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Updated: 4:30 PM EDT May 3, 2021 The Associated Press The Rev. Al Sharpton issued a powerful call for transparency and the release of body camera footage at the funeral Monday for Andrew Brown Jr., a Black man shot and killed by deputies in North Carolina, with the civil rights leader likening withholding the video to a “con” job done on the public.“I know a con game when I see it. Release the whole tape and let the folks see what happened to Andrew Brown,” Sharpton told mourners in a scorching eulogy at the invitation-only service at a church in Elizabeth City...

Families of George Floyd, Eric Garner and Daunte Wright attend funeral for Andrew Brown Jr as Al Sharpton slams 'con game' North Carolina cops for refusing to release bodycam footage of the shooting 'I know a con game when I see it. Release the whole tape and let the folks see what happened to Andrew Brown,' Sharpton told mourners in a eulogy at the invitation-only service at a church in Elizabeth City A judge ruled last week that the video would not be released for another month pending a state investigation into the April 21 shooting of Brown by deputies attempting to serve drug-related sea...

A judge ruled last week that the video would not be made public for at least a month to avoid interference with a pending state investigation into the April 21 shooting of Brown, 42, by deputies attempting to serve drug-related search and arrest warrants. An independent autopsy commissioned by his family said Brown was shot five times, including once in the back of the head. Family members who were privately shown a portion of the body camera video say Brown was trying to drive away when he was shot. The shooting sparked days of protests in the city in rural northeastern North Carolina.

37 arrested during probation, warrant sweep Staff report SCIOTO — Scioto County Sheriff David Thoroughman and Portsmouth Police Chief Debby Brewer announced Tuesday a two-day “Multi-Agency Probation / Warrant Operation” was conducted Monday and Tuesday, March 1 and 2. Sheriff David Thoroughman and Chief Debby Brewer advised that this is the first of many to come. “If we are to have safer/stronger communities, we have to have strong partnerships with our local, state and federal law enforcement agencies,” the agencies said in a release. “This holds true for the other governmental a...