After police kill a Black man in North Carolina, a community calls for authorities to release the body-cam footage
A Black man was fatally shot by a sheriff’s deputy in Elizabeth City, N.C., as police were attempting to arrest him Wednesday, authorities said, sparking more protests as a community is demanding answers on a police death with few details.
The Pasquotank County Sheriff’s Office is being pressed to release the body-cam footage of the police encounter that killed Andrew Brown Jr., 42, after declining to share much information about the events that resulted in the shooting. Harry Daniels, an attorney for the victim’s family, told The Washington Post that Brown — whose death triggered peaceful demonstrations of hundreds over two nights — was unarmed at the time of shooting.
“From what we have gathered and learned, it was a very disturbing, unjustified shooting,” Daniels said.
Pasquotank County Sheriff Tommy Wooten said in a video statement that the deputy fired at Brown when he started to flee as authorities tried to serve him a warrant on felony drug charges. All of the deputies at the scene, who have yet to be named, have been placed on administrative leave “until we know all the facts,” Wooten said.
“What I will say is that if evidence shows that any of my deputies violate the law or policies, they will be held accountable,” Wooten said.
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