did not get the merry christmas citizens wanted this year. for some , it was a downright scary christmas. there were many cities where santa stayed in the air. he was afraid of getting sleigh jacked. i think we report isolated crime events throughout the year, particularly in l.a. and new york. but the national crime picture often gets ignored. and when you look at the year it was, it takes your breath away, or at least it should. this is video of linda frickey, a seventy three year old grandmother from new orleans. who was in her car when four teens rushed it, pushing her out. frickey got caught in a safety belt and they dragged her for about a block, severing her arm from her body. she bled to death in the street. at least they captured her for tackers. but so many times these cases go unsolved. this is just one of the more than two hundred and sixty homicide in new orleans since the start of the year. my hometown of new orleans is set to become the murder capital of
on facebook live. memphis police department sergeant louis brownlee said kelly has prior arrests for attempted first-degree murder, aggravated assault, and reckless endangerment. back in 2020. at this hour, the manhunt is still ongoing with some reports he s even made it to arkansas. our own trace gallagher has been following all the breaking details from our west coast newsroom and he joins us now with the latest. what can you tell us? trying to confirm the arkansas angle. we know the suspect as you say apparently evening live stream facebook updates each time he shoot somebody. police know who he is. 19-year-old ezequiel kelly. it s unclear they know exactly where he is. has he crossed state lines? apparently the suspect carjacked a woman in a gray suv. it was said to be a gray toyota. now they are saying it s a gray suv. he s been on this killing spree, wanted for multiple shootings across the city of memphis including itself memphis where at least one person was killed
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dying this week for answers about what we should be doing next. are some true professionals joining me now is captain mike glazer of the new orleans police department and brandon tatum. he s a former tucson officer and host the officer tatum show and podcast. gentlemen, thank you both for being captain glasser. i want to start with you. your department in new orleans is operating with 40 percent less cops than they need. i know they re promising bonuses, but what s the answer here? and i know there are other extenuating circumstances suppressing and not allowing the police to do their job. well, suffering from the same national trends that most departments and most progressive cities are the country. however, new orleans has additional problems. we have a very restrictive, very constructive federal consent decree, which has a stranglehold on the police department in allowing us to effectively interdict crime and because we do have
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