Lawyers for the family of Andrew Brown Jr, a Black man shot by officers in North Carolina said police body-camera footage and an independent autopsy showed Brown was shot in the back of his head during an attempted arrest.
They called his shooting last Wednesday "an execution" and said all footage of the incident should be released.
Police called on demonstrators to return home ahead of a nightly curfew on Elizabeth City.
Al Jazeera’s Mike Hanna reports from Washington, DC, the US.
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They called his shooting last Wednesday "an execution" and said all footage of the incident should be released.
Police called on demonstrators to return home ahead of a nightly curfew on Elizabeth City.
Al Jazeera’s Mike Hanna reports from Washington, DC, the US.
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