Duration of the meeting. Thank you. May have a motion to approve the agenda . Thank you, any comments or questions . All in favor . Any opposed. Thank you, the motion carries. Item 3, approval of the december 6, 2017 meeting minutes, motion to approve . Any comments or questions . To the public . Hearing none, all in favor . Any opposed . Thank you. The motion carries. Item 4, reports, the director report, thank you, shireen. Director mcspadden thank you, commissioner, and i want to extend a special welcome to commissioner papas very happy to have you working with us. I was at the National Association on aging board meeting. I mentioned before, but for those of you who havent heard, im one of two representatives from california to this National Association. And its a Great Organization, theyre focused on building the capacity of aaa so we can help older adults. It supports initiatives such as Livable Communities and dementiafriendly america. They advocate for funding for services for a
August that shooting death sparked days of unrest in sherman park. Nats unrest sounds . . Heagganbrown was taken off patrol duties and according to a criminal complaintone night later watched the riots from a bar with another man and bragged about being able to do whatever he wanted without repercussions. Afte r a night of drinking, the two left the bar. The man says he later woke up to Heaggan Brown sexually assaulting him. The officer later dropped the victim off at a hospital telling an employee the victim was as the victim got treatment, he told caregivers he raped me, he raped me. 01 47 its all together awful. Heagganbrown is accused of having three other victims 02 01 its extraordinarily disappointing and grave and were treating it as such. At a News Conference thursday, chief ed flynn calls the alleged actions of the officer appalling. 00 42 these are grave charges, these are charges that go to the heart of our according to the criminal complaint, heagganbrown also paid money fo
August that shooting death sparked days of unrest in sherman park. Nats unrest sounds . . Heagganbrown was taken off patrol duties and according to a criminal complaintone night later watched the riots from a bar with another man and bragged about being able to do whatever he wanted without repercussions. Afte r a night of drinking, the two left the bar. The man says he later woke up to Heaggan Brown sexually assaulting him. The officer later dropped the victim off at a hospital telling an employee the victim was as the victim got treatment, he told caregivers he raped me, he raped me. 01 47 its all together awful. Heagganbrown is accused of having three other victims 02 01 its extraordinarily disappointing and grave and were treating it as such. At a News Conference thursday, chief ed flynn calls the alleged actions of the officer appalling. 00 42 these are grave charges, these are charges that go to the heart of our according to the criminal complaint, heagganbrown also paid money fo
Down the sidewalk, winding up at city hall just behind us here and calm of speakers and a couple of speakers will then address the crowd about what theyve been seeing over the past year. This this past year alone, about 300 people who identify as transgender have been killed. 26 of those right here in the u. S. The vast majority of those were women of color. With the spike in hate crimes nation wild recently this group is hoping to promote a message of peace, understanding and acceptance and again this is going to be st join and listen to the message they have here tonight. Certainly they hopes this something that will continue long into the weeks and months ahead. To see those trends go on the downward trend to see less of this kind of crime happening. Reporting live here in st. Petersburg, kera mashek, abc action news. Thank you. Meanwhile antitrump marches are continuing almost now two weeks after donald trump became the president elect and here saturday. Anxiety continues to grow a
Reporting the u. S. Marshals are talking to a person of interest. Police are still searching for the gunman right now, Benjamin Marconi was killed in broad daylight yesterday. He had just pulled over a vehicle and was writing a ticket when another car pulled up to him and shot him in the head. The suspect in the shooting of a st. Louis Police Officer has now been killed in a shootout. Police say the gunman ambushed one of their officers while his cruiser was beside him and someone shot the officer twice in his face. The citys police chief says the victim is expected to survive. The gunman took off after the incident. Undercover officers found his abandoned car and later found him which led to a shootout after midnight. One person is in custody. Someone fired shots outside the pegasus lounge last night. One person suffered minor north port shooting investigation. Police say two kids were firing bb guns and one ended up being hit in the head. That juvenile airlifted to the hospital but w