While one attorney for Brown’s family, Wayne Kendall, initially said it was a “partial victory” for the family to view more video, the legal team later issued a statement condemning the decision not to make the video public.
“In this modern civil rights crisis where we see Black people killed by the police everywhere we look, video evidence is the key to discerning the truth and getting well-deserved justice for victims of senseless murders,” said the statement signed by the legal team, including Ben Crump and Harry Daniels.
The decision came shortly after a North Carolina prosecutor said that Brown had hit law enforcement officers with his car before they opened fire last week.
By BEN FINLEY and JONATHAN DREW Updated: April 28, 2021 08:00 PM Created: April 28, 2021 11:14 AM
ELIZABETH CITY, N.C. (AP) - A judge refused Wednesday to release body camera video showing North Carolina deputies shooting and killing a Black man, ruling that making the video public at this stage could jeopardize the investigation into Andrew Brown Jr. s death.
However, the judge did order authorities to allow Brown s family to privately view five videos from body cameras and one from a dashboard camera within 10 days, with some portions blurred or redacted. Family members had previously been allowed to view only a 20-second clip from a single body camera.
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Biden to the nation and world: America is rising anew
WASHINGTON (AP) â President Joe Biden declared Wednesday night in his first address to a joint session of Congress that âAmerica is rising anew, and pointed optimistically to the nation s emergence from the pandemic as a vital moment to rebuild the U.S. economy and fundamentally transform government roles in American life.
Biden marked his first 100 days in office as the nation pushes out of a menacing mix of crises, making his case before a pared-down gathering of mask-wearing legislators because of pandemic restrictions.
Speaking in highly personal terms while demanding massive structural changes, the president urged a $1.8 trillion investment in children, families and education to help rebuild an economy devastated by the virus and compete with rising global competitors.
Four North Carolina deputies who didn t fire at Andrew Brown Jr are cleared to RETURN to work as three others remain on leave amid protests
Andrew Brown Jr. , 42, was shot and killed by police in North Carolina at 8.30am on April 21
Pasquotank County Sheriff Tommy Wooten identified seven deputies involved in Brown s arrest and restored four of them to duty because they did not shoot
Three deputies, identified as Daniel Meads; Robert Morgan and Arron Lewellyn, are on leave pending investigation
The shooting sparked eight days of demonstrations in Elizabeth City in North Carolina
Protesters gathered again on Wednesday night after judge denied a petition to release body cam footage