Marchers demand release of bodycam footage while emphasizing importance of peaceful protests

GOVERNOR COOFER, THE TORE

GENERAL.

THE NAACP ALL CALLING FOR THE

VIDEO TO BE RELEASED.

AARON THOMAS HAS BEEN IN

ELIZABETH CITY MONITORING

CONDITIONS FOR HOURS.

HE IS LIVE WHERE DEMONSTRATORS

HAVE BEEN MARCHING FOUR DAYS IN

A ROW.

>> Reporter: PROTESTERS MARCH

FOR NEARLY TWO HOURS TO THIS

WAL-MART I'M STANDING AT.

THEY TOOK THE MARCH TO A MORE

POPULATED PART OF TOWN WHILE

KEEPING IT PEACEFUL.

DOZENS OF DEMONSTRATORS MARCHED

IN THE RAIN SENDING A STRONG

MESSAGE DEMANDING THE RELEASE

OF BODY CAMERA FOOTAGE SHOWING

THE ENCOUNTER BETWEEN DEPUTIES

AND ANDREW BROWN JR.

DEMONSTRATORS CONTINUE THEIR

CALL FOR TRANSPARENCY FROM THE

PASQUOTANK DEPUTIES.

KALIL FARABEE, BROWN'S OLDER

SON SHARES HIS PAIN OF LOSING

HIS FATHER.

>> MY NEWBORN WILL NOT GET A

CHANCE TO MEET HIM AT ALL.

THAT WILL HURT ME EVERY DAY.

I JUST WANT JUSTICE.

>> Reporter: RADIO TRAFFIC

INDICATES BROWN WAS SHOT IN THE

BACK AFTER PASQUOTANK DEPUTIES

WERE SERVING A DRUG WARRANT.

THEY WILL FILE A MOTION IN

COURT FOR THE BODY CAM FOOTAGE

TO BE RELEASED.

>> WE WANT THE BODY CAM FOOTAGE

MADE PUBLIC.

SOME PEOPLE HAVE CLAIMED THAT

MY OFFICE HAS THE POWER TO DO

SO.

THAT IS NOT TRUE.

ONLY A JUDGE CAN RELEASE VIDEO.

>> Reporter: KEITH RIVERS WITH

THE LOCAL NAACP CALLED FOR CALM

DEMONSTRATIONS.

>> WE ARE SHOWING THE ENTIRE

WORLD AND ALL OF AMERICA HOW

YOU PROTEST AND GET WHAT YOU

WANT.

THIS IS HOW WE GET JUSTICE AND

THIS IS WHAT JUSTICE LOOKS

LIKE.

>> Reporter: SO FAR, THERE HAVE

BEEN NO ARRESTS OVER THE PAST

FOUR DAYS.

PROTESTS HAVE TAKEN PLACE SINCE

THE SHOOTING, THREE DEPUTIES

HAVE RESIGNED, AND AN

ADDITIONAL SEVEN HAVE BEEN PUT

ON ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE.

>> IT SHOWS THE IMPACT OF THE

SHOOTING DEATH OF ANDREW BROWN

JR. IS BEING FELT IN A VARIETY

OF WAYS.

AARON THOMAS REPORTING LIVE IN

ELIZABETH CITY.

THANK YOU.

>>> WE MENTIONED STATE ATTORNEY

GENERAL JOSH STEIN'S CALL TO

RELEASE THE BODY CAMERA VIDEO

IN THE SHOOTING.

HERE IS PART OF THE STATEMENT

HE RELEASED TODAY.

IT READS IN PART "I BELIEVE THE

BODY CAM VIDEO SHOULD BE MADE

AVAILABLE TO THE FAMILY AND

RELEASED PUBLICLY WITHOUT UNDUE

DELAY.

TRANSPARENCY IS CRITICALLY