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The Andrew Brown Jr. shooting upended a small North Carolina city where officials say they re dealing with racism, threats, and vandalism
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Protesters march along the streets to protest the shooting of Andrew Brown Jr. in Elizabeth City, N.C., Wednesday, April 28, 2021. AP Photo/Steve Helber
The police shooting of Andrew Brown Jr. inflamed tensions between local leaders in North Carolina.
Elizabeth City officials said they ve dealt with racist insults, threats, and vandalism recently.
They called on Pasquotank County officials to be more transparent about Brown s death.
In the four weeks since sheriff s deputies shot and killed Andrew Brown Jr., a small North Carolina community of 18,000 residents - more than half of them Black - has come under national scrutiny. ....

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