Attorneys Release Statement After Jury Acquits Brown in Latoya James’ Death

Press Release

The family of Latoya James, the 37-year-old black woman shot and killed by Camden County deputies in May 2021, issued the following statement after a Camden County jury found James’ cousin Varshaun Brown not guilty of her murder. James was sleeping on the couch in Brown’s home on May 4, 2021 when deputies serving a search warrant in the predawn dark used a battering ram to knock down Brown’s door and opened fire.

James’ family, represented by nationally renowned civil rights attorneys Harry Daniels and Bakari Sellers as well as Reginald Greene, filed a $25 million lawsuit last year against Camden County Sheriff Jim Proctor and those deputies involved in James’ death.

The attorneys’ statement reads as follows:

“Today the jury made it absolutely clear that Varshaun Brown is not responsible for Latoya James death and there was only one other group shooting. Furthermore, we are confident that the other convictions and this draconian sentence will be overturned on appeal.

“The simple fact is that the Camden County Sheriff’s Department gunned Latoya James down in cold blood and they’ve been doing everything they could since to distract people from that fact. This overreaching prosecution was their last chance and there’s nowhere else to turn.

“How many more people have to be beaten or killed by the Camden County Sheriff’s Department? We say no more and the people are with us.”

Click here for a copy of the lawsuit.

To view video of the incident, see below:

Share on Facebook

Tweet

Follow us