Night of 13 innings, it was quite the game last night. Its tuesday, october 11th. Thanks for joining us. Im anne makovee. And im ken troy. We heard about players were seeing a singer joining the movement. Jackie ward tells us about the woman who took a knee during a sacramentos kings game. You were able to spoke with her. Reporter i spoke to leah earlier this morning. She said they made that gesture, but she didnt ready to talk about why. Heres her performance obtained by kpix radio in sacramento. [national anthem] leah said it was a light on social media from all the responses for taking a knee. According to her website, leah is an experienced blues, gospel and jazz singer. Social media reaction is media. Much respect to you. Amelia got backlash, but you have a lot of support. I was at the Sacramento King games and as a i through. You made me heart smile. Twitter users sanchez called it a disgusting display and edwards calls leah blame and unoriginal and hopes shes never invited back.
The department of justice revealed its 94 findings and 272 recommendations at a press conference thats still going on. The u. S. Attorney said that after completing the review, its clear that the San Francisco Police Department has tremendous work ahead of it to meet and exceed the National Police standards. The assessment was broken down into five areas of the sfpd including use of force and bias in policing methods. Ronald davis of the Justice Department explained that there are significant deficiencies across the board. One recommendation is that officers are given stun against as all alternate to lethal force. And they need to improve how they track use of force. They didnt find proof of racial bias by officers. It concluded that black drivers are stopped more frequently than any other race. White drivers are least likely to be searched. [ indiscernible ] we found the majority of use of force in general not the majority but at least 34 were people of color. Reporter these numbers m
Government is not doing enough. Reporter now, stumpf is not poor. Last year alone he received 19 million in compensation. Live in San Francisco, andria borba, kpix 5. San Francisco May be one of the most liberal cities in the country. But the feds say the Police Department does not treat minorities very well. After San Francisco police shot and killed mario woods last year, the mayor asked the department of justice to take a look at the sfpd. Kpix 5s phil matier has more. There are significant deficiencies. Some of them are painful to accept. Reporter the investigation did not find widespread racial bias by officers. But it found that blacks and hispanics were far more likely to be stopped and searched. We also found that the majority of uses of force in jenot the majority but at least 34 were also in general, not the majority but at least 34 were also in general people of color. Reporter whats behind it is still unclear. Theres a big question mark that should be of great concern to th
Pam the victim Rashawn Williams. A wellliked, straighta student and Football Player. Who just started high school last week. male announcer this is the bay area news station, kron 4 news starts now. Pam good evening, im pam moore. Pam kron 4 is at the Williams Family home. As relatives remember the teen tonight. First, kron 4s dan kerman. On the crime itself. And the this is a tragedy, our family never experienced anything like this reporter Family Members saw 14 year only a Football Player and a straight a student, but the man of the family to his mother and his younger siblings. Maria macmurray victims aunt 1220 this was an innocent child trying to do good, he was like a father to his sister and brothers i cannot believe this reporter tuesday evening the family was at Garfield Square park in San Francisco Mission District the brothers including rashawn left the park and walked a block to this Corner Market to get something to drink on their way out, tragedy officer gordon shyy sf pol
Palm Springs Police Chief Bryan Reyes will retire in August after 27 years working for the department and rising to the top of its ranks, city officials said Thursday.
Reyes will continue to serve as chief until Aug. 23, according to the announcement, in order to ensure a smooth transition to a new department leader. The city has not yet said when or how it will begin recruiting for a replacement.
Reyes was hired as a patrol officer with Palm Springs Police Department in 1993 after serving in the United States Marine Corps. He rose to the rank of police chief in February 2016 after a short tenure as acting police chief following the retirement of former chief Al Franz.