, who is part of a team of lawyers representing Brown s family, and the Rev. William Barber II, leader of the Poor People’s Campaign, will also give remarks.