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An attorney for Andrew Brown Jr.'s family is disputing a North Carolina prosecutor's contention that Brown used his vehicle as a deadly weapon against deputies who fatally shot him.
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WFAE's "All Things Considered" host Gwendolyn Glenn talks with WUNC reporter Will Michaels about the news conference of Pasquotank County District Attorney Andrew Womble, where he announced deputies' fatal shooting of Andrew Brown Jr. in Elizabeth City was deemed justified.
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Brown was shot and killed in his car by Pasquotank County, N.C., sheriff's deputies as they arrived to carry out warrants last month. His family called his death an "execution."
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District Attorney Andrew Womble said Andrew Brown Jr.'s actions caused deputies to believe it was necessary to use deadly force. Brown ignored deputies' commands to stop and began to drive his car directly at one of the officers, Womble told a news conference.
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Lawyers for relatives of Andrew Brown Jr., a Black man fatally shot by deputies, said Tuesday that body camera videos show that he didn’t strike them with his car before they opened fire, contradicting a local prosecutor.
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The family of Andrew Brown Jr., who was fatally shot by sheriff’s deputies in Elizabeth City, is expected to view more than 18 minutes of body camera video of the incident.
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When people die at the hands of law enforcement or while in custody in North Carolina, local officials often ask the State Bureau of Investigation to investigate. What happens next?
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The family of Andrew Brown Jr., who was fatally shot in his car by sheriff’s deputies in Elizabeth City, will only be shown a fraction of body camera footage recorded at the scene and could wait days longer to view it, under a judge’s written ruling.
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Brown, a 42-year-old Black man, was shot dead by sheriff's deputies as they arrived to carry out search and arrest warrants last month. The Rev. Al Sharpton delivered his eulogy.
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As the investigation into his death continues, Andrew Brown Jr. will be remembered with a funeral in Elizabeth City, N.C., on Monday. He was fatally shot by sheriff's deputies on April 21.