WASHINGTON — The fatal shooting of a Black man by law-enforcement officers in northeastern North Carolina has elevated race, racial justice and policing as key issues in the state’s 2022 Democratic U.S. Senate primary.
Pasquotank County sheriff’s deputies shot and killed Andrew Brown Jr., 42, in his car outside of his home in Elizabeth City while they were serving search and arrest warrants related to felony drug charges, The News & Observer reported previously.
The death of another Black man at the hands of law enforcement sparked daily protests in the small town and garnered national attention as it came just hours after a police officer was found guilty of murder for killing an unarmed Black man last summer.
