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Eugene

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Tue May 18, 2021, 12:26 PM May 2021

A Black council member protested Andrew Brown Jr. shooting. Police urinated on his property to retal

Source: Washington Post

A Black council member protested Andrew Brown Jr. shooting. Police urinated on his property to retaliate, he says.

By Andrea Salcedo
May 18, 2021 at 6:50 a.m. EDT

Last month, Elizabeth City, N.C., council member Gabriel Adkins held back tears as he delivered a speech to his colleagues hours after police fatally shot Andrew Brown Jr., saying that he feared he might be next.

“As a Black man sitting here tonight, I’m afraid. I’m afraid that I may be the next one, you know,” Adkins said, alluding to Brown, a 42-year-old Black man whose attorneys have said was unarmed when police shot him outside his home.

Now, after joining protesters demanding that video of the shooting be released, he claims police are targeting him. Twice last week, Adkins said, surveillance video at a funeral home he owns showed a police officer in uniform urinating on his property.

“I’m completely furious that any member of the sheriff department would think these acts are acceptable,” Adkins told The Washington Post in an email. “This is a funeral home. A place where we house family’s loved ones. I have lost all trust and respect for our sheriff department.”

Adkins posted a video of the incident on Facebook. The news was first reported by the Raleigh News & Observer.

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Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/05/18/gabriel-adkins-police-urinating-property/
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A Black council member protested Andrew Brown Jr. shooting. Police urinated on his property to retal (Original Post) Eugene May 2021 OP
ACAB. WhiskeyGrinder May 2021 #1
I'll add FTB cyndensco May 2021 #4
Video: dalton99a May 2021 #2
I'm out of words. stillcool May 2021 #3
Public Urination is a nykym May 2021 #5
and subject to the sex offender registry. aeromanKC May 2021 #6
What I came to say! n/t intheflow May 2021 #8
Shut down that Sheriffs department until the those that did it confess and multigraincracker May 2021 #7

multigraincracker

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7. Shut down that Sheriffs department until the those that did it confess and
Tue May 18, 2021, 01:06 PM
May 2021

stop all pay checks until then.

HOW to get results.

The blue line gets crossed when you bring in pay checks.

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