Of the fatal shot that was fired at Brown in his car from *behind* him as he drove away, police are saying that Brown was driving toward an unmarked police vehicle that was in front of him.
They're now showing the bodycam footage that the community has been demanding for weeks.
It appears to show one officer fire from in front of the car, and the rest of the shots happen as no officers are in the car's path except for this apparent unmarked police vehicle on street
Pasquotank County District Attorney R. Andrew Womble is currently claiming Andrew Brown was using his car as a "deadly weapon" which gave officers "a compelling reason to end the encounter."
Womble asserts that if the first shot fired is justified (in this case, he says, one officer ahead of car when one shot fired) then all subsequent shots are justified, even if officers were no longer in immediate danger.
Asked if officers considered that they were in a school zone when they shot Brown, DA Womble rephrases the question and says that he believes Brown's driving away may have endangered children.
DA Womble says he does not actually know which officer fired the fatal shot but it does "not matter" in his decision not to charge.
The reason it's unclear which officer fired the fatal shot is the bullet "tumbled" because of hitting carseat or glass on its path.
DA Womble describes how officers had warrant for arrest plus search of two vehicles and Brown's home.
After killing Brown, he says, there was no reason to execute the search of the vehicle Brown was in or the home.
In the end, warrants not technically served.
DA Womble says he did not show the footage of officers attempting life-saving efforts on Brown because it "didn't have any bearing" on legal analysis and is "disturbing" because of the gunshot wound in his head.
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Raw footage thread: Pro-Palestine activists rallied this afternoon in front of the Israeli Embassy in Washington DC. Hundreds attended and chanted in support of Palestinians and against Zionism.
"Hey hey, ho ho, Israel has got to go!"
"Free, free Palestine!"
The activists brought four fake coffins draped in Palestinian flags up to the DC Israeli Embassy, where they read the names civilians killed by Israeli airstrikes.
(Note: I didn't include all the names in this shot - this took about ten minutes. It's in the livestream fully.)
One Palestinian activist who came from Cleveland spoke into my cam to politicians.
He praised 25 members of congress who sent a letter to Sec. Blinken condemning eviction of Palestinians.
"America must end its alliance with Israel," he said.
She described struggling to discuss this issue with colleagues.
"The ethnic cleansing continues now," she said of Israel's actions.
"We all deserve to live freely and with human dignity."
"What they are doing to the Palestinians is what they are doing to our Black brothers and sisters here," @RashidaTlaib told the crowd.
"As you all are marching for freedom of Palestine, please know that you must be marching for everybody's freedom."
"It's all interconnected."
"If you are Black, this is your fight. If you are Latino, this is your fight. If you are South Asian, this is your fight. If you're white, this is your fight. If you're Jewish, this is sure enough your fight," said @RepAndreCarson.
PHOTO THREAD: Today #FreePalestine protesters marched from the State Department to the White House demanding the end of Israeli settlement and displacement of Palestinians.
Two members of congress spoke out at the rally in front of the State Department: @RashidaTlaib and @RepAndreCarson.
Both emphasized an intersection between struggles like Black Lives Matter and the Free Palestinian movement.
One somewhat unconventional element of the event was a giant replica tank.
It is not motorized (activists had to push/pull it) and was actually built for Columbia protests also taking place in DC.
"Demilitarize the budget" and "Healthcare not warfare" it says on the sides.