A state of emergency has been declared in the North Carolina city where Andrew Brown Jr was fatally shot by sheriff’s deputies last week, as Brown’s family is set to view bodycam footage of the incident.
Brown, a 42-year-old Black man, was being served drug-related search and arrest warrants in Elizabeth City, North Carolina on April 21, when Pasquotank County Sheriff’s deputies shot him. Few details have been released in the wake of the shooting, which prompted days of peaceful protests in the majority-Black city of around 18,000 near the North Carolina-Virginia border, near the east coast of the United States.
“City officials realize there may potentially be a period of civil unrest within the City following the public release of that footage,” reads Elizabeth City Mayor Bettie Parker’s state of emergency declaration, which began at 08:00 EDT (12:00 GMT) Monday and continues until further notice.
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