Andrew Brown Jr.'s family to file civil rights lawsuit against deputies, lawyer says: What we know

An attorney representing the family of Andrew Brown Jr., an unarmed Black man who was shot and killed by deputies in Elizabeth City, North Carolina, said he plans to file a federal civil rights lawsuit against the deputies and the department.

Chance D. Lynch, an attorney for the Brown family, told USA TODAY that he petitioned the court for the family to see full unredacted body camera footage and details from the state investigation. He said he also hoped the Justice Department will "take a role in this."

The Pasquotank County district attorney on Tuesday announced that a state investigation found Brown endangered the deputies by using his vehicle as a deadly weapon while resisting arrest last month. The deputies involved – Investigator Daniel Meads, Deputy Robert Morgan and Cpl. Aaron Lewellyn – were justified in their actions and will not face criminal charges, District Attorney Andrew Womble said.

Pasquotank County Sheriff Tommy Wooten said Tuesday the deputies who shot Brown will keep their jobs but be "disciplined and retrained." Morgan is Black and Meads and Lewellyn are white, according to the sheriff. Four others who were at the scene were reinstated after the sheriff said they didn’t fire their weapons.

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