UPS driver sprints across busy street to rescue a young boy pinned under a heavy package By: CNN
By David Williams, CNN (CNN) Max Pratt likes to help his mom and dad by bringing in the packages delivered to their Oak Park, Illinois, home.
It s kind of his thing.
But the 4-year-old bit off more than he could chew last week when their UPS driver dropped off a new hammock on the family s front porch.
His mom, Traci Pratt, told CNN that she was just up the stairs with Max s 2-year-old sister on Saturday when she heard the boy yell for help as he was pinned under the large box.
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Demonstrators outside City Hall as they await members of the city council who held an emergency meeting in regards to the death of Andrew Brown Jr. Photo / AP
Demonstrators outside City Hall as they await members of the city council who held an emergency meeting in regards to the death of Andrew Brown Jr. Photo / AP
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Seven North Carolina deputies have been placed on leave in the aftermath of a Black man being shot and killed by members of their department serving drug-related search and arrest warrants.
Andrew Brown Jr.’s family met with the sheriff, but were not shown bodycam footage of his death
The family of Andrew Brown Jr. said they met with the sheriff of Elizabeth City, North Carolina, on Friday but were not shown the body camera footage of his death that many in the community have demanded.
Brown, who was Black, was shot and killed Wednesday morning by Elizabeth City deputies when they attempted to serve him with an arrest warrant, the Pasquotank County Sheriff’s Office said.
The shooting occurred as protests are held across the nation over the deaths of Black people at the hands of law enforcement officers.
Ben Crump and
Harry Daniels in representing the family of Andrew Brown Jr., a 42-year-old Black man who was shot and killed by Pasquotank County deputies on April 21.
It has been alleged that deputies shot Brown in the back as he drove away from them while they were attempting to execute a search warrant. Few details and no bodycam footage have been released by police. Seven Pasquotank County sheriff’s deputies have been put on leave following Brown’s death.
Attorney Crump has issued the following statement:
“Local authorities continue to say they’ll act transparently, but we’ve seen anything but since the tragic killing of Andrew Brown Jr. We don’t have the names of the officers, we don’t have bodycam footage, and we don’t know what transpired except what is being reported by witnesses. This family and the Elizabeth City community deserve answers now. While there may be a light at the end of the tunnel with one pandemic, another one continues to rage within th