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The fourth “unlawful assembly” declaration by police came at 8:45 p.m. ET, according to a Twitter post by the Elizabeth City Police Department.
ANDREW BROWN JR. SHOOTING: BLM PROTESTERS STAGE ‘ECONOMIC BOYCOTT’ IN ELIZABETH CITY, NC
Wednesday’s protest was part of a campaign called “Spendless Wednesdays,” in which community members were being asked to not spend money at area businesses on Wednesdays, the day of the week that Brown was fatally shot, WITN reported.
On Tuesday, Pasquotank County District Attorney R. Andrew Womble decided against bringing criminal charges against county sheriff’s deputies who fatally shot Brown while executing a search warrant April 21.
Funeral home personnel unload the casket of Andrew Brown Jr. as it arrives at the Museum of the Albemarle for a public viewing in Elizabeth City, North Carolina. (Reuters)
However, the deputies linked to the case will undergo retraining and face some disciplinary action, Sheriff Tommy Wooten said Tuesday, WAVY-TV of Portsmouth, Virginia, reported.
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Also Tuesday, protesters showed up at the home of Elizabeth City’s former deputy police chief to oppose Womble’s decision – even though the Elizabeth City police force was not involved in the Brown shooting death.
North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper, a Democrat, and attorneys for the Brown family had called for the appointment of a special prosecutor to investigate the Brown shooting but Womble decided against it.
Separately, the FBI has launched a civil rights investigation into the shooting.
Fox News’ Danielle Wallace contributed to this story.
