BODY
BODY CAM.
BODY CAM. TWENTY SECONDS IN EXECUTION >> BREAKING NEWS OUT OF PASQUOTANK
COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA. THE
FAMILY OF ANDREW BROWN JUNIOR
HAS SEEN SOME BODY CAM FOOTAGE
OF HIS DEATH AND THEY ARE
CALLING IT AN EXECUTION. THIS
IS 13 NEWSNOW AT 5 THIRTY . I'M
NICOLE LIVAS ATTORNEY SAY THE
FOOTAGE THE FAMILY SAW WAS ONLY
TWENTY SECONDS LONG AND SOME
OFFICERS FACES WERE BLURRED.
THIS COMES AFTER THEY WAITED
HOURS TO SEE THAT FOOTAGE
ORIGINALLY THEY WERE TOLD TO
COME TO THE PASQUOTANK COUNTY
SHERIFF'S OFFICE AT 11
THIRTY THIS MORNING THE DOORS
WERE LOCKED AND THEN THEY WERE
TOLD TO COME BACK AT 1
THIRTY THIS AFTERNOON. TONIGHT
THE FAMILY IS DEMANDING THE
FULL RAW VIDEO AND THEY WANT IT
RELEASED TO THE PUBLIC
SHERIFF'S DEPUTY SHOT AND
KILLED BROWN ON WEDNESDAY WHEN
THEY TRIED TO SERVE WARRANTS
RELATED TO FELONY DRUG CHARGES.
HE WAS SHOT INSIDE HIS CAR AND
AFTER WATCHING THE VIDEO,
BROWNS FAMILY SAYS HIS HANDS
WERE ON HIS STEERING WHEEL WHEN
DEPUTIES STARTED SHOOTING AND
THEY SAY HE WASN'T THREATENING
THE DEPUTIES. THEY ALSO SAY THE
DEPUTIES KEPT SHOOTING WHEN
BROWN'S >>
CAR CRASHED. MY DAD >>
GOT EXECUTED JUST BY TRYING TO
SAVE HIS OWN LIFE. YOU KNOW, HE
WAS NOT IN THE OFFICE, WAS NOT
IN NO HARM OF HIM AT ALL >>
.BROWN'S FAMILY SAYS THEY WERE
TOLD BY INVESTIGATORS THERE
WERE NO DRUGS OR WEAPONS AT THE
SCENE AS BROWN'S FAMILY VIEWED
THE FOOTAGE, PEOPLE GATHERED
OUTSIDE FOR THE SIXTH DAY
OF PROTEST. THEY ARE DEMANDING
ANSWERS. DANA SMITH SPOKE WITH
DEMONSTRATORS WHO KNEW BROWN.
SHE'S LIVE IN ELIZABETH CITY
NOW. DANA, HOW IS THE MOOD
RIGHT NOW? YEAH, GOOD AFTERNOON
.ELIZABETH CITY IS UNDER A
STATE OF EMERGENCY RIGHT NOW
AND THE CROWD IS PEACEFUL BUT
FIRM. EVERYONE HERE WANTS TO
SEE THE BODY CAMERA VIDEO
SHOWING THE KILLING OF ANDREW
BROWN. YOU CAN SEE DOZENS
OF PEOPLE ARE GATHERED IN FRONT
OF THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE. THIS
IS GOING TO BECOME A MARCH
ACCORDING TO DEMONSTRATORS WHO
ARE OUT HERE RIGHT NOW. THEY
SAY IT'S ALL ABOUT JUSTICE.
DEMONSTRATORS >>
IN ELIZABETH CITY WANT 1 THING
.I WANT JUSTICE FOR ANDREW
BROWN, JUSTICE FOR ANDREW BROWN
AND ANSWERS ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED
THE MORNING SHERIFF'S DEPUTIES
SHOT AND KILLED HIM FOR THE
SIXTH DAY IN A ROW.
DEMONSTRATORS ARE TAKING A
STAND >>
AND WE NEED TO SEE AN ARREST.
YOU KNOW IT'S GOING TO BE THE
NEXT THING I THEY RELEASED THIS
VIDEO FOOTAGE. WE NEED TO KNOW
WHO WAS INVOLVED. WE NEED TO
KNOW THAT THEY ARE TAKING, YOU
KNOW, ACTION AND BRING IN
WHOEVER IT WAS, YOU KNOW, HELD
ACCOUNTABLE. ELIZABETH CITY
COUNCILMAN GABRIEL ADKINS WAS
AMONG THE DOZENS OF PROTESTERS
WHO SAY THEY'VE KNOWN BROWN FOR
YEARS. IT ALMOST FEELS LIKE >>
A CLOSE FAMILY MEMBER THAT THIS
HAS HAPPENED TO >>
EVERYONE FEELING A WIDE RANGE
OF EMOTIONS, A SENSE OF SHOCK
THAT SOMETHING LIKE THIS
HAPPENED IN THEIR COMMUNITY AND
OUTRAGE THAT SOMEONE WAS KILLED
.YOU SEE >>
THIS ALL AROUND THE WORLD AND
FIGHTENING HAPPEN HERE IN OUR
LITTLE CITY AND TO SOMEBODY WHO
YOU REALLY KNOW REALLY NO MAN,
IT'S IT'S UNBELIEVABLE MAN.
IT'S IT'S JUST CRAZY. >>
THERE'S ALSO HEARTBREAK THAT IT
WAS SOMEONE THEY KNEW AND LOVED
CHRIS BECAUSE SOMETHING I JUST
TALKED TO HIM THAT MORNING. >>
DEMONSTRATORS SAY IT'S ABOUT
JUSTICE AND ACCOUNTIBILITY GO
TO FIND OUT WHAT HAPPENED
BECAUSE I'VE BEEN WITH HIM ALL
HIS LIFE SO THIS DOESN'T HAPPEN
AGAIN. >>
ACCOUNTIBILITY IS WE ALL BEEN
TALKING ABOUT AND NOW IT'S TIME
FOR THE ACCOUNTIBILITY TO TAKE
PLACE >>
ULTIMATELY DEMONSTRATOR'S SAY
THEY JUST WANT THEIR VOICES TO
BE HEARD AND THEY WANT THAT
BODY CAMERA VIDEO TO BE
RELEASED PUBLICLY. I'M LIVE IN
ELIZABETH CITY. DANA SMITH
THIRTY NEWSNOW AN ATTORNEY FOR
THE FAMILY SAID BROWN WAS
UNARMED AND FLEEING LAW
ENFORCEMENT WHEN THEY SHOT HIM
ALL ELIZABETH ECITY PASQUOTANK
PUBLIC SCHOOLS ARE FULLY
VIRTUAL UNTIL FRIDAY THE 30TH.
THE SAME GOES FOR ELIZABETH
CITY STATE UNIVERSITY. ALL
RESIDENTS POLLS WILL CLOSE AT
NOON TOMORROW AND STUDENTS ARE
URGED TO LEAVE AS SOON AS
POSSIBLE AND PACK AS IF THEY
ARE NOT COMING BACK. FRIDAY IS
THE LAST DAY OF CLASSES THERE
AND GRADUATION IS ON MAY 8TH.
WE ARE GOING TO STAY ON TOP
OF THE STORY SO TRUST US TO
BRING YOU UPDATES AS THEY COME
IN. WE'LL KEEP FOLLOWING ALL
OF THE REQUESTS FOR