Andrew Brown Jr.‘s family members viewed body and dash camera footage of his death last Tuesday, which they said proved police were unjustified in shooting him.
Brown was fatally shot April 21 when Pasquotank County deputies in Elizabeth City, North Carolina, were trying to execute a warrant.
Chance Lynch, one of the Brown family attorneys, said he and the family were able to watch six videos. The first video was a dash camera video with no sound, and the last five were all body camera footage.
“We were able to see some critical footage that yields some truth and transparency to what we thought we would see from the beginning,” Lynch said during a news conference last Tuesday.
Pasquotank County Chief Deputy Daniel Fogg said last Tuesday the video showed the attempt to serve an arrest warrant against Brown, as well as officers attempts to provide Brown medical care after the shooting.
“It was my hope that we will be able to release the video publicly so everyone could see for themselves what happened,” Pasquotank County Sheriff Tommy Wooten added. “We respect the court’s decision and took an oath to abide by north Carolina law and we’ve done just that.”
The family and attorney’s viewing of the video came after Judge Jeff Foster issued a written order allowing for Brown’s family and one of their legal representatives to view the videos — but they will not be allowed to receive copies or make recordings.
Lynch said he saw Brown sitting in his vehicle when officers arrived and started yelling different things at Brown like “show your hands” or “get out.”
“At all times his hands were visible, you could see he was not a threat,” Lynch said. “It was so much yelling, we could barely understand what was happening.”
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