drove them to the scene. also today, the police department revealed that a sixth and then a seventh officer had been, quote, relieved of duty. as you know, five have already been fired and charged with second-degree murder. their specialized scorpion unit is now disbanded, and there could be more charges to come. we re going to talk about that tonight with a local district attorney. also our legal team on the potential difficulty of getting convictions under tennessee s hurt statute, and our law enforcement experts weigh in on effect or lack of one body cameras had on their behavior, including one suspended officer who came on to the scene shortly after mr. nichols had been pulled over. this is part of his camera s recording, and a warning, it is graphic, both on what you see and what you hear. get on the floor. get out of the car. i didn t do anything! i didn t turn your ass around. all right, all right, all right, all right. on the ground, on the ground. all r
more fall in the wake of the brutal beating by memphis police officers. like today, the city firebombed not-so-termination of three personnel. , tully, empties and lieutenant who drove them to the scene. also tonight, the police department revealed that a six, that a seventh officer had been, quote, relieved duty. as you know, i bet already been fired and charged with second degree murder. their specialized scorpion unit is now disbanded, and there could be more charges, and administrative changes to come. we talk about that snow to the local district attorney, also, our legal team on the potential difficulty of getting convictions center tennessee s murder statute. a lot enforcement experts weigh in on the effects, or lack of won the officers body cameras had on their behavior. including one suspended officer who came on the scene shortly after miracles a loafer. this is part of his cameras recording, warning, this is graphic both in terms of what you see in what you hear. i
And its the saddest thing to see, you know, grass growing up through concrete. A few hours ago, the Parks Department told us the hickman playground, the one we showed you with all of those cracked blacktops, essentially, that is a park that is scheduled for a full renovation starting next week. And city hall stresses 35 parks in lowincome neighborhoods have been renovated in just the last year. But during his mayoral campaign, bill de blasio supported a more ambitious plan to force the private operators of central park, the highline, and other welloff parks to contribute 20 of their budgets to help fix up parks in poor areas. City hall is no longer expressing support for that idea. Back to you. Thank you very much, chris. And remember, if you have something you think the news 4 iteam should look into, call us at 1866news 244. This is new tonight, an update to a heartbreaking story we first brought you on tuesday. Police in patterson say theyve arrested the driver who hit and killed a t
Thank you. Time for traffic and weather. Lets get over to John Slattery on this morning. Good morning, chris and mary. Its all about the heat today. Its the heat and humidity and a heat wave. And again, we could have a record tie or breaker. We have clear skies, winds variable at 3, relative humidity 55 . That can change later today. You can see nice and quiet in our area. There is a front on the way, ushers in some chance for stormy weather. Mostly the summer sizzler. 95 would tie the record for the day. Look at the real feel numbers, theyll be higher around the area, the south shore and the south wind, theres variety in the air. This would be it, a heat wave. Well talk more in a bit though. Any traffic troubles early, alex denis . We do have an accident on the left lane on the new york state freeway southbound. Its at exit 15. No major delays being reported. A live look to one of our hundreds of cameras showing you the George Washington bridge, easy pass until 6 00. No construction h
Live from studio 3c in rockefeller center, this is news4 new york. Welcome back. We would like to get you caught up on a story weve been following all day long. A deadly plane crash on long island. One person is dead, another person survived. You can imagine what ran through witness minds as they watched all of this unfold. This is in bethpage. Checkey has the latest. Reporter good news for lirr commuters. Service is fully restored here. Crews worked throughout the day to fix damage done to the tracks after the plane crashed down earlier today. The aircraft was flying from Westhampton Beach to morristown, new jersey when Officials Say it experienced engine trouble. The crash killed the pilot and injured a passenger. Witnesses say they saw the plane in distress. Especially when they pulled the person out, there was still someone outside, but there was no way to get the other person out. Reporter the crash caused service to be suspended for most of the day, but it is now back up to full