The legal team for the family of a man shot to death by a Cobb County police officer during a traffic stop in 2021 is going after the county’s district attorney for failing to prosecute the cop behind the shooting.
Attorneys for Devontae Brown’s family issued a statement accusing Cobb County District Attorney Flynn D. Broady Jr. of not presenting all the evidence the Georgia Bureau of Investigation gathered about Brown’s shooting death to a grand jury.
They released body camera footage last November showing Officer Ian McDonnell shoot 28-year-old Brown after cops conducted a traffic stop on Brown for reckless driving.
The footage begins with a view of police cars surrounding Brown’s car near South Loop and Powder Springs Road in Marietta on Aug. 18, 2021. In the video, Brown’s car looks significantly damaged and its airbags were deployed.
McConnell is standing near Brown’s car with his gun pointed at the driver’s side window, repeatedly yelling, “Get your hands up! Get your f**king hands up!” after Brown is seen reversing his car, then driving it forward while he’s boxed in by police.