Wayne, the Contra Costa County District Attorneys Office has filed felony assault charges. Against fired Richmond Police officer eric smith junior. The das office says the former officer has been charged with assault with a Deadly Weapon causing Great Bodily Injury for striking a suspect dozens of times with a taser. Richmond police held a News Conference about the incident earlier today and showed video of what happened. We warn you, the video is graphic found fours dan kerman has the story. He was in the Early Morning hours of april 9th when Richmond Police officer eric smith junior. Confronted a drunk driving suspect. But Richmond Police say his actions violated the departments Excessive Force policy. My goal today is to be transparent about what happened so that we can begin the process of rebuilding community trust. Richmond police chief piece of french played Surveillance Video and officer bodycam video of the incident during a News Conference wednesday the video shows the office
Dry. In fact, were quite clear further south in the bay, but we did see s me showers making their way into the coast, firmer in sonoma and mendocino counties. Not going to be seeing any of that today. We are very dry out there and temperatures are actually quite mild right now. Its livermore, dublin in brentwood, sitting in the 70s. Well, fremont at 62 degrees. Hayward in alameda. 61 for your current temperatures. While berkeley, San Francisco, 59 petaluma a cool. 55. Whats the rest of the day . Bringing us well, Half Moon Bay looks nice and clear this morning. Thats something that will continue some dense coastal fog in pockets. Temperatures right now, as you saw just a second ago, ranging from the 50s to the 70s, depending on where youre at clearing skies by noontime. And by the afternoon, we do have another hot day with some of our inland temperatures rising into the 90s and even a couple of triple digits for a very for this inland spots. Ill be breaking down everything else. You ne
Hey, thanks so much for joining us on the kron. 4 news at noon. Im stephanie land and our top story for you this hour. Wnba star Brittney Griner has been sentenced to 9 years in a russian prison. She had this to say when the ruling came down. What made honest mistakes . And a home. Youre ruling and it doesnt in my life. The judge said the time griner has served in custody since her arrest in february will count towards her sentence. The prosecutors are also asking for griner to pay 8 million ruble penalty that comes out to roughly about 16,700. Breyer was arrested at a moscow airport earlier this year where authorities found a vape cartridge with cannabis oil in her luggage. Legislators say theyre doing everything they can to bring griner back home. Well, we certainly want brittany home and paul whalen, another american being held by the russians. But we dont want to do this in a way that incentivizes them too, to accuse more americans and the ground hold it hostage for another trade f
Mad world, all the emotions. Simon loose as the burglars only made off with some change, but the damage and having to close the restaurant for repairs has been costly. And is really what bothers me. Without to get repaired, i can open for business and every day im not open was a lot of the video from the laundromat goes on to show the burglars handing off bags of stolen money. In a separate video, one of those bags is seen being dropped from the roof and exploding coins onto the sidewalk. The burglars are then captured walking through an alleyway. Well, a homeless man stands by one of the masked men gives them an some of the stolen money. The laundromat owner who did not want to talk on camera says crime in Little Saigon is getting out of hand. Lou agrees more ciento both in line when Oakland Police introduced officer when as Little Saigon as Liaison Officer last week. It follows demands from the neighborhood for a crackdown on crime. Investigators say at least 5 people seen in these v
At cnn World Headquarters in atlanta. Newsroom starts right now. Thanks again for joining you. A feud between donald trump and professional sports is getting even more heated and now the controversial practice of taking a knee during the u. S. National anthem has spread to major league baseball. The pitcher of the oakland tl z athletics may be the first to join the tension against Racial Injustice. He tweeted this. Going to the white house is considered a great honor for a championship team. Steph curry is hesitating therefore invitation is withdrawn, exclamation point, from donald trump. Nba star lebron james fired back calling the president a, quote, bum. He added, going to the white house was a great honor until you showed up. Is it started friday when mr. Trump blasted Football Players who refused to stand for the National Anthem. Wouldnt you love to see one of these nfl owners when somebody disrespects our flag, to say get that son of a [ bleep ] off the field right now, out. Hes