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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(107,646 posts)
Mon Apr 26, 2021, 08:53 PM Apr 2021

Andrew Brown Jr.'s family says police 'executed' him, then only showed a 20-second video clip from

Source: USA Today

body-cam

Lawyers and a family member for Andrew Brown Jr. repeatedly referred to his death in North Carolina as an “execution’’ Monday while complaining they were only allowed to watch 20 seconds of body-camera video of his fatal encounter with law enforcement.

The mayor of Elizabeth City, the site of protests following the latest high-profile killing of a Black man by police, declared a state of emergency that will extend at least into Tuesday. The emergency status will continue “until deemed no longer necessary to protect our citizens,” the declaration stated.

Authorities worked to redact the footage before allowing the family and lawyers to view it.

“We do not feel that we got transparency,'' Benjamin Crump, one of the lawyers representing the family, said at a new conference. "We only saw a snippet of the video. ... And they determined what was pertinent. Why couldn’t the family see all of the video? They only showed one body-cam video, even though we know there were several.’’

Read more: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/andrew-brown-jrs-family-says-police-executed-him-then-only-showed-a-20-second-video-clip-from-body-cam/ar-BB1g4ihF?li=BBnb7Kz

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Andrew Brown Jr.'s family says police 'executed' him, then only showed a 20-second video clip from (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Apr 2021 OP
"...Protect our citizens". Hmmm captain queeg Apr 2021 #1
Yeah, what's up with that odd kinda "protection"? abqtommy Apr 2021 #3
Why not release the entire clip? cstanleytech Apr 2021 #2
Because it'll prove he was executed....... KS Toronado Apr 2021 #4
police corruption. Thats why. Its a cover up now. ZonkerHarris Apr 2021 #5
Redacted video. Hmmmm. Not dodgy at all. BobTheSubgenius Apr 2021 #6
This is such utter 🐂💩! ShazzieB Apr 2021 #7
That's a crappy headline, it seems to imply the family only showed 20 seconds of the video. n/t FSogol Apr 2021 #8

KS Toronado

(17,121 posts)
4. Because it'll prove he was executed.......
Mon Apr 26, 2021, 11:26 PM
Apr 2021

Damn a@@holes should know they'll never get away with it. I see the mayor & other city officials
never winning election again.

ShazzieB

(16,224 posts)
7. This is such utter 🐂💩!
Tue Apr 27, 2021, 01:54 AM
Apr 2021

They need to be forced to release every second of the footage from every single one of those body cams asap.
You know what it shows must be really bad, or else they would have come right our with it.

I am SOOO sick of trigger happy racist cops. Enough already!!!

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