North Carolina judge refuses to release body-cam footage of police killing of Andrew Brown Jr.
North Carolina judge Jeff Foster refused Wednesday to release the body-camera footage of the police killing of Andrew Brown Jr., agreeing with prosecutors to delay making the footage public for at least 30 days. The only release scheduled was to the family and one lawyer in 10 days under the condition that they do not release it to the public.
The lawyer for the police argued that the shooting was justified, and the argument, accepted by the judge, was that he did not want body-camera footage shown until a possible trial of the officers who killed Brown. Seven officers involved in the shooting have been placed on leave, but no criminal charges have yet been brought against them.
The FBI is opening a civil rights investigation into the death of Andrew Brown Jr.
The announcement on Tuesday came after his family claimed that when the dad was shot dead by deputies, his hands were on his steering wheel.
“The FBI Charlotte Field Office has opened a federal civil rights investigation into the police-involved shooting death of Andrew Brown Jr.,” an FBI spokesman said.
“Agents will work closely with the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of North Carolina and the Civil Rights Division at the Department of Justice to determine whether federal laws were violated.”
Andrew Brown shooting: Three sheriff’s deputies who opened fire have been identified Graig Graziosi
The three deputies who shot and killed Andrew Brown in North Carolina have been identified.
The Pasquotank County Sheriff s Office named Investigator Daniel Meads, Deputy Sheriff II Robert Morgan, and Corp. Aaron Lewellyn as the deputies who fired their weapons while trying to execute a search warrant at Mr Brown s home in Elizabeth City.
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Since the shooting, three deputies have left the sheriff s office and seven others were placed on administrative leave.
for WUNC A protestor in Elizabeth City on April 27, 2021 holds a sign with a hashtag in reference to the family of Andrew Brown being given only 20 seconds of footage.
A North Carolina sheriff said Thursday that he has put four deputies involved in the case of a Black man who was fatally shot last week back on active duty after a review of body camera video showed they did not fire their weapons.
Pasquotank County Sheriff Tommy Wooten announced in a news release that he has restored to duty four out of the seven deputies who were placed on administrative leave after the shooting death of Andrew Brown Jr.
Attorneys for the family of Andrew Brown Jr. speak after a judge denied their request to immediately release body cam videos to the public of the fatal shooting of Brown in Elizabeth City, N.C. Image: Steve Helber/AP
A North Carolina sheriff has identified the seven deputies who were on the scene of last week s fatal shooting of Andrew Brown Jr. and subsequently placed on administrative leave – four of whom have been cleared to return to duty.
Deputies shot and killed Brown, a 42-year-old Black man, while carrying out search and arrest warrants at his home on Wednesday in Elizabeth City, N.C. The Pasquotank County Sheriff s Office said that Sheriff Tommy Wooten was releasing the names of the deputies on the scene as part of his promise of transparency and accountability.