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Prosecutor says deputies justified in shooting of Black man Poll Yes Attorney Harry Daniels speaks during a press conference outside the Pasqoutank County Public Safety building in Elizabeth City, N.C., Tuesday, May 11, 2021, after family of Andrew Brown Jr. viewed about 20 minutes of video from the police shooting death of Brown in April. Family attorneys said the longer, redacted video showed Brown did nothing to threaten or provoke deputies and his hands were visible when they approached his car. (Travis Long/The News & Observer via AP) ELIZABETH CITY, N.C. (AP) – North Carolina sherif...

During his news conference, Womble said a deputy who tried to open Brown‘s car door wound up partly on the hood as Brown backed up, and the deputy found himself directly in the car’s path moments later when Brown drove forward. Womble said the deputy had to push off the car with his hand to narrowly avoid being run over, and at least one of the other deputies was also endangered as the group tried to take Brown into custody on drug-related warrants.  “I find that the facts of this case clearly illustrate the officers who used deadly force on Andrew Brown Jr. did so reasonably and only ...

The Associated Press Created: May 18, 2021 08:10 AM North Carolina sheriff’s deputies were justified in their fatal shooting of a Black man in April because the man ignored their commands and drove his car directly at one of them before they fired any shots, a prosecutor said Tuesday. Andrew Brown Jr.'s actions caused deputies to believe it was necessary to use deadly force, District Attorney Andrew Womble told a news conference. He said he would not be filing criminal charges against any of the deputies, who were trying to take Brown into custody while serving drug-rel...

Court documents obtained by DailyMail.com reveal Andrew Brown Jr. was hit with more than 100 charges over the course of 30 years, ranging from misdemeanors to six felony drug convictions.

'What we saw was a massacre by a firing squad': Bodycam footage shows Andrew Brown Jr. did NOT drive into cops who shot him dead, lawyers for his family say after they were allowed to watch 18 more minutes of the two-hour video Attorney Chance Lynch said Tuesday the footage shows Brown was sitting in his stationary car with his hands on the wheel when officers first opened fire on him He said Brown actually did 'the opposite' of driving at the officers, reversing and turning his car to go 'the opposite direction' after the cops opened fire Lawyers described Brown's death as a 'massacre by a f...