Police fatally shoot Black father after he 'started to drive away' - his family says he never carrie

[KatK]

Source: Raw Story

A North Carolina man was shot and killed by police this Wednesday after deputies executed a search warrant, 8News reports.

Andrew Brown, 40, was reportedly shot and killed by police when he got in his car and tried to drive away. According to neighbors, they heard anywhere from six to eight shots.

Brown, who is Black, is the father of 10 children. His family says he never carried a gun.

Read more: https://www.rawstory.com/cop-fatally-shoots-black-father/

[GB_RN]

1. Not Yet Knowing All The Details

All I can say is, “Jesus H. Christ on a stick! Not again!”🤦‍♂️

[quakerboy]

26. Every day. Bet on that and you wont lose money any week of the year.

[BComplex]

2. Why the friggin' escalation in shootings?

Do cops not care if they're going to jail? I hope this guy goes to jail for..well, forever.

[Tndem615]

6. Please

Let me know all the information you have regarding this incident. I haven’t found nearly as much as you.

[AZLD4Candidate]

18. The snarky response is not necessary.

[locks]

21. There is not an escalation

If you have lived in DC, Chicago and New Orleans as I have it has always been this way. We just thought the deaths were black on black and cops had to shoot them.

[quakerboy]

27. they are angry and scared

They are used to being untouchable and running the neighborhoods to their liking. Their gangs power is being challenged. They are reacting with violence, as that is what has reliably worked for them in the past.

[bucolic_frolic]

3. So the guy's in his car. Maybe, just a thought, shoot out the tires???????

Hello? Anybody home in the upstairs of the PD?

[PatSeg]

4. And they know his name,

his license plate number, and make and model of his car. Even if they didn't disable his car by shooting the tires, he probably wouldn't have gotten too far before he was stopped. This is insane.

[catrose]

25. And he probably had a cell phone, which they could track.

What kind a danger was he to anyone that they could NOT let him get away.

[PatSeg]

34. Once again

why does it seem that shooting is the cop's first option?

[pansypoo53219]

23. no shit. bad cop.

[SeattleVet]

28. If you shoot at a tire you stand an excellent chance of having the bullet bounce right back at you.

...As I once found out when zeroing in a .30/30 deer rifle many years ago.

The sound of the bullet whizzing by my ear definitely got my attention.

[rgbecker]

5. At least the news people are paying attention.

1000/year is about 3 a day. There may be more now but the key is People are paying more attention...at least right this week!

Clearly, many police departments are not up to speed about the BLM movements.

Do these cops have no plans for what to do if those they are trying to apprehend don't want to go along...besides just killing them on the street?

WTF?

[quakerboy]

30. Why would they deviate from a plan thats worked for them for the entirety of their existance?

[ashredux]

7. It seems the first "go to" is killing a black guy....was he a serial killer? NO..HE WAS NOT

[KatK]

8. I wonder if a lot of cops are ...

I wonder if a lot of cops are in backlash mode.

Like when the cops standing there after Ma'Khia Bryant's killing said to bystanders, "Blue Lives Matter".

Good Lord. It won't be easy or quick to turn this around. And we must.

[Beartracks]

9. Seriously, are guns the only tools police have at their disposal anymore?

I mean, I hear they sometimes carry tasers, but they never seem to be able to find those.

So the only thing they know how to do is shoot things? WTF It's like they can't or won't exercise discretion about anything. Can cops no longer distinguish real threats from non-threats? Maybe their cop training is too short.

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[Ka-Dinh Oy]

13. It's the only weapon when you are black.

[brush]

29. It has to start at vetting recruits to weed out potential killer cops.

Then comes the training. Too many psychologically unfit creatures are unleashed onto the public from police academies because they weren't eliminated before training even started.

[OldBaldy1701E]

36. It is not a question of threats

It is a question of authority and unquestioned compliance. See, we are supposed to bow to them and do what they say, regardless of how illegal or immoral (or just freaking insane) their actions may be. We are supposed to never question our capitalistic overlords or their lackeys. And, if we don't do this, then we obviously are not worthy of their attention, and therefore must be removed. This 'winner at all costs' mentality is why this happens. But, our greed and ego created this mindset, so changing it will be difficult. No one wants to be seen as anti-greed, because that is all but synonymous with being anti-American.

[Beartracks]

41. Hey: 1701E!

I *know* that's not a random thing!

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[OldBaldy1701E]

44. Not at all. (n/t)

[speak easy]

10. The cops are making a statement.

Business / intimidation as usual.

[JudyM]

11. Hopefully as we the people make more of a statement, all the bad apples will drop out of the force.

If they’re not fired and prosecuted first.

[speak easy]

14. This goes all the way back to reconstruction.

We the people have to break the cycle.

[JudyM]

19. That's it, right there. We the people are fighting our own civil war, in local legislatures,

in the courts and on the streets. They have positioned themselves well through the years, but we have to win; our strategy is improving and our numbers are slowly growing.

[flying_wahini]

12. Take away guns from police. Arm w/tasers until they have been on the force 2 years without incidents

See how brave they are.....

[truthisfreedom]

39. Tasers have a 15 foot maximum range.

[Jedi Guy]

43. I think that's one of the most absurd suggestions I've ever read.

The result will be a lot of injured or dead rookie cops.

[Bettie]

15. They aren't releasing much information...

https://apnews.com/article/north-carolina-warrant-shooting-andrew-brown-082fe702910015753005ba591a77eedf

ELIZABETH CITY, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina deputy shot and killed a Black man while executing a search warrant Wednesday, authorities said, spurring an outcry from a crowd of dozens that immediately gathered at the scene and demanded law enforcement accountability.

The Pasquotank County Sheriff’s deputy was placed on leave pending a review by the State Bureau of Investigation, Sheriff Tommy Wooten II said at a news conference. He said the deputy shot Andrew Brown Jr. about 8:30 a.m. while serving the warrant in Elizabeth City, a municipality of about 18,000 people 170 miles (274 km) northeast of Raleigh. Local NAACP leader Keith Rivers said Brown was Black.

Wooten did not identify the deputy and did not say what the warrant was for. Court records show Brown was 42 years old and had a history of drug charges and a misdemeanor drug possession conviction.

The deputy was wearing an active body camera at the time of the shooting, said Wooten, who declined to say how many shots the deputy fired or release any other details, citing a pending review by the State Bureau of Investigation. WAVY-TV reported that neighbors heard multiple shots. A car removed from the scene appeared to have multiple bullet holes and a broken rear windshield.

[cstanleytech]

31. They aren't releasing much information..." which suggests the shooting was not warranted.

After all if it was you would think they would have released all the information including any video right away rather than give the appearance to the public that they are trying to come up with an excuse over why it was warranted.

[Bettie]

38. Agreed

it is what they do....so now they have to massage the story and try to find a narrative that they like.

[Judi Lynn]

16. Those who refuse to change in police departments should be fired, not killing more unarmed people.

The public shouldn't have to accept it any longer.

[world wide wally]

17. This "Shoot first, ask questions later" attitude is just bullshit that has to stop.

We are barely even a civilized society anymore.

[cstanleytech]

32. I think if we had a longer training time requirement in this country before someone can become

a full member of law enforcement that it might help.
Say maybe 3 years that way they can be well trained on how to try and defuse a situation not to mention the longer training time can be used to hopefully filter out the ones that should never be allowed to wear the badge on the streets.

[DallasNE]

20. My God, They Shoot Anything That Moves

The person doesn't need to be present when a search warrant is executed. All they are looking for at that time is evidence, not to make an arrest. So why were the guns blazing away when the man was unarmed.

[mackdaddy]

22. So was the man under arrest or being detained?

They said that they have a search warrant for the house but unless there was a warrant for his arrest, or he was officially being detained he should have been free to leave.

Apparently he was free to be shot dead.

[PoliticAverse]

24. I wonder if the search warrant included the car. n/t

[roamer65]

33. Embedded white supremacists trying to start a "race war".

That’s what my gut tells me.

[marie999]

35. So there wasn't even a warrant out on this man,

just a search warrant. This has definitely got to be investigated and not by the police.

[DVRacer]

37. This is what I fear about gun control laws

Here in Oklahoma it will be used as an excuse on POC more so than whites. Red flag laws where anybody can report are dangerous. Remember the same departments we are already concerned about especially smaller ones will be enforcing these. Many are already upset we made weed legal with a license and that excuse was taken away. Until there’s real reforms made don’t give them any more reasons to interact especially with POC.

[truthisfreedom]

40. It will turn out to be cannibis.

[KatK]

42. Finally there's more mainstream reporting on this. Here's ABC's Thursday evening report

Democracy Now covered it this morning (Thursday morning) but right now (Thursday eve) is the first time I saw it showing up on the upper third of CNN, ABC, NBC, or CBS.

Maybe the mainstream outlets wait until there's more info.

https://abcnews.go.com/US/north-carolina-sheriffs-deputy-fatally-shoots-black-man/story