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Federal lawsuit filed by family of Andrew Brown, who was killed by North Carolina police
(Reuters) – Family members of Andrew Brown, a Black man whose death by a police bullet touched off a string of protests earlier this year, filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against a North Carolina sheriff and several of his deputies on Wednesday.
The lawsuit seeks $30 million in damages in the killing of Brown, 42, by Pasquotank County sheriff’s deputies outside his home in Elizabeth City, North Carolina, on the morning of April 26.
“Anybody can see this was the unlawful killing of Andrew Brown,” attorney Harry Daniels told a news conference after filing the lawsuit on behalf of the Brown family and the slain man’s estate.
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The family of Andrew Brown Jr., the 42-year-old Black man killed by North Carolina police in April, filed a federal civil rights and wrongful death lawsuit Wednesday.
The suit demands more than $30 million in damages, according to a copy obtained by Raleigh NBC affiliate WRAL. Members of the Pasquotank County Sheriff’s Office and the Dare County Sheriff’s Office are named as defendants.
Brown was fatally shot April 21 while inside his car near his home in Elizabeth City. His cause of death was a gunshot to the back of the head, autopsies confirmed. None of the several officers at Brown’s home that morning were charged with crimes.
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Attorney Bakari Sellers, shown here in April, said Wednesday that Brown did not get justice in life, and so far he hasn’t even gotten justice in death.” (Sean Rayford/Getty Images)
ELIZABETH CITY, NC The family of Andrew Brown, Jr. has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the Pasquotank County Sheriff s Office seeking damages of more than $30 million, according to reports.
Brown was shot to death in April by sheriff s deputies attempting to arrest him on drug charges. Decrying the fact he was unarmed, protesters descended upon Elizabeth City, making the incident a national story in the wake of numerous police deaths involving white officers encountering Black people.
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