Judge blocks release of bodycam footage of Andrew Brown's killing. Cites deputies' safety

[StarfishSaver]

among other things.


https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/04/28/andrew-brown-shooting-body-camera/

[LetMyPeopleVote]

1. This tells us a great deal

I am really glad that the FBI is involved now.

[Ocelot II]

2. What does that tell us?

That's a rhetorical question, of course. This whole thing stinks.

[Midnightwalk]

3. But apparently hiding a skunk makes the air sweet

Womble said, “You cannot swing a skunk in front of a group of people and ask them not to smell it.”

Womble is the da saying it’s brown’s fault.

This is messed up

[madville]

18. Womble also said that Brown hit deputies with his car twice

Before they opened fire.

Sounds like he is already setting up the reason it will be considered justifiable. They generally consider a vehicle a deadly weapon when heading towards or coming into contact with an officer.

[Midnightwalk]

19. They've said your body spasming as they choke you to death

Means you are resisting and should continue to be choked in a recent case elsewhere.

I’m not putting a lot of credence into their justified. Police and their da’s have destroyed their credibility with me.

[Hoyt]

4. Don't know about NC law, but purpose of Cams is to protect citizens & police. Should be released.

Quote from this article gives me some hope that charges will be brought. And, of course, FBI is investigating.

"Womble [the District Attorney] would then want to have the footage released in open court at a jury trial after charges have been brought. If no charges are brought, he said he would release the video at a press conference where he explains that decision."

https://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/article250998794.html

[Dawson Leery]

5. The piggies just admitted their guilt.

[dsc]

6. This is a direct result of our gerrymandered general assembly

they passed a law making this possible by permitting these videos to be held back. And, being held back they are.

[JohnSJ]

7. That says it all, Brown was killed unnecessarily

[HipChick]

15. Killed? Nope...he was executed...murdered...

Call it was it is

[sop]

8. The street cam video already released clearly showed the SWAT team arriving at Brown's home,

speeding around the corner in an open truck with a bunch of heavily-armed cops decked out in full battle gear in the bed. It looked like war zone footage of some third-world warlord with his crew of mercenaries driving into a village to commit genocide. No wonder the authorities want to cover it up.

[gldstwmn]

11. Exactly. We need to stop

arming police as though they are going into battle with the Taliban.

[spanone]

9. This should go over well.

[gldstwmn]

10. This is going to get ugly.

It appears that some folks in NC don't know what time it is.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

12. "Cites deputies' safety."

[joshcryer]

13. Let's hope it doesn't get Daniel Shaver'd.

They kept that camera footage hidden and they did a really shit prosecution and the guys got off. Not to mention one of the cops got PTSD pension for life for killing a man in cold blood.

[exboyfil]

16. Shaver was begging his life

Asked to do a bunch of difficult physical actions with conflicting orders after he had some drinks (note he was in his motel room relaxing).

He got blown away pulling his pants up as he was told to crawl towards the cops. Simply disgusting.

They brought the cop back one day to get him an improved pension.

[joshcryer]

20. The prosecution in that case intentionally flubbed it.

And the fact that they kept the video from the public eye was so that the prosecution would be able to get away with flubbing it. The reason we need to see the body cam footage is for transparency, so we can watch more closely, so the media can be in the courtroom and it's not just some random thing.

I guarantee you if Shaver's story was told, when it happened, nationally, and people were allowed to protest it, it would have gone completely differently. But because they kept it secret it was just a widow pleading for justice who no one cared about because they didn't know about it. It was just some court proceeding in a town somewhere.

[ok_cpu]

14. I'm sure there might be some reason I'm not thinking of

but why aren't all of these interactions public record?

[ProfessorGAC]

17. It May Be That The Video Is Evidence?

And, releasing to the public could be considered prejudicial?
Just surmising.

[ok_cpu]

22. Makes sense. Thanks. n/t

[exboyfil]

21. I wonder if a little back dating of an arrest warrant is going on

The copy of the warrant obtained by CNN was marked as "not executed." In the first news conference about the shooting, Wooten said Brown was killed as deputies were attempting to execute the search warrant, but he later stated Brown was killed as deputies served an arrest warrant.

CNN has not been able to obtain the arrest warrant.

I hope the FBI keeps an eye on this. While you can detain on a search warrant, I think the law gets a little more vague.