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Perched on a ladder, Ulysses “Bones” Edwards reached for another can of spray paint, adding a few deft strokes to the mural of Andrew Brown Jr that was slowly starting to take shape on the side of the house where Brown lived in Elizabeth City, North Carolina, a stone’s throw from where he was killed by law enforcement last week. A crowd of marchers passed Edwards as he worked on Thursday. Dozens also gathered over the weekend, ahead of Brown’s.
Andrew Brown killing: protesters say police will âpush town into riot modeâ
Community and advocates in Elizabeth City, North Carolina, say police escalating peaceful protests and âtrying to antagonize cityâ
A protester faces police in riot gear as they force people off a street in Elizabeth City, North Carolina, on 28 April 2021. Photograph: Joe Raedle/Getty Images
A protester faces police in riot gear as they force people off a street in Elizabeth City, North Carolina, on 28 April 2021. Photograph: Joe Raedle/Getty Images
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Perched on a ladder, Ulysses âBonesâ Edwards reached for another can of spray paint, adding a few deft strokes to the mural of Andrew Brown Jr that was slowly starting to take shape on the side of the house where Brown lived in Elizabeth City, North Carolina, a stoneâs throw from where he was killed by law enforcement last week.
Andrew Brown Jr. shooting exposes disconnect between majority rural White county and its mostly Black city
For more than a week, protesters have marched in the streets of a small, quaint, North Carolina city that has been rocked by the police killing of Andrew Brown Jr.
Civil rights leaders and attorneys have converged on Elizabeth City demanding answers and justice after Pasquotank County Sheriff’s Office deputies fatally shot Brown and the department said it could not release body camera footage to the public for legal reasons.
A North Carolina judge also denied requests to publicly release the video from four police body cameras. Brown’s family was shown a short snippet of the footage of the shooting on Monday that a family attorney described as an “execution.” The family was granted a petition to review additional video in the coming days.
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