A North Carolina judge ruled on April 28 against the immediate public release of body camera footage in the officer-involved shooting death of Andrew Brown Jr. Brown’s family attorneys, Black Lives Matter activists, and a coalition of media outlets have demanded the release of five body camera videos, which purport to show deputies fatally shooting Brown while he was behind the wheel of his vehicle last week. Judge Jeffrey Foster said that after hearing lawyers’ arguments from county officials and media outlets that sought the release of the footage, the videos contain material “of a highly sensitive and personal nature” and the release would “create a serious threat to the fair, impartial, and orderly administration of justice.” Foster ruled that Brown’s family will be allowed to see all of the videos, but they won’t be released to the public for at least several weeks. The videos are being withheld for at least 30 …
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