NC da says death was regrettable but justified. Tried to run over cop.

[powderman]

   
NC da says death was regrettable but justified. Tried to run over cop.
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https://www.foxnews.com/us/north-carolina-da-andrew-brown-jr-death-justified

North Carolina DA: Andrew Brown Jr.'s death 'tragic' but 'justified'
DA says no officers will be charged in connection to Brown Jr.'s death
Danielle WallaceBy Danielle Wallace | Fox News

Andrew Brown Jr. shooting was ‘tragic, but justified,’ DA says
North Carolina District Attorney Andrew Womble said at a press conference on Tuesday that the deputy-involved shooting of Andrew Brown Jr. "while tragic, was justified" – and no law enforcement officers will be criminally charged in the case.

Womble, the elected district attorney for Judicial District 1, which covers seven counties of the northeastern part of the state, said that Brown was shot at by three Pasquotank deputies, whose actions were "justified because Brown’s actions caused deputies to reasonably believe it necessary to use force to protect themselves and others."

Womble began playing four body camera videos during the press conference.

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Brown ignored deputies' commands to stop and began to drive his car directly at one of the officers, Womble told a news conference. He said the first shot fired at Brown’s car went through the front windshield, not the back as was previously reported.

Womble said that Brown used his vehicle to commit assault with a deadly weapon.

Deputies attempting to serve drug-related search and arrest warrants shot and killed Brown outside his Elizabeth City home on April 21.

An independent autopsy released by the family found that Brown was hit by bullets five times, including once in the back of the head. Lawyers for Brown's family who watched body camera footage say that it shows Brown was not armed and that he didn't drive toward deputies or pose a threat to them. Womble has previously disagreed in court, saying that Brown struck deputies twice with his car before any shots were fired.

The shooting sparked protests over multiple weeks by demonstrators calling for the public release of body camera footage. While authorities have shown footage to Brown's family, a judge refused delayed the public release of the video by at least 30 days to allow for the probe by North Carolina's State Bureau of Investigation to move forward. 

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Separately, the FBI has launched a civil rights probe of the shooting.

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The Associated Press contributed to this report.

[Dee]

Let the rioting begin!

[Mule 11]

When have they stopped? I don’t get a antifa/ blm update. I better resubscribe...

[ironglows]

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  Looked to me like he drove directly at one policeman at least.  There was no need to make a "race case" over it, since I believe anyone of any 'race' would have faced the same peril, had they done the same.

  Please folks, teach your children from kids up..the meaning of the word "comply".  Had his parents taught him that, chances are he would be alive and among them today !

[ulav8r]

A few months back my wife watched a confrontation on our street.  An officer ordered a woman to raise her hands several times before she complied.  It took at least 2 minutes before she finally raised her hands.  Then he had her turn away from him and then raise her shirt tail so he could check her waistband.  I think a second officer was there by that time.  They cuffed her and then hauled her down the street.  I think they released her at home.  This was all brought on by a loud argument between her and another neighbor.  It could have ended much worse if she had been more argumentative and failed to comply to several requests to raise her hands.