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A 2016 North Carolina law that gives local courts authority over the release of body camera video has come under a harsh glare after a judge refused to make public footage of deputies shooting and killing Andrew Brown Jr.

A judge has denied requests to release body camera video in the case of a Black man who killed by North Carolina deputies. The decision came Wednesday shortly after a North Carolina prosecutor said that Andrew Brown Jr. had hit law enforcement officers with his car before they opened fire.

A funeral will be held next week for Andrew Brown Jr., a Black man shot and killed by North Carolina deputies, with the Rev. Al Sharpton delivering the eulogy. Protests, and the call for body camera footage to be released, continue in Elizabeth City.

The FBI has launched a civil rights probe into the death of Andrew Brown Jr., a Black man killed by deputies in North Carolina.

The FBI has launched a civil rights probe into the death of Andrew Brown Jr., a Black man killed by deputies in North Carolina.

The family of Andrew Brown Jr. got their first glimpse Monday of the moment when he was shot and killed by Pasquotank County sheriff's deputies. And the calls for that body camera footage to be made public continue.

Protesters took to the streets in Elizabeth City Monday night following the Pasquotank County Sheriff鈥檚 office partial release of body camera video in the killing of Andrew Brown Jr. The protests remained peaceful early in the night, as crowds marched through the city chanting: 鈥淪ay his name! Andrew Brown!鈥� and "One shot 鈥� too many. Twenty seconds 鈥� not enough."

Attorneys for the family say a Black man killed by deputies in North Carolina was shot in the back of his head and had his hands on the car steering wheel when they opened fire.

The family of the victim, Andrew Brown Jr., expected to have a chance to view the video Monday morning. The video has still not been released to the public despite mounting pressure in Elizabeth City.

The mayor of Elizabeth City has declared a state of emergency as the community braces for the potential release of body cam footage from the fatal shooting of Andrew Brown Jr. by sheriff's deputies last week.