Andrew Brown Jr. laid to rest at emotional funeral after Black man killed by N.C. deputies: ‘I love my daddy to death’ Nancy Dillon
Two of Andrew Brown Jr.’s seven children told mourners Monday they adored the unarmed Black man who was fatally shot in the back of his head by sheriff deputies in North Carolina two weeks ago.
Son Jha’rod Ferebee said he and his dad, Andrew Brown Jr., were “like best friends.”
“Every time you see him, you see me. You see me, you see him. We couldn’t stay away from each other,” Jha’rod said at the invitation-only funeral service at the Fountain of Life church in Elizabeth City that was streamed live.
United StatesAt North Carolina funeral of Andrew Brown, mourners call for police reform
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Family, friends and civil rights leaders gathered on Monday at a North Carolina church to mourn Andrew Brown, a Black man shot to death last month by sheriffâs deputies - the latest in a national spate of killings to trigger demands for racial justice.
Speaking over Brown s casket, Rev. Al Sharpton told the congregation that the drive to reform policing in the United States was a chapter in a decades-long struggle by Black Americans. We must deal with the inequality in the criminal justice system today, said Sharpton, his voice booming at the Fountain of Life Church in Elizabeth City. That s the sign of the time.
Brown, 42, was shot five times, including once to the back of his head when deputies with the Pasquotank County Sheriff s Office were serving search and arrest warrants related to alleged drug offenses at his Elizabeth City home April 21. I know a con game when I see it, civil rights leader Al Sharpton said during a eulogy Monday. Release the whole tape, and let the folks see what happened to Andrew Brown.
Sharpton was critical of authorities in North Carolina, comparing their acts to an unfair shell game. You don t need time to get a tape out. Put it out. Let the world see what it is to see. If you got nothing to hide, then what are you hiding? Sharpton said.