Attorney's for the family of Andrew Brown Jr., Harry Daniel, center, Chantel Cherry-Lassiter, right, ... [+] and Wayne Kendall, left, make comments after a judge denied requests to release body camera video in the fatal shooting of Brown, in Elizabeth City, N.C., Wednesday, April 28, 2021. (AP Photo/Steve Helber) ASSOCIATED PRESSKey FactsAttorneys representing Brown’s family announced the federal lawsuit—which names several sheriff’s deputies involved in the police raid as well as Pasquotank County Sheriff Tommy Wooten—at a Wednesday press conference in Elizabeth City, North Carolina. Key BackgroundThe three sheriff’s deputies who shot Brown were cleared of wrongdoing in May by District Attorney Andrew Womble. Brown’s family, meanwhile, has repeatedly said that based on the body camera footage they were privately shown, it did not appear that Brown posed a threat to the officers. Further Reading“Deputies Won’t Be Charged For Fatally Shooting Andrew Brown Jr., DA Announces” (Forbes)

Source: Forbes July 14, 2021 17:13 UTC