Elizabeth City State University opening previously empty dorms to visiting officers
ECSU sent students home a few days ago. The university said these law enforcement officers are not staying in rooms that were occupied by students. Author: 13News Now Staff Updated: 9:58 PM EDT April 28, 2021
ELIZABETH CITY, N.C. Elizabeth City State University said Wednesday night that the institution would be housing some law enforcement officers who were in town from other areas.
These officers are supporting the Elizabeth City Police Department and Pasquotank County Sheriff s Office in the wake of Andrew Brown, Jr. s death.
Brown was shot and killed by a deputy last week, while the office was trying to serve a search warrant. Community members have been peacefully protesting since the day he died, April 21, for the release of body camera footage of the incident.
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In North Carolina, a Familiar Pattern After the Police Killing of Andrew Brown, Jr. April 27, 20218:01 PM
Benjamin Crump, one of the lawyers representing the family of Andrew Brown Jr., points to an autopsy chart that his team conducted showing where Mr. Brown was shot on April 27, 2021 in Elizabeth City, North Carolina.
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On Monday, city officials in Elizabeth City, North Carolina announced that they would be declaring a state of emergency ahead of the potential release of body cam footage of last week’s police killing of Andrew Brown, Jr., an unarmed 42-year-old Black man. Law enforcement and elected officials in Elizabeth City are following a familiar playbook for police departments that face calls for reform following high-profile killings of unarmed civilians, who are often Black: close ranks, delay information, and then, when the release of damaging information is imminent, preemptively attempt to shut down community protests.
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ELIZABETH CITY, N.C. – North Carolina sheriff s deputies shot a Black man five times, including a fatal shot to the back of his head, according to an independent autopsy commissioned by the man s family.
Andrew Brown Jr. was shot four times in his right arm and once in the head as deputies in Pasquotank County were serving a warrant last week, Wayne Kendall, an attorney for Brown s family, said at a news conference Tuesday.
The FBI said Tuesday that it was launching a federal civil rights investigation into the case. Brown s family and their legal team responded with a statement that said: