but the county commissioners is similar to the elizabeth city city council.ever, we're two different entities. they are the ones responsible actually for the investigation, for releasing the body cam video. we have no jurisdiction in that. and they have not shared with me as of yet. nor with my city manager or my chief of police. >> now, do you have a city district attorney, a city prosecuteer? because being that this happened in the city, what bars your local prosecutor or your local elected person handling matters to move forward with the county seems to already being defending the officers without an investigation? >> it is entirely up to the district attorney, the d.a. is mr. womble. we cannot override him as a city, because the city is located within the county. however, as i said, when something happens in the city, then we're responsible for making sure that our citizens are safe and that our city is taken care of by our city officials and, of course, our city management and the chief of police. the county does have the right to come in and serve warra

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something is not in alignment here. >> there is this dichotomy, though, in elizabeth city that the mayorlack and there is a historically black college and you have this confederate monument right next to the city hall named our heroes, what do you make of that? >> well, you know, james baldwin in his last book published in 1985 entitled "the evidence of things not seen" wanted to grapple with this question what happens when white supremacy still obtains and black folks hold the reins of power. it is centered around the atlanta child murder, craig. all of these black babies dying with the black folks running the city, maynard jackson and the black police commissioner and the like. part of what we've come to understand is the way in which racism functions and organizes our lives isn't necessarily mitigated by the fact that black people hold the reins of power. so we have a lot of work to do, it seems to me, in order to understand what we need to do to move forward. >> we do appreciate your time. thank you, sir. that will do it for me this hour. "andrea mitchell reports" is next. "andrea mi

we, the elizabeth city city council, we requisitioned the body cam to be released, or the footage of the body cam to be released along with media. but of course the judge ruled that he was not going to have it released to the media or anyone else. we felt that it was going to be a long shot anyway, but we just felt like we should do it. now, the family -- i think the son is supposed to see it in the next couple of days or so, see all of the body cam footage, including the dashboard. but i'm not sure because the county officials are not talking to the city officials because they did not even invite us to be in on executing the warrant. might have turned out differently because my police officers are always out in the community, forming relationships with all the people in our community, and we know them. but it happened in our city. he is a resident of our city, so now we have to deal with the aftermath. >> mayor parker, thank you for your time. please come back. >> yes, sir. thank you for inviting me. >> thank you very much. >>> the biden administration may partner with private firms

tuesday's decision prompted protests in elizabeth city.dnesday, two reporters with the staunton news leader, ayano nagaishi and alison cutler, were arrested as they filmed a protester who was being arrested from across the street . >> police officers were walking towards the protesters. not just one now. the second one, a second person has been arrested. a third person has been arrested over there. amy: this comes as african-american elizabeth city council member gabriel asked -- adkins has said police targeted him after he joined protesters in calling for more transparency in the case. adkins said surveillance video at a funeral home he owns showed a police officer in uniform urinating on his property twice last week. meanwhile, fbi is conducting a federal civil rights investigation into brown's killing. reverend dr. william barber is with us now. he spoke at andrew brown, jr.'s funeral and is in elizabeth city right now to prepare to launch new demands in the case. reverend barber, thank you for joining us. can you lay out what you are d

from elizabeth city was selling drugs in their county. detective johnson contacted pasquotank county and confirmed mr. brown's identity and that he is a known drug dealer. upon learning this information, detective johnson with the aid of the confidential informant made two undercover buys from brown on march 17, 2021, and march 29, 2021. those buys were of cocaine and heroin. a later lab analysis determined that the heroin was laced with fentanyl. arrest warrants were issued for brown's arrest. simultaneous with the activity of the sheriff's office pasquotank county sheriff's office began collecting their own intelligence on the drug activity of mr. brown and his residence at 421 perry street. detective ryan meade applied for and obtained a search warrant for the residence and vehicles of mr. brown. on tuesday, april 20th, 2021, law enforcement now possessed two arrest warrants for the sale of controlled substances as well as a search warrant for the residence and vehicles of mr. brown. the drug task force was to provide surveillance and

there was elizabeth city and then there's the county. african-american majority on the city council, but a different situation with the county. the shooting took place by deputy sheriff's, that's the county. elizabeth city had to declare a state of emergency, and that was a concerned to some folks. you had people criticizing the university there, the hbcu having students move out and have police officers stay there. school was made virtual the entire week. but the reality is you had peaceful protests. you haven't had folks act a fool, rioting. the fundamental problems you have in elizabeth city and this county is that who actually is in charge of the investigation? who's leading it? we have a district attorney who when the shooting took place, reverend spearman kept calling his office, they said he was unavailable for five days. how can you be the d.a. in this type of shooting and you can't be reached for five days? the concern for people there is what's the transparency? what are the actual -- who is leading the investigation? we've bee

but in elizabeth city, it did not come, and it was not here on tuesday. therefore, some of us took it upon ourselves to say, we must stand right here. >> and it is impossible not to see this through an arc of what's going on in the country right now. less than one day after the conviction of derek chauvin for murder in the death of george floyd, andrew brown jr. was shot and killed here. so, seeing this holistically right now. this community is grieving like many other communities in the country are grieving. the funeral will be on monday. lindsey lindsay and kendis. >> a tough 40 hours ahead for. some broke for us there in north carolina. later on this sunday show, the chair of the house intelligence committee adam schiff joins jonathan to talk about the rudy giuliani saga and what it means for trump and his inner circle. that's coming up at 10 am eastern time on this sunday show. >> plus the gop is raising some eyebrows as leaders turn on congresswoman liz cheney over her her criticism of donald trump. but refused to take action against matt gates who i

is under way right now in elizabeth city, north carolina.ck man was shot and killed 12 days ago by sheriff's deputies who were trying to execute a warrant, and we still know few details about what happened that day. and until the body cam footage is released, the city, frankly the nation, is very much on edge. >>> also this hour, president biden on the road, set to make a major pitch for his massive spending proposals, the president is battling to win over americans and republicans on the hill, following developments on both and we'll

live for us in elizabeth city this evening, brian, good evening to you. police say four protesters have been arrested in elizabeth city tonight. you saw this all happen. what do you know? >> well, don, it is becoming evident the police are getting less and less tolerant of the protests. they went after the protesters earlier in the evening tonight than they ever have since we've been here. starting around 6:20, 6:30. they gave them plenty of room to protest all night long. to march from street to street and block intersections left and right. tonight they were just having none of that. they went after the protesters. they told them to stop blocking interceptions or they would be arrested. we witnessed at least four people being zip tied. they were charge with impeding traffic. we talk to one of the protest leaders who argued with police. he said he had a permit to be out there. the protests were going peacefully. he was wondering why he was getting arrested. here's what he had to say shortly after he post bail and got out. >> they said try to be peaceful.

cnn's natasha chen is in elizabeth city. so natasha, what is happening there right now?> yeah, fred, a rally and march is about to get started, we're seeing a number of people already gathered here at the water front park in elizabeth city. you can see them holding their black lives matter flags, wearing black shirts, getting ready to first pay attention to the speakers up there on stage. we actually saw that the family of andrew brown jr. has arrived, just within the last 15 minutes or so. they actually viewed brown's body privately before this afternoon and so the public viewing, the public moment for people to pay respects will happen this afternoon, just across the street from where we are. now, yesterday cnn had the chance to talk to reverend greg drumright who is involved in the organization of this event. here's what he had to say about these continuous days of peaceful marches? >> we are going to continue to apply pressure. until the knee comes off of our necks, and our sons and daughters are treated with the decency and the respect and the sanctity that human li

christi and boris, back to you. >> natasha chen reporting from elizabeth city. let's discuss further with one of the leaders of today's clergy march for andrew brown jr. bishop william barber, the co--chair of the poor people's campaign. always a pleasure to have you on. this interfaith march today is a call for transparency and accountability for the killing of andrew brown. what is your message to local officials, not only in elizabeth city, but in north carolina and across the country, to the federal government as well? >> well, the clergy from all over north carolina are coming here today. we're supporting the local, because this is a strong community, this is where elizabeth state university is, this is where alex haley once went to school. this is a strong activist community. what people want is full transparency, truth and accountability. today has been 17 days since this killing, since this young man was shot in the back. and i want people to know, we already know he was shot in the back because the audio told us that and the autopsy told us that. four t

griff jenkins is live for us in elizabeth city, north carolina. chris. >> it's been almost a month since andrew brown junior was killed in a deputy-involved shooting on april 21st. now you can see the scene outside of the public safety building here. a handful of protestors chanting no justice, no peace a few minutes ago because the district attorney here, is holding a press conference any moment now where he is expected to give us an update on the investigation. the shooting was being investigated by the north carolina state bureau of investigation. now we do not, harris, expect to see video. remember under north carolina law that video is subject to a court order and a judge ruled that it would not be released until the f.b.i. had completed an investigation. maybe we'll learn more about that. you put your finger at the center of what's happening today and why there is so much media here. when the judge was deciding whether or not to release the body cam video the brown family first saw about 20 seconds of it and then last week last tuesday saw a

beginning this hour in elizabeth city and that community celebrating his life while continuing to demand answers to why he was shot by police as protesters call for the full release of the body cam video. as you can see, as the procession heads toward the church, those are live pictures right now outside the church. reverend al sharpton, benjamin crump. reverend al will be giving the eulogy. benjamin crump will be speaking as well as family members. we see this solemn procession into the church, what the family is calling a celebration of life of andrew brown jr., as we say, we are awaiting answers, they are awaiting answers and there are north carolina laws that require them wait. there, of course, is the casket. they have to wait for a judge's order. we do not know the circumstances and the full circumstances, no one does outside of the police, the sheriff and the a judge is supposeded to be reviewing all of this, i believe, within a month. the family's only seen 20 seconds of that video, hardly enough to understand exactly why he was shot and killed. you can see there are some photogr

right now, protesters are marching for the third straight weekend in elizabeth city, north carolina. demonstrators demanding the release of police body cam video in the death of andrew brown jr., a black man killed as police tried to carry out an arrest warrant last month. brown's immediate family is now set to see parts of the footage on tuesday, after a judge issued an order to grant the family access. body cam video is not public record and cannot be released without a court order under north carolina law. and then just moments from now, also we'll be hearing from george floyd's family for the first time since new federal charges were announced against the officers involved in floyd's death. all four former minneapolis police officers now facing federal charges for violating floyd's constitutional rights. more on that in a moment. >>> cnn's natasha chen joining us from elizabeth city, north carolina, where people are gathering. what more are you learning? >> reporter: fred, we're here with a number of clergy members from throughout the state of north carolina. you can see all of t

also tonight in elizabeth city, protests continue. members in the community taking to the streets again to demand justice and transparency we spoke to the head of the naacp today who said he is very proud of the way the city has conducted itself and this should be an example for the rest of the country about how peaceful protests work. he says he intends to keep the city damage-free and arrest-free as people again, it's been going on for several weeks, shep, take to the streets. >> catie beck, thanks so much. let's turn to david henderson for legal perspective. civil rights attorney, former prosecutor and now cnbc contributor. the district attorney argued the shooting was justified because andrew brown jr.'s car was used as a weapon. it's the sort of argument you might hear from a defense attorney in court. >> shep, that's exactly right. i've tried dozens of cases as a prosecutor where we used an automobile as a deadly weapon, but it has to be used in the way that poses risk of killing someone or causing serious bodily injury. you hea

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disputing the district attorney in elizabeth city, north carolina saying brown's actions with deputiesense 44-second encounter. a warning, some viewers may find this very difficult to watch. >> stop the car! stop the car. >> let's bring in anthony barksdale who served as baltimore publish and also let's bring in former federal prosecutor elie honig. anthony, let me start with you. deputies rolling up in a pickup with long guns drawn. we had been told that they were just serving him with a warrant. the what do you make of it? >> it appeared to me that they were poorly organized. it looked like poor planning, and that is hat the supervisory level. the sergeant needs to know exactly what is going to happen when he gets there. what's plan "a," what's plan "b." you had mr. brown behind the wheel of a vehicle and they are hopping out of a pickup truck. from the beginning the planning clearly wasn't there. the elizabeth police chief said they had no idea that that was going to happen. when you have a situation like that, you want to have as many uniforms available. you want marked cars availa

eric: arthel, right now in elizabeth city, north carolina there's a viewing ongoing for andrew brown,unior. a second viewing is scheduled later on today. mr. brown was shot and killed on april 21st by county deputies. they were serving a drug related search and arrest warrant. his funeral set to take place at the fountain of life church tomorrow. charles watson is live from raleigh with the latest on the viewing and on the case. hi, charles. >> reporter: hi, eric. as you mentioned t family of andrew brown, junior is holding two public viewings today in elizabeth city ahead of his funeral on monday. protesters say they will march today as well for criminal justice reform and supporters of the brown family and victims of police brutality. >> we're peacefully protesting. i'm looking at 30 plus armed police officers in full riot gear with shields, face masks and all. this is a wrong image to us. >> reporter: last night's protest in the city were peaceful as calls continued for the public release of body camera footage following a north carolina judge's ruling against publicly releasing th

also tonight in elizabeth city, protests continue. members of the community taking to the streets again to demand justice and transparency we spoke to the head of the naacp who said he's very proud the way the city has conducted itself and it should be an example to the rest of the country about how peaceful protests work. he says he intends to keep the city damage free tonight as people take to the streets >> thanks so much. civil rights attorney, former prosecutor now cnbc contributor. david, the district attorney argued the shooting was justified because andrew brown, jr.'s car was used as a weapon it's the sort of argument you might hear from a defense attorney in court, this now because of his decision won't go to court your thoughts. >> shep, that's exactly right. i've tried dozens of cases as a prosecutor where it was used a deadly weapon. you heard the d.a. say in the clip it was a deadly weapon even if it was stationary but that's not true he was looking for a way to avoid holding these officers accountable. >> i heard you say

in elizabeth city, north carolina. restricted amount of body camera video that shows the shooting death of the 42-year-old black man at the hands of deputies trying to serve of him with a warrant on drug-related charges. the family is seeing less than 20 minutes of nearly two hours of footage because of a judge's order. i want to go right to cnn's jason carroll who is in elizabeth city. jason, what is the family saying? >> reporter: well, the family is still speaking, jake, at this hour, but the headline here is from the family attorney chance lynch who basically came out a few minutes ago and said based on what he has seen he called it a, quote, unjustified shooting. just to go over very quickly here what he saw. he saw six videos, one body cam video in addition to or one bash cam video in addition to five body cam videos totaling about 20 minutes in length. he said, and this is very important. at no point did he see officers standing behind andrew brown. he said also at no point did he see brown make contact with the

. ♪ >>> hello, and thanks for joining us, i'm ana cabrera in new york and we begin in elizabeth city,orth carolina where district attorney andrew womble who says sheriff's deputies were justified in the shooting of andrew brown jr. last month. the officers involved won't be charged. he says deadly force was necessary and that brown ignored their commands. >> the deputies who fired the fatal shots perceived an actual apparent threat, evaluated in seconds, decided, and acted. the deputies faced actual danger and apparent danger as perceived by them on the scene. this apparent threat was reenforced by brown's dangerous and felonious use of a deadly weapon. as tragic as this incident is with the loss of life the deputies on scene were nonetheless justified in defending themselves from death or great bodily injury. >> the district attorney there says deputies were serving brown with arrest warrants for the sale of drugs. he says the entire exchange between the officers and brown lasted 44 seconds, and after weeks and weeks of calls to release body cam footage the da finally showed this por

from elizabeth city was selling drugs in their county. detective johnson contacted the county and confirmed mr. brown's identity and that he is a known drug dealer. upon learning this information, the detective johnson with the aid of the confidential informant made two undercover buys from brown on march 17th, 2021 and march 29th, 2021. those buys were of cocaine and heroin respectively. a later fbi lab analysis determined that heroin was laced with fentanyl. arrest warrants were issued for his arrest on april 20th, 2021. simultaneous with the activity of the county sheriff's office, the county sheriff's office began collecting their own intelligence on the drug activity of mr. brown at his residence at 421 perry street. detective ryan meets applied for and obtained a search warrant for the residence and vehicles of mr. brown. on tuesday, april 20th, 2021, law enforcement now possessed two arrest warrants for the sale of controlled substances in their county and as well as a search warrant for the residence and vehicles mr. brown. a join

will be held later today in elizabeth city.was shot and killed by sheriff's deputies almost two weeks ago as they were attempting to serve him with a search and arrest warrant related to a felony drug arrest charge. there's peaceful protests over his death, with demonstrators still calling for bodycam video to be released after the judge declined to. sam brock is outside the church where the funeral will happen. sam, what can we expect today? >> stephanie, good morning, good to be with you. in less than three hours the funeral for andrew brown jr. will be at the church just over my shoulder. it is invitation only but this is an event that will be streamed to the public. the reverent al sharpton will be delivering the eulogy, sadly something he's been doing several times in recent months. we expect civil rights attorney benjamin crump to be speaking as well as some family. and i have to tell you there is a message of grief and anger and consternation because we're in a vacuum of information here in elizabeth city. it's well docu

today in elizabeth city, we are going to get up off our knees.are not going to let you play the shell game. you are going to release that tape. you are going to let the world know what you did to this brother. we are going to know who was involved and what police were involved. we don't know the difference between the county and the city. y'all get in the room and decide who is going to handle this and you are going to handle this. the shell game is over. we are going to washington and get the federal government to look in and stop the shell game. it's time for you to stop playing with the lives of our people. the justice department need to come in and stop the shell game. we going to stand up. we going to rise up. we going to hold up. if god before us, if god before us, if god before us is more than the whole world against us. thank you and god bless you. ♪♪ >> that was the reverend al sharpton delivering the eulogy for andrew brown, junior. i want to bring in priscilla thompson who is live in elizabeth city and i'm joined by derek johnson, who

abc's victor oquendo leading us off tonight from elizabeth city, north carolina, and again we warn you, the video is difficult. >> reporter: tonight, no charges will be filed against the north carolina deputies who shot and killed andrew brown jr. while serving a search warrant last month. >> after reviewing the investigation conducted by the north carolina state bureau of investigation, mr. brown's death, while tragic, was justified. >> reporter: the pasquotank county district attorney playing some parts of the long-awaited body camera footage, showing how quickly the incident occurred. it would all be over in just 44 seconds. on the morning of april 21st, deputies packed into the back of a pickup truck, arrive at brown's home shouting commands. >> let me see your hands! >> get your hands up! get your hands up. >> reporter: brown sitting behind the steering wheel of his car. one deputy gripping the door handle when brown puts the car in reverse. the d.a. saying that's the deputy's arm making contact with the hood of the car. when the car comes to a stop, brown is boxed in. his house b

yet another demonstration here in elizabeth city on tuesday night.rotesters have called for the recusal of the district attorney. he says he's going to keep doing his job. but as far as the federal government is concerned, this case may not be over. the charlotte field office of the fbi has announced a civil rights investigation. joe johns, cnn, elizabeth city, north carolina. >> and earlier cnn spoke with several of the attorneys of andrew brown's family. they remain adamant the officers involved were not justified in using deadly force. >> the da is wrong. this was not a justified shooting. anybody watching that video can see that mr. brown was attempting to get out of the way of these deputies who were pointing weapons at him. >> this da sound more like a criminal defense attorney. he has cherry picked, unilaterally picked what he wants to show to try to make a justification of these officers act. in fact, even with the attempt to do as that -- to do that, he still -- the video still is clear that this is not a justifiable shooting. so even his ef

the aclu sent a letter to elizabeth city officials saying the move violates the first amendment becauseion for constitutionally protected spontaneous gatherings. on monday, reverend al sharpton will deliver the eulogy at brown's funeral at the request of the family. the service will be invite only of. eric, arthel. arthel: charles watson, i'll take it here and there in raleigh, north carolina. thank you. new york city aims to completely reopen on july 1st. but further north in boston, stores will be forced to follow restrictions through most of the summer. we will speak to one restaurant owner of about what this could mean for thousands of small businesses in his state. ♪ ♪ we made usaa insurance for veterans like martin. when a hailstorm hit, he needed his insurance to get it done right, right away. usaa. what you're made of, we're made for. usaa when you earning a degree with university of phoenix, we support you with career coaching for life. including personal branding, resume building and more. that's our promise to you. that's career services for life. learn more at phoenix.edu th

cnn's natasha chen is in elizabeth city. natasha, what is happening? i see you walk with many of the demonstrators. >> reporter: that's right, we are walking with the family of andrew brown jr. at the front of the line. behind us, and a lot of people have gathered today for this rally and this march, and we are currently approaching the home of andrew brown jr., where he was shot and killed by the sheriff's deputies on wednesday morning, april 20th. and of course, like you said, only 20 seconds of body camera footage has actually been shown to the family. a judge has determined the family can see more video, but that has yet to happen and the judge also denied a request for that video to be publicly released. so right now this crowd is really asking for transparency here, asking for justice, and they have made it very clear that out of respect for the family that's with us today, that there is absolutely to be no aggressive violent behavior, no weapons here, no damage to other property. so really, very controlled situation where they are perhaps loud w

sam brock joins me now from elizabeth city. sam, where are we at with this story? quiet right now. that's the courthouse over my shoulder. the only signs of activity this morning at all so far are a few police officers out with k-9s sweeping the grounds no protesters at the moment. this comes as we have a somber turnabout to take place. within 24 hours there will be a viewing for andrew brown, and within 48 hours his funeral. the reverend al sharpton will be giving the eulogy. as far as where things stand now with this, the body cam footage is crucial. there was a key court ruling this week where the judge declared it will be at least 30 days before body cam footage will be publicly released. his concerns, it would unduly influence any criminal proceedings. it's not clear why that would be different in 30 days. we're on the clock for that. basically by this saturday, the family needs to see that video. as you mentioned, so far family members have only seen a small portion of that, about 20 seconds. this is body cam footage from four different deputies that they nee

>> priscilla thompson in elizabeth city, thank you for that.gave an impassioned eulogy calling for the release of the body cam videos, by one account nine officers on the scene. talk about why you don't believe that judge's 30-day delay is reasonable? >> why do you need 30 days to release a tape saying that this might prejudice potential grand juries. they're going to see the tape. what is going to be on the tape any different in 30 days than is on there now. you only raise the suspicion and the impatience of the community and the family. the tape is not going to change. so they need to release the tape. it is not going to be different. if you keep stalling you make people feel like you are editing and playing games with the tape. to bring the family there telling them they could see the tape last week and then only show a 20-second snippet is almost insulting. i think that when you hide something, you give people the feeling that you have a reason to hide and that's not healthy and that's not leading to justice. >> it raises questions about th

now a live look in elizabeth city this is happening at this moment listen >> no peace. >> no justice. >> what's his name >> andrew brown. >> what's his name >> andrew brown. >> our crews on the ground tell us that the protests have been peaceful the family's attorneys are now insisting that the district attorney must recuse himself from this case, calling his relationship with the sheriff's office incestuous and saying there's no way he could review the case fairly. so far no comment from the district attorney. >>> seven veterans at a west virginia hospital given lethal injection of insulin it killed them a former nursing assistant pleaded guilty to killing each one. well, today the sentence the judge handed down, while calling her the monster no one saw coming >>> and the u.s. is reopening, but not everybody is ready to be out and about. tackling the anxiety of getting back to normal this is the epson ecotank color printer. no more buying cartridges. big ink tanks. lots of ink. print about... this many pages. the epson ecotank. just fill and chill. ♪ the things, you say ♪ ♪ your purp

nbc's sam brock is in elizabeth city for us. a second viewing set to begin in just a few hours ago. what about concerns about demonstrations? what do you know? >> reporter: i'm looking at sort of the beginnings of them. i'm at the museum of the albemarle, where the public viewing will be from 3:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. this afternoon. there's roughly 50 to 60 people huddled together many in black shirts with messages on them. i've watched a couple of buses come in, i'm told it will be hundreds, maybe a thousand people out here demonstrating for criminal justice reform. one young man said he drove three or four hours to get here. the back of his shirt said, release the tape, the full tape. the family of andrew brown has seen about 20 seconds of body cam video and the public has seen nothing so far, that is per a court order, alex. that is not going to suffice for the folks here, not when we've seen no one charged to date. four of the deputies involved in the shooting are back on the job. a private autopsy commissioned by the family showed andrew brown was shot in the back of the head. th

is under way right now in elizabeth city, north carolina.he 42-year-old black man was shot and killed 12 days ago by sheriff's deputies who were trying to execute a warrant, and we still know few details about what happened that day. and until the body cam footage is released, the city, frankly the nation, is very much on edge. >>> also this hour, president biden on the road, set to make a major pitch for his massive spending proposals, the president is battling to win over americans and republicans on the hill, following developments on both and we'll bring you his remarks live. >>> plus, republicans facing a major test and it's not clear how the party passes this one, rising tensions over the big lie, it's get on board or get out. is there a future for those vocal members who don't back up the false claims that the 2020 election was fraudulent? we dig in, but first i want to go to cnn's natasha chen in elizabeth city, north carolina right now, what is the message there today, natasha? >> reporter: ana, this is a really difficult moment ins

sam brock is in elizabeth city, north carolina, for us.nd when the public could actually get access to this police footage? >> reporter: yasmin, good to be with you as well. it's going to be a minimum of three weeks before anyone in the public is going to get a chance to view the body cam footage. that's courtesy of a judge court order that came on wednesday, basically saying that for at least 30 days, you would not see the release of the body cam footage to the public, that the family did have a right to see it within ten days of his ruling, and yasmin, that comes as there's going to be dialed up pressure going on this week. tomorrow is the viewing for andrew brown jr. then on monday, it's the funeral that is going to include the reverend al sharpton and his remarks. all of this right now against the backdrop of protests and some arrests, yasmin. moments ago, we heard from folks who were arrested this past week simply for violating curfew, which originally was 8:00 p.m. that has been extended to midnight but their point was, there's no th

he was laid to rest today in elizabeth city, north carolina. cnn's brian todd is there for us.porter: that's right, one of the heated conversations with police and protesters at elizabeth city. police are trying to force them down the street. i asked the police why they did that and they said because they stopped in the middle of the street. police are trying to suppress these protests tonight everyn though they are small and peaceful. >> reporter: an emotional service as family and friends remembering andrew brown jr. >> i do know him as a very good person. didn't knew him long. >> reporter: a message for his sons. >> that comfort. your daddy was a man. >> reporter: also, calls for change. we are going to get shots boehid us. >> reporter: civil rights advocates calling for accountability. >> andrew was killed unjustifiably. >> you don't need take to get a take out. cut it out. let the world see what it is to see. what are you hiding? >> reporter: advocates pushing congress in the justice department. >> we are going to be going to washington, d.c. arguing for the united states

fox news, griff jenkins has more now from elizabeth city, north carolina.r brown's death while tragic. was justified. north carolina sheriff's deputies were justified in their fatal shooting of andrew brown jr in april. that's according to the district attorney, andrew womble, representing pasqua tank county, who said brown's actions caused deputies to believe deadly force was necessary. the law enforcement officers were duty bound. to stand their ground. they could not simply let him go. as has been suggested. brown was fatally shot when deputies tried to serve a drug related arrest warrant body cam video displayed for the first time showed officers arriving at brown's house surrounding his car in ordering him to show his hands. rounds. car reverses and turns toward a deputy, randall says, as the car move forward, a sergeant fired the first shot into the front windshield. the vehicle, then moved across a lawn as deputies fired into the back inside of the car before it hit a tree. facts in this case demonstrate the presence of apparent danger to the officer

. >> reporter: video shown the attempted arrest on april 21st when deputies in elizabeth city, norththis was a first public viewing of the much discussed body cam video and the incident that lasted 44 seconds. you see deputies jumped from the back of the truck before confronting brown and a parked bmw. the deputies opened fire and 14 shots. the da says brown used his vehicle against the officers. w >> when the first shot fired, he was sitting in his car and he was beginning to backup. at no times we saw him going towards the sheriff deputy. he began to backup because he wanted to get out of it. >> they say brown's death was white washed by the district attorney. >> dr. kelly determined brown suffered two gunshot wounds, one to the right shoulder to the arm that was non-lethal and the second wound in the back of the head near the hairline. >> what our preliminary autopsy report shows there were five penetrating bullet wounds to the body of andrew brown jr. >> reporter: the family released a statement following the press conference saying in part, to say the shooting was justified is a

. >>> we're following breaking news in elizabeth city, north carolina, where the local district attorney said no charges will be filed against the deputies who shot and killed andrew brown jr. last month. a warning to our viewers, this body camera footage is disturbing. >> hey! hey! [ bleep ]. [ bleep ]. [ bleep ]. >> brown was 42 years old. his family says he was executed by law enforcement. here's what the d.a. said. >> mr. brown's death, while tragic, was justified because mr. brown's actions caused three deputies with the county sheriff's office to reasonably believe it was necessary to use deadly force to protect themselves and others. >> joining me now, katie beck. what are we expecting to play out there? >> reporter: we are expecting to have a protest here at 5:00 p.m. tonight. calls for outrage, as we've seen before. but the brown family releasing a statement, saying the decision is a slap in the face to them as well as the community in elizabeth city, and they're calling on the justice department to intervene. the district attorney was very firm, saying that brown posed an immed

cnn's joe johns is live in elizabeth city for us. is asking for federal intervention here. tell us more. >> reporter: that's right. let's talk first about the lawsuit, and that's kind of a predictable step, if you will, under the circumstances. cnn's brian todd has found out that attorneys do plan to file a lawsuit here and it's also pretty obvious what they would include in the lawsuit, at least part of it, a wrongful death claim relating to andrew brown and that his civil rights were violated by law enforcement here in the county of north carolina, and the term of art is under color of law, so we know those are at least two of the areas we would expect them to claim in federal court, and it's unclear if it's going to be days or weeks before this is all filed, and that's the direction the attorneys would go in the situation where the district attorney says he's not going to file charges. as you said at the top, there's an issue of federal intervention. the family has called for the department of justice to get involved as well as th

killing of a young man during the trial, when you see what happened in elizabeth city. just recently when you go back and look at the killings that were happening at or around the same time george floyd was killed it is undeniable this is a problem. we really have to deal with and must deal with it. host: what would be meaningful legislation? what does it have to include? guest: for us we are pretty clear that the legislation has to include accountability framework. what we shared is that there is a three legged stool of accountability we think is really critical to be in legislation. that is qualified immunity reform, revising section 242, and a national registry of police conduct. the national registry was to prevent officers who have records of misconduct from being able to move to another city and simply join another police department without that department knowing or being aware were being held accountable if they do hire him or her with his or her previous misconduct. section 242 would prevent -- make it less difficult to actually prosecute a police officer for i

the city of elizabeth where the curfew lifted just moments ago.ng optimism congress will soon act on police reform after a bipartisan group met this week on the issue. joining us now is former baltimore police detective debby ramsay. thank you for being here. i appreciate it. >> good morning! i was told there would be coffee and doughnuts. [ laughter ] >> i was told there would be tequila but that's all right. [ laughter ] so let's talk about this. lawmakers have met on police reform and biden urged congress to pass a bill before the anniversary of george floyd's death next month. the justice department policing act has stalled in the senate. how much should the democrats be willing to comprise on this? >> well, there's no comprise because that ship has sailed. we are in dire needs. right here in baltimore, we have a -- i won't say it's a crisis but i'm of the law enforcement organization and they put out a comprehensive health and safety initiative that really speaks to the community responders program. now if we want to drag our feet and go down

you have to put your eyes on elizabeth city, north carolina tonight.nd it's because of today's decision by the district attorney that deputies were justified in the deadly shoot of andrew brown junior. meaning, officers had a reasonable fear that brown was trying to seriously hurt or even kill them or somebody near them. the prosecutor suggested it was all fairly obvious. >> mr. brown's death, while traj i ic was justified because mr. brown's actions caused three deputies to reasonably believe it was necessary to use deadly force to protect themselves and others. >> then the district attorney said the tapes tell the story and i will show you what he showed us in these boxes. four different clips the public could record but nothing was given and nothing more was offered despite many angles an officers wearing cameras

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