APB Speaker Bakari Sellers is Representing the Family of Andrew Brown Jr.
04 May 2021
APB speaker and civil rights attorney Bakari Sellers is representing the family of Andrew Brown Jr. Sellers criticized the police for showing disrespect to Brown's family, in addition to local prosecutor Michael Cox swearing at Sellers himself. Newsweek reports when Andrew Brown Jr. was being served an arrest warrant for felony drug charges, he was fatally shot by Pasquotank County sheriff's deputies in North Carolina. Sellers also accused Cox of attempting to stop the Brown family attorney's from viewing the footage.
Bakari Sellers became the youngest African American elected official in the nation. His impressive list of accomplishments also includes having served on President Barack Obama's South Carolina steering committee during the 2008 election. Sellers is a rising star within the Democratic Party and a leading voice for his generation.