A prosecutor has said that Brown s car ran into the deputies before they opened fire.
Foster s order contained a brief description of the footage. The judge wrote that Brown attempted to flee the scene and escape apprehension and that at least one and as many as three officers fired their weapons into the vehicle operated by Brown.
During the April 27 hearing on the matter, Foster said he would not publicly release the footage because it could jeopardize the ongoing investigation into Brown s death or threaten the safety of people seen in the footage.
Foster said the video must remain out of public view for at least 30 days, but he would consider releasing it after that point if investigations are complete.
A North Carolina judge has ruled that the family of Andrew Brown Jr., who was fatally shot by police in Elizabeth City, can only view part of the body camera footage of his shooting.
Judge Jeffery Foster issued a ruling on Thursday, which was published to the Pasquotank County website.
The family is only allowed to view a fraction of the nearly 2-hour video before and after his death.
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The footage that is being withheld did not contain images of the deceased, Foster wrote, and thus is not appropriate for disclosure.
Foster wrote that the Pasquotank County Sheriff’s Department had to disclose the video to the family within 10 days of his order.
Sheriff to let Andrew Brown, Jr. family view video of fatal shooting on May 11, judge limits how much can be shown A North Carolina judge denied media requests to make the body camera videos from Andrew Brown, Jr s shooting public, fueling frustration and skepticism. By Associated Press, WITN Web Staff, and WBTV Web Staff | May 7, 2021 at 12:46 PM EDT - Updated May 7 at 6:45 PM
(WITN/WBTVAP) - Pasquotank County Sheriff Tommy Wooten says the family of Andrew Brown, Jr. will view the body camera video of his shooting on Tuesday, May 11.
This after a judge finally issued his written order, which gives the sheriff 10 days to show the video and now limits the amount of video they can actually see.
Twitter Khalil Ferebee, the son of Andrew Brown Jr., speaks to reporters April 27, a day after viewing a portion of officer body cam video.
Family members of Andrew Brown Jr., who was fatally shot in his car by sheriff’s deputies in Elizabeth City, will get to view more body camera footage of the incident on Tuesday. But they will only be shown a fraction of the recorded footage, under a judge’s written ruling.
Attorneys for Brown’s family had expected to see the video as soon as this week after Judge Jeffery Foster ruled from the bench on April 27 that the family would be shown the videos “within 10 days. But it took the Superior Court judge until Thursday to issue the written ruling, which says the 10-day time period starts with the date of the order.
Black police shooting victim Andrew Brown Jr. s family will only be shown 20 minutes from two hours of bodycam footage - and they face waiting another nine days to see it
Judge Jeffery Foster issued a written order Thursday allowing Brown s immediate family and attorney to view limited footage from five videos
Deputies faces will be blurred in the footage to prevent identification
Foster ruled last Tuesday that parts of the footage would be disclosed to the family within 10 days
But the judge took nine days to issue the May 6 ruling, meaning the 10-day time limit starts from then and Brown s family could be waiting until May 16