“Moral Emergency” Declared in Wake of Andrew Brown Jr.’s Murder by Police

Andrew Brown Jr., the man shot and killed last week by law enforcement, to declare a “moral emergency” in the country.

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Pastors in the Elizabeth City area, along with the president of the North Carolina conference of the NAACP and the president of Repairers of the Breach, will meet Tuesday afternoon with attorneys for Andrew Brown Jr., the man shot and killed last week by law enforcement, to declare a “moral emergency” in the country.

The private meeting will begin at 2 p.m. Tuesday, April 27, at Mount Lebanon AME Zion Church, 320 Culpepper St., in Elizabeth City.

Pastors will make a public statement outside the church about 3 p.m. Reporters can view the public reading of the statement online here.

The pastor of Mount Lebanon AME Zion Church initiated the meeting and invited the representatives of the North Carolina NAACP, Repairers of the Breach and the AME Zion Church to attend. Civil rights attorney Harry Daniels and another lead attorney will attend the meeting, which will include Bishop William J. Barber II, president and senior lecturer of Repairers of the Breach; Rev. Dr. T. Anthony Spearman, president of the North Carolina conference of the NAACP; and Rev. Leach.

“Our faith demands justice in the courts and justice in every aspect of life,” said Bishop Barber, who also is co-chair of the Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival. “What we see happening in Elizabeth City with a man shot in the back and the inept way the investigation is being handled by the district attorney and sheriff is a moral failure.”

Rev. Spearman said: “The Black Belt is witnessing a heinous indiscretion. The lack of transparency is not only disturbing; it is time for intervention from statewide policy makers including Attorney General Josh Stein and Gov. Roy Cooper to rise up and do what you were elected to do. I reaffirm the NC NAACP’s commitment to holding all lawless enforcement accountable, and I reiterate we will not stand idly by and watch North Carolina become another Minnesota.”

At a news conference Monday, Brown’s attorneys and family members said they were allowed to view only 20 seconds of body camera footage. They described Brown’s shooting death on Wednesday, April 21, as an “execution.”

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