And in the midst of these two crises, we are now faced with yet another crisis, a crisis of anger, a crisis of racial division, flames that are pulling this country apart. This crisis was precipitated by the wrongful death of george floyd in minneapolis, minnesota. At this point, most if not all of us have seen that horrifying video. Mr. Floyd in handcuffs, face down on the pavement, incapacitateed, not posing a threat to anyone, and a Police Officer with his knee on the neck of mr. Floyd, pressing down hard on the neck of mr. Floyd, and keeping that knee there for eight long minutes. Mr. Floyd begs with the officer, pleads with the officer, says he cant breathe. He is an he is in obvious and serious physical distress. Other officers are standing there, watching a defenseless handcuffed man pinned to the ground for eight long minutes with a knee pressing down on his neck. As we all know, those actions took the life of mr. Floyd. And rightly, following what happened, the u. S. Departmen
Americans, over 300,000 people. Across the globe. And anno economic crisis that hs cost over 40 million americans their jobs. And in the midst of these two crises, we are now faced with yet another crisis, a crisis of anger, a crisis of racial division, claims thatme a pollig this country apart. This crisis is precipitated by the wrongful death of george floyd in minneapolis, minnesota. At this point most, if not all of us can have seen that horrifying video. Mr. Floyd, in handcuffs, face down on the pavement, incapacitated, not posing a threat to anyone, and a Police Officer with his knee on the neck of mr. Floyd, pressing down hard on the neck of mr. Floyd, and keeping that knee there for eight long minutes. Mr. Floyd bags with the officer, pleads with the officer, says he cant breathe. And rightly, following what happened, the u. S. Department of justice opened a civil rights investigation into the Police Officers conduct and also, rightly, i believe, the local prosecutor opened, be
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Pellet gun. Are is the pellet gun. 54yearold Mark Dickenson used to kill the deer. You dont kill a doe with her fawn. Its really troubling. Reporter shes performing a necropsy on the deer to determine how many times they were shot. Its not worth killing a beautiful, gentle, innocent animal. Reporter abc 7 news tried contacting mark many times with no luck. His attorney said police had no right to arrest them. My client had no intention of harming, hurting or acting in any malicious way towards the animals. What was his intent . Scare them away. Reporter the Sheriff Office is reviewing the case. Father and his 3yearold son suffer serious injuries today when a parked suv backed over them. Responding chp officers say they dont believe anyone was inside the suv as it rolled backwards pinto the man who was holding hs son. The two had just gotten out of car when it happened just before 11 00 this morning. Its sill to know if it was human error or mechanical error. Well look at all that stuff
Tonight evacuations are under way in florida. Millions of people akrolsz the sta across the state are boarding up and staocking up. Local trues that were in houston are on stand by for Hurricane Irma. Robert handa is live in oakland with how they are preparing, robert . Reporter gearing up to switch from one disaster to another. Additionally because weve been doing the wide area searches, these additional gps units are going in. Reporter the bay areas California Task force is packing extra medical bags, search equipment and supplies. The unit made of 18 different agencies would deploy to mississippi to rendezvous with the team heading back from Hurricane Harvey but been rerouted to Hurricane Irma by fema. Today was a scramble trying to get everyone ready and make sure they are available to go and have their training and all of the certifications that are necessary. Reporter Second Harvest food bank is part of a bay area and nationwide network getting ready to ship more food to victims