Execution or Self-Defense? 

The policemen involved in the fatal shooting of Andrew Brown Jr. will not face charges, the Elizabeth City (N. Carolina) DA announced recently.

Brown, who was Black, was killed in April as he tried to flee from deputies that were attempting to serve an arrest warrant. He was shot five times. Once in the back of the head.

The decision not to prosecute the officers was based at least partly on a 45-second clip from police body camera footage. The DA said it demonstrates that the officers were in danger of losing their lives and were defending themselves. The family of Andrew Brown vehemently disagreed. They said it was more like a public execution.

I know nothing about the case other than what I just told you and that 45-second video clip. So I may be wrong. But to me, it looked a lot more like an execution than self-defense.

Again… make your own decision.

Here is the clip.