PUBLISHED 1:45 PM ET May. 13, 2021 PUBLISHED 1:45 PM EDT May. 13, 2021
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ELIZABETH CITY, N.C. Reverend Javan Leach is pastor at Mt. Lebanon AME Zion Church. He’s been preaching for 13 years.
His church is located about a mile from where Andrew Brown Jr. was killed on April 21.
During the city’s unrest, Leach has been focused on listening to the community. He says he has marched with protesters to listen to their message.
“Most of the people in our community are just numb… because this is a within itself, and it’s all over and it’s resurfaced,” said Leach when speaking about colorism.
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The 42-year-old father was killed on April 21.
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The family of Andrew Brown Jr., who was fatally shot in his car by sheriff’s deputies in Elizabeth City, North Carolina, have finally seen the footage of the killing. They are calling Brown’s death unequivocally unjustified.
Although the footage will not be released to the public, according to USA Today, the body cam footage was shown to the family by the Pasquotank County Sheriff s Office after a court order.
Bakari Sellers, one of the family s attorneys, said during a press conference after viewing the footage, “What we saw on that video was an unjustified killing. What we saw on that video is something that we believe also denotes further investigation and does have some criminal liability.
The family of Andrew Brown Jr., a Black man who was killed by deputies in North Carolina, was shown additional footage of the shooting that they say proves the killing was unjustified.
Andrew Brown's family and attorneys viewed new bodycam footage of the fatal shooting. They state that Mr. Brown did not pose any threat to the law enforcement officers and did not have any contact
Attorneys demand recusal of Elizabeth City district attorney in Andrew Brown Jr. case
The attorneys cited District Attorney Andrew Womble s close relationships with Pasquotank County deputies as the reason he should recuse himself from the case. Author: 13News Now Staff Updated: 5:23 PM EDT May 10, 2021
ELIZABETH CITY, N.C. Civil rights activists and attorneys are urging the Elizabeth City district attorney to recuse himself from the Andrew Brown Jr. case because of close ties he has with the Pasquotank County Sheriff s Office.
Ben Crump, Bakari Sellers and Harry Daniels sent a letter to District Attorney Andrew Womble detailing this request.
All three attorneys have been closely following this case and have been in Elizabeth City to support Brown s family and speak to the greater community.