During a press conference on Monday, a lawyer who is representing the Brown family described the killing of Andrew Brown in Elizabeth City, North Carolina, as “an execution” after seeing the bodycam footage released by authorities.
Attorney Chantel Cherry-Lassiter explained that Pasquotank County attorneys had limited the video the family was able to see to 20 seconds.
“This was an execution,” attorney Chantel Cherry-Lassiter said after explaining that explained that Pasquotank County attorneys had limited the video the family was able to see to 20 seconds.
“Andrew Brown was in his driveway, the sheriff truck blocked him in his driveway so he could not exit his driveway. Andrew had his hands on his steering wheel. He was not reaching for anything. He wasn’t touching anything.”
“They run up to his vehicle shooting,” she explained. “He still sat there in his vehicle with his hands on the steering wheel while being shot at.”
Cherry-Lassiter explained that Brown was “trying to evade being shot” when he backed away from the officers.
“Stop it, motherfucker!” she recalled one of the officer’s yelling.
The attorney said that she lost count of the number of rounds officers fired with handguns and assault weapons during the 20 second clip.
It was not immediately clear when the body camera footage would be released to the public, or whether the entire video would be ever released.
Andrew Brown, Jr., a 42-year old unarmed Black man shot to death by police in Elizabeth City, North Carolina, died from a “penetrating gunshot wound of the head,” according to his death certificate, CNN reports. Brown was killed by police one day after a jury handed down a guilty verdict in the police killing of George Floyd.
A copy of Andrew Brown’s death certificate obtained by CNN says Brown died as a result of a “penetrating gunshot wound of the head” and died within “minutes” of being shot.
The certificate goes on to categorize Brown’s death as a homicide. pic.twitter.com/wvZ45tVICJ
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