Across the nation. Good evening. Thanks for joining us tonight for kron 4 news at a time can why im pam moore more than a week of demonstrations across the world all in the call for justice for george floyd tonight all 4 officers involved in his death have been charged in addition to derrick todd and the other 3 former officers who either helped hold floyd down or stood by watching have been charged with aiding and abetting seconddegree murder all 4 officers face the same maximum time behind bars for a murder charge and the aiding abetting charge both carry 40 year maximum sentences there are active demonstrations taking place across the country right now in new york city and washington dc and this picture live from los angeles shows a large crowd marching through the streets of l a were continuing to monitor these kinds of acted activities here in the bay area and across the country as the night goes on and there are more county wide curfews in effect tonight across the bay area Alame
First, let me say up front, the killing of george floyd by a minneapolis policeman is a horrible crime. The officers on the scene that day should be held accountable for his murder. It is a tragedy that we have seen repeat itself too many times. With great sympathy, i want to extend the deepest of condolences to the family and friends of george floyd from me and the department. Racism is real in america. We must all do our very best to recognize it, to confront it and to eradicate it. I have always been proud to be a member of an institution, the United States military, that embraces diversity and inclusion and prohibits hate and discrimination in all forms. More often than not, we have led on these issues. And while we still have much to do on this front, leaders across the dod and services take this responsibility seriously and were determined to make a difference. Every member of the department has sworn an oath to uphold and defend the constitution of the United States of america.
It will remain in effect until further notice. And san jose people in order to stay in their homes between 8 30 p. M. And 5 00 a. M. For the next seven days. And walnut creek entered the same and oakland has not yet imposed a certain curfew but mayor libby schaaf is not ruling that out. Our curfew is an option an option and we are constantly assessing the positions and are determined to determine whether the conditions exist to implement a curfew. Let us be clear that there are many less indiscriminate methods available to us. Mayor london breed spoke to us last night and stresses there are no immediate plans to impose a curfew at oakland and the citys main focus is to track down looters who caused major damages to downtown businesses during the past weekend. Oakland Police Department has arrested three people after they were accused of shooting at the departments headquarters. It happened just after midnight and no officers injured in the shooting shooting. The suspects fled to an Apa
Be very light. On radar you can see not a lot, but a little bit. Highs today starting to warm up and really warming up tomorrow. Back above average. Lets get over to sell now and see if anything has evolved in the last 15 or 20 minutes. Good morning. Good morning to you. We have traffic that is mostly doing very well out there. Im looking at most of these commutes on my list. We do see traffic moving well. Richmond bridge commute looks all right. If you happen to be on alameda city streets avoid born avista between sherman and webster. There is a major traffic jam on that stretch of when avista, so you can get through and you will have to go another way. Otherwise, the major city streets, pardon me, the major freeways are doing well. The final one, lets go back to the headlines. Alameda county firefighters racing to 2 fires in the last few hours. One at a Storage Facility and the other at a walmart. Sarah joins us now with more on that. Good morning. Reporter good morning. It has been
These are difficult times. I am going to start by talking about an arrest that we had on swan street. Somewas an arrest of significance. It was a mass arrest. We believe we could have a threat to Public Safety. Prior to the arrest that block ofin the 1500 swan street a couple days ago, lever monitoring a group that was exhibiting behavior that was not consistent with behavior that preceded very violent events. The of that behavior was throwing of different projectiles and the burning of a metropolitan police vehicle. We monitored the group for a while. Groupe able to stop that on swan street at about 9 00 p. M. The curfew was very 7 00 that evening. Were givenarrested multiple prior warnings that there would be a curfew in the District Of Columbia. If they did not abide by the curfew, they would be subject to arrest. As you know, the mayor and i held a press conference prior to that morning people that there would be a curfew in effect. There was a mobile alert that was sent out to ele