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    Family And Civil Rights Leaders Mourn Andrew Brown Jr. At Funeral

    Brown, a 42-year-old Black man, was shot dead by sheriff's deputies as they arrived to carry out search and arrest warrants last month. The Rev. Al Sharpton delivered his eulogy.
    by Becky Sullivan May 03, 2021 3 minutes
    Pallbearers carry the casket of Andrew Brown Jr. to a horse-drawn carriage before his funeral service at the Fountain of Life church on Monday in Elizabeth City, N.C.
    Updated May 3, 2021 at 12:35 PM ET

    Family, friends and national civil rights advocates gathered Monday for the funeral of Andrew Brown Jr., in Elizabeth City, N.C., as the circumstances of his shooting death last month by sheriff's deputies remained unclear.

    The Rev. Al Sharpton gave his second eulogy in two weeks for a Black man killed by law enforcement, pressing officials to release body camera footage and painting the ongoing outcry over policing as

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