- A federal judge has upheld an earlier ruling blocking Charlotte-Mecklenburg police from giving a local television station access to video and audio recordings related to the August 2025 stabbing death on a city light rail line.
- US District Judge Kenneth Bell’s order cited concerns about the recordings’ release from defendants Decarlos Dejuan Brown Jr. and US Attorney Russ Ferguson.
- A state Superior Court judge had ruled on Monday that WSOC television could have access to the recordings in connection with Brown’s state-level murder case.
A federal judge has upheld an earlier order blocking release to a Charlotte television station of law enforcement video and audio recordings tied to the high-profile August killing on the city’s light rail line.
US District Judge Kenneth Bell’s order Friday means WSOC television will not get access to 911 recordings or body-worn camera footage from the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department. Bell’s order upholds a federal magistrate judge’s temporary order issued Monday.
Defendant Decarlos Dejuan Brown Jr. had requested a federal court order blocking the recordings’ release. Brown’s lawyers turned to federal court Monday after a state judge had granted WSOC access to the recordings in Brown’s state-level murder case…