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Virginia gay Black man’s family files $26 million lawsuit against local police for April shooting
shot eight times while on the phone with a 911 dispatcher following a domestic dispute with his brother at the family’s home. Attorneys for Brown’s family said he had been obeying the deputy’s commands prior to the shooting and have alleged the shooting was unjustified, reports Richmond-based NBC affiliate WWBT. Brown was holding a cordless phone at the time of the shooting, but the sheriff’s deputy allegedly mistook the phone for a weapon.The lawsuit, filed in U.S.