In North Carolina, It Takes A Court Order To Release Police Body Camera Footage Details Published: 27 April 2021 Six days after sheriff’s deputies in North Carolina fatally shot Andrew Brown Jr., the body camera footage has not been made public. That’s because state law requires a court order before the video can be released. After several days of pressure, Pasquotank County Attorney Michael Cox filed a motion on Monday to get that order. But the slow pace of this process has already provoked widespread frustration in the community. “If Andrew Brown would have done something illegal or incriminating, I guarantee you that video would be all over CNN and every other news station,” the family’s attorney, Ben Crump, said Monday night on CNN.