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Protests in North Carolina After DA Says Officers Who Killed Andrew Brown Jr. Were “Justified”

HeadlineMay 19, 2021

In North Carolina, protesters took to the streets of Elizabeth City after the Pasquotank County district attorney said the deputies who shot and killed Andrew Brown Jr., a Black man, were justified in their actions and that Brown endangered them by “recklessly” driving in their direction. DA Andrew Womble said the men will not face charges and will be reinstated. The prosecutor showed for the first time a portion of the bodycam video to the press, but advocates say it was cherry-picked, and calls are mounting to release all bodycam tape. Video seen by Brown’s family show he did not drive toward deputies, and an autopsy confirmed Brown was killed by a shot to the back of his head. We’ll have more on this story later in the broadcast with Bakari Sellers, attorney for the family.

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