[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] - Andrew Brown Jr.,42, had a rap sheet dating back to his teens and did at least eight stints in jail, DailyMail.com can exclusively reveal
- The father-of-seven was shot dead in his car in Elizabeth City, North Carolina on April 21 while sheriff's deputies were serving a search warrant
- Court documents show Brown Jr faced more than 100 charges over three decades, ranging from misdemeanors to six felony drug convictions
- He was also charged with resisting a public officer, also known as resisting arrest, on at least six occasions between 1997 and 2016
- At the time of his death, he was facing another possibly lengthy jail stint relating to a November 2020 arrest for allegedly selling fentanyl or heroin from a motel
- Brown's death is the latest in a series of high-profile, deadly encounters between police and black Americans that have sparked public outcry and protests
- Relatives say Brown was unarmed and have labeled his death an execution
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