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Attorneys Blast North Carolina Judge's Call to Withhold Police Shooting Video
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2:18Now PlayingA judge refused Wednesday to release body camera video showing North Carolina deputies shooting and killing a Black man, ruling that making the video public at this stage could jeopardize the investigation into Andrew Brown Jr.'s death.
However, the judge did order authorities to allow Brown's family to privately view five videos from body cameras and one from a dashboard camera within 10 days, with some portions blurred or redacted.
Family members had previously been allowed to view only a 20-second clip from a single body camera.
Judge Jeffery Foster said he believed the videos contained information that could harm the ongoing investigation or threaten the safety of people seen in the footage.
He said the video must remain out of public view for at least 30 days.
While one attorney for Brown's family, Wayne Kendall, initially said it was a "partial victory" for the family to view more video, the legal team later issued a statement condemning the decision not to make the video public.
The decision came shortly after a North Carolina prosecutor said that Brown had hit law enforcement officers with his car before they opened fire last week.
District Attorney Andrew Womble, who viewed the body camera videos, told the judge that he disagreed with a characterization by an attorney for Brown's family that Brown did not try to drive away until deputies opened fire.
Womble said the video shows that Brown's car made "contact" with law enforcement twice before shots could be heard on the video.
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