Are you happy, chief . Its tough to say. I love this place. Ive been here my whole adult life. Key lanier will move to new york to serve as security chief for the nfl. The League Reached out to her and she decided to take the job just yesterday. Her last day will be on september 17th. Some of chief laniers harshist critics are inside her department. Wusa 9 aioli son barber. Reporter the d. C. Chief is one of the chief laniers biggest critics. over 1,000 officers or members of this union said they had no confidence if her ability to lead the department and keep the city safe. Unsurprisingly the union says a lot of their members here down. She ran this department how she felt was best to one this department. And a lot of times that clashed with the officers. Reporter still Union Secretary jimmy white says the news is a shock. We got the email today. And were just as surprised as everybody else. Reporter every officer is handling it differently. There is a mixed bag of reactions that i
Let me welcome you here. Not only to have this distinguished group, chuck and linda, long time active members of the community who have served the commonwealth tremendously. It is great to have kingsley here. 25 years of service to george mason. We appreciate the impact youve had. It is truly great to have everyone here. Lets get on with the show. [applause] host for those of you who do not know Kingsley Haynes, he served as the founding dean of these school of Public Policy. As an aside, we also patriot justht to susan haynes, pay tribute tonightto susan haynes as an aside, we also pay tribute to susan haynes. [applause] the faculty established and generously funded a lecture series in his name. In keeping with past events, we have invited to individuals who have also demonstrated a dip commitment deep commitment to public service. Robb was governor of virginia and served two terms in the u. S. Senate. Lyndaknown for marrying daughter of, the Lyndon Baines johnson and lady bird johnso
In northwest washington, two vendors were selling water today, doing better later. Touristsational mall, are trying to stay hydrated. We came prepared with our bottled water, because we know what it is like Walking Around in south carolina, and it is humid, it is hot. Driver,ng as a pedicab they have to know about it. You have to take care of yourself. When we got out here about 20 minutes ago, there was a Second Quarter of players playing volleyball. They had intended to stay past 5 00, but they packed it in a minute or so ago. These temperatures can become a so we havea alert, to stay safe. Suzanne kennedy, abc 7 news. And to check that your anytime of the day, download our abc 7 app on your smartphone. Verdict forilty George Zimmerman, protests still around the country. Protests in some 100 cities are being planned for saturday, and there are calls for even felony charges to be brought against the Neighborhood Watch volunteer. We have the latest on this emotional case with steve. Pr
Go to jail in florida for the shooting death of Trayvon Martin, but he may not be done in the courtrooms just yet. Now the Justice Department is looking into civil rights charges. Delia goncalves has the story. Good morning mike, jessica. The verdict sparking people protests around the country right here at home. As soon as that news broke saturday night, crowds of people took to u street marching and chanting. Sunday at malcolm x Meridian Hill park we took some timeout to talk to parents and how they explain it to their children, especially africanamerican sons. It kind of left a bitter taste in everyones mouth. Someone was left dead and no one is held accountable. Trayvon martin had a right to stand his ground, too. Unfortunately, he is the one that ended up dead, he didnt have a gun. It is hard to know what to tell your kids. Always talked to him about how to deal with police, if you are stopped, yes, sir, no, sir. This doesnt fall in any of those categories. That, of course was Pri
More than a million indonesians were killed beginning in 1965 by the u. S. Backed military and paramilitary death. The story is told by the killers themselves. At first we beat them dig at that there was too much blood. There was so much blood here. So when we cleaned it up, it smelled awful. Used thishe blood, i system. Can i show you . The act of killing. All of that and more coming up. This is democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. The military judge presiding over the courtmartial of u. S. Army private Bradley Manning has upheld the most serious charge against him that he knowingly aided the enemy by giving hundreds of thousands of classified documents to wikileaks. Mannings defense team had asked colonel denise land to dismiss the charge, which could see manning sentenced to life in prison without parole plus an additional 154 years. But on thursday, she ruled there was enough evidence to show that in giving information to wikileaks, manning h