Black man shot and killed by sheriff’s deputy in North Carolina

<p>Eyewitness says Andrew Brown was shot while he tried to drive away from police in Elizabeth City, spurring angry protests</p><p>A sheriff’s deputy in North Carolina has shot and killed a black man while serving a search warrant, authorities said, raising tensions over policing in the wake of the <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/apr/21/minneapolis-policing-practices-justice-department-investigation">Derek Chauvin trial</a> and <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/apr/21/makhia-bryant-killing-columbus-ohio-biden-briefing-white-house">Ma’Khia Bryant killing</a>.</p><p>The deputy in Elizabeth City, close to the Atlantic coast, was placed on leave pending a review by the state bureau of investigation, Pasquotank county sheriff Tommy Wooten said at a news conference on Wednesday.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/apr/22/black-man-shot-and-killed-by-sheriffs-deputy-in-north-carolina">Continue reading...</a>