
Why a North Carolina district attorney is not prosecuting the Andrew Brown Jr. killing
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On Tuesday morning, District Attorney Andrew Womble said the fatal shooting of Andrew Brown Jr. by Pasquotank County sheriff's deputies was justified. Womble came to his conclusion after reviewing evidence and considering the standard for judging the uses of force by police officers.
How did he come to his conclusion? Womble came to his conclusion after reviewing evidence and considering the standard for judging the uses of force by police officers. Womble said that courts have held that officers can use deadly force to protect against deadly force from someone they're trying to arrest, or to take custody of someone who presents "an imminent threat of death or serious injury to others unless apprehended immediately."
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As a shrinking number of Transportation Security Administration agents work to keep hourslong security lines moving despite not being paid, President Donald Trump stepped into the fray Saturday, announcing he will send Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers to airports by Monday if Congress doesn’t agree to a plan to end the partial government shutdown.











