Many of you saw the news early many of you saw the news early on monday when the new York Police Department decided to fire the Police Officer involved in the death of eric gardner. This is what the police had to say on monday about that decision. [video clip] being a police is one of the hardest jobs in the world. That is not a statement to. Licit sympathy, it is a fact cops have to make choices, sometimes quickly every single day. Some are splitsecond, life or death choices. Oftentimes they are choices that will be thoroughly and repeatedly examined by those with much more time to think about them than the Police Officer had and those decisions are scrutinized and secondguessed both fairly and unfairly. The officer went to bed thinking he would make choices and take actions during a routine arrest that would lead to another persons death. An officers choices and actions even made under extreme pressure matter. It is unlikely mr. Gardner thought he was in such poor health that a brief
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Freezing rain continues for some. Watch for heavy rain and ice this morning. This winter storm continues to wreak havoc on our area and is making things tricky for commuters and people just even trying to walk their dog this morning. Wdbj7s shayne dwyer is live in Downtown Roanoke for us this morning. Shayne how are the roads looking right now . Good morning garrett. Roanoke, the roads primaries are in decent shape too but the Virginia Department of transportation is reporting slick spots pretty much all across our region. There is some snow and ice on primary routes in bedford, floyd, Henry Patrick and pulaski counties. Garrett ice continues to be the problem causer here this morning and may even be worse than the snow. Shayne Power Outages now topping more than 20 thousand. Where are the hardest hit areas . Garrett that number were no more than 21thousand three hundred right now. Right now some of the hardest hit areas are right in the Roanoke Valley where you see all that red. Roano
Sick, and we were tasked to go down there. Reporter team leader Tech Sergeant justin shook has successfully completed hundreds of recovery missions. My job is to help people that cant help themselves. Reporter members of his team are off the coast of mexico right now to save a baby girl. He says its a mission thats just as important. The main issue especially with children is they do really well for a long time and they crash. And thats what were worried about. Reporter take a look. This is dramatic new video. Four members of the 129th rescue wing parachuting into the pacific ocean. One jumping right after the other. The mission of their multistage operation is clear but not simple. Bring a 1yearold girl who became seriously ill on a sailboat to shore for treatment. We train hard to have these capabilities, and we want to go and help. Because people dont mean to get in bad situations. Reporter the team boarded the sailboat and stabilized the little girl, but the rebel heart, seen here