Temperatures are crashing the Iowa Attorney Generals Office now says a deadly shooting by Cedar Rapids Police officers . Was . Justified. During a domestic call at an apartment on edgewood drive. Investigators say officers ashleigh steil and Jeremiah White saw 25yearold Markell Bivins fighting with his ex girlfriend. When the two officers tried to pull bivins away, he reportedly stabbed the victim and the officers opened fire. The incident was not captured by any body cameras. Body cameras . Are . Soon coming to dozens of linn county sheriffs depu. Deputies. County supervisors are expected to decide next week whether to spend 65body cameras. Before approving the cost, leaders tell fox 28 news they want to make sure that it will do what its intended to do improve transparency between the department and the public. The public needs to know how these are going to be utilized and how it will benefit them and how it will overall improve the trust if there is a lack of trust with the police
Police caught up with the suspect 46yearold scott greene. Police say greene flagged down a wildlife officer and told him to call 911. Investigators believe he used a rifle to kill the officers. Cbs 2 News Reporter matt hammill has been in the des moines area all day. Day. He begins our Team Coverage with the latest on the show of support for the off. Officers. Just an incredible demonstration of love and support tonight here in urbandale as this memorial continues to this afternoon and evening weve watched as a steady stream of families came to honor these two fallen officers. We saw parents try to explain to their children what happened. We saw officers in tears as they hugged members of the community. Officer martin, just hired on here in urbandale last year. Sergeant beminio, a tenyear veteran with des police, also an iowa city west grad and a state on the dsmpd side that was sgt. Beminio, he goes by tony. 8 43 . Flash . 8 52 great guy, good friend to a lot of us, fantastic family m
Breaking news two police offis officershave been shot in a suburb of pittsburgh this mornng. This photo was taken just about an hour ago from television station wpxi. This all happened during a sw the search for the shooter is still going on. Both officers were rushed to the hospital. Cbs 2 news will continue to track this developing story and bring you any updates. The world is . Still reacting to president elect electDonald Trumps big victory taking the white house with 290 electoral votes over democrat hillary clinton. Clinton. One state michigan still has yet to be officially decided although the end outcome of the election either way. Clinton however did finally speak wednesday morning telling her supporters while she was disappointed in the outcome they now needed to give trump a chance and keep an open mind for his presidency. Still thousands of people took to the streets overnight. Overnight. Protests continue over now president elect donald trump. Giant crowds came out in new
Officers, and one hispanic officer. The chief plans to use convicted felons to build better relationships with the black community. Ill explain tonight at 10 forrest . Thanks, phil. A state lawmaker from eastern iowa wants tougheren Violent Crimes against law officers. This comes after the killing of two policemen earlier this month. Iowa already has enhanced penalties for assaulting officers. Ken rizer, a state representative out of cedar rapids, wants to also have enhanced penalties for attempted murder and murder charges. He says there appears to be support for the proposal. Rizers call comes after two officers urbandale officer Justin Martin and Des Moines Police Sergeant Anthony beminio were killed in faces two counts of firstdegree murder. Today marks one year since 130 were killed in a series of coordinated terrorist attacks in paris. Those attacks happened at several locations, including the bataclan theatre, where 90 concertgoers died. It reopened this weekend with a performan
He has a plan to turn the pd around within five years. Kcrg tv9s phil reed investigates. Kid being pulled by the hair video of a handcuffed black man having his hair pulled and yelled at by a white police officer. Its the most recent issue between Waterloo Police and the black community. The city also paid out two Million Dollars to settle a wrongful death lawsuit with the family of a black man shot and killed by a white officer. If you put on that uniform and youre scared of the black man, uniform Anthony White says those cases highlight the disconnect he feels and sees between police and the black community. All they do is ride in their car and they dont know the community. And they sort of snobbish to the young folks, well the young folks get snobbish back police chief dan trelka says part of the problem is a lack diversity in his department. With only two black officers, and one white there are times where are newer officers will roll up on two seventeen year old black men standing