‘Could Not Simply Let Him Go’: DA Announces No Charges for North Carolina Deputies Who Fatally Shot Unarmed Andrew Brown Jr., Three Will Be ‘Disciplined and Retrained’ Instead
Pasquotank County District Attorney R. Andrew Womble announced on Tuesday that the deputies who fatally shot a Black man fleeing an arrest in Elizabeth City, North Carolina, last month were justified in their actions. “While tragic, the shooting of Mr. Brown was justified because Mr. Brown’s actions caused three deputies with the Pasquotank County Sheriff’s…