The city council in Elizabeth City has voted to hire a painter to paint the message ‘BLACK LIVES MATTER’ on the street in front of the Sheriff department over the death of Andrew Brown Jr, who was shot by police as he attempted to run them over with this car.
MY FOX 8 – Elizabeth City will hire an artist to paint the words “Black Lives Matter” on the street that runs past the Pasquotank County Public Safety building.
Elizabeth City City Council voted 5-1 Monday night to move forward with the idea brought by Councilman Darius Horton, who said the city needs to send a message to those still upset by the killing of Andrew Brown Jr. by county sheriff’s deputies back on April 21.
Last week, District Attorney Andrew Womble announced he would not file criminal charges against the three deputies who confronted Brown in an attempt to serve a drug arrest warrant. Womble said his opinion is the use of deadly force was justified, as Brown was a threat when he drove his car in the direction of officers.
Protesters disagree and have called Brown’s death a murder. They, along with the family, have asked for federal authorities to step in. Nightly protests in city streets have continued, with demonstrators calling for justice.
This is ridiculous. Brown could have gotten out of his car and complied with the demands of the officers. Everything would have been fine and he would have lived to see another day. But for whatever reason, he tried to use his car to run the officers over as he attempted to flee and that proved to be a fatal mistake.
However, because the officers defended themselves and shot Brown, now the schmucks who run Elizabeth City are passing judgement on the Sheriff’s department with this BLM crap, as if the officer’s did something wrong.
You know, this ain’t New York City. I fully expect (and hope) this artist will be repainting the BLM street graffiti many times over in the future.