caring and thinking people should be deeply troubled by the events surrounding the killing of Andrew Brown, Jr. by Pasquotank County sheriff's deputies
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North Carolina prosecutor says police were justified in fatally shooting Andrew Brown
Reuters | May 18, 2021 02:39 PM EDT
Reverend Al Sharpton delivers the eulogy at the funeral for Andrew Brown Jr. in Elizabeth City, North Carolina, U.S (Photo : REUTERS/Jonathan Drake)
A North Carolina prosecutor said on Tuesday he would not bring criminal charges against sheriff s deputies for the fatal shooting of Andrew Brown, a Black man, outside his home last month, saying the killing was justified because he endangered their lives by driving toward them.
Pasquotank County District Attorney Andrew Womble said he had concluded his investigation and found no wrongdoing by the deputies, despite calls for prosecution by lawyers for Brown s family, who described his death as an execution.
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A North Carolina prosecutor said on Tuesday he would not bring criminal charges against sheriff s deputies for the fatal shooting of Andrew Brown, a black man, outside his home last month, saying the killing was justified because he endangered their lives by driving towards them.
Pasquotank County District Attorney Andrew Womble said he had concluded his investigation and found no wrongdoing by the deputies, despite calls for prosecution by lawyers for Brown s family, who described his death as an execution.
Brown, 42, was shot as he resisted arrest and tried to speed off in his car during the morning raid at his home on April 21 in Elizabeth City, a riverfront community where just over half of the roughly 18,000 residents are black.