Peaceful protests continue after Brown family, attorneys see more body cam footage
and last updated 2021-05-11 23:22:00-04
As they went inside the Public Safety Center, protesters and activists gathered outside echoing calls for accountability, transparency and public release of the video.
âTransparency precedes trust,â Rev. Dr. T. Anthony Spearman, President of the North Carolina NAACP, said. âThese family members certainly deserve to be able to trust those who are sent to protect them.â
Peaceful protests continued Tuesday night after Brown s family and attorneys viewed more footage capturing the incident.
âHe wasnât in the wrong at all. Whatâs in the dark is going to come to light,â Brownâs son, Khalil Ferebee, said.
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The family of a Black man who was fatally shot by sheriff’s deputies in North Carolina is expected to view more than 18 minutes of body camera video of the encounter on Tuesday.
The recordings will to be shown to relatives of Andrew Brown Jr. at 3 p.m., according to county officials. Family attorney Chantel Cherry-Lassiter said a news conference will likely follow.
Brown was behind the wheel of his car and outside his house in Elizabeth City when he was shot on April 21. Deputies working on a regional drug task force were serving a drug-related search warrant at the time.
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Andrew Brown Jr. s Family View Footage of Fatal Police Shooting, Say He Did Not Deserve to Die
05-12-2021
Attorney Chance Lynch speaks during a press conference outside the Pasqoutank County Public Safety building in Elizabeth City, N.C., Tuesday, May 11, 2021. (Travis Long/The News & Observer via AP)
ELIZABETH CITY, N.C. (AP) Lawyers for relatives of Andrew Brown Jr., a Black man fatally shot by deputies, said Tuesday that body camera videos show that he didn’t strike them with his car before they opened fire, contradicting a local prosecutor.
Chance Lynch, a lawyer who viewed the footage in private with Brown s family, said Brown was sitting in his stationary car with his hands on the wheel when the first of numerous shots was fired. Family members had previously seen about 20 seconds of the video but were shown approximately 18 minutes on Tuesday under a judge’s order.
What we saw was a massacre by a firing squad : Bodycam footage shows Andrew Brown Jr. did NOT drive into cops who shot him dead, lawyers for his family say after they were allowed to watch 18 more minutes of the two-hour video
Attorney Chance Lynch said Tuesday the footage shows Brown was sitting in his stationary car with his hands on the wheel when officers first opened fire on him
He said Brown actually did the opposite of driving at the officers, reversing and turning his car to go the opposite direction after the cops opened fire
Lawyers described Brown s death as a massacre by a firing squad as they called for the arrest, conviction, and a long prison sentence for the officers
“We did not see any actions on Mr. Brown’s part where he made contact with them or tried to go in their direction, Lynch told reporters. In fact, he did just the opposite. While there was a group of law enforcement that were in front of him, he went the opposite direction.”
Lynch, who described the shooting as “unconstitutional” and “unjustified,” said body camera footage of the shooting s aftermath shows that deputies found no weapons on Brown.
“My father did not deserve to die at all, his son Jha rod Ferebee told reporters after watching the footage. He did not deserve to get killed in any way, shape or form. He did not pose any threat at all.”