Fox 29 news in hd brought to you by xfinity, the future of awesome. Right now a phillies risky proposition in a video thats now gone viral. The video shows him appearing to letter a driver go but thats only if he buys a ticket to a fundraiser. The Philadelphia Police department has seen that video and as you can imagine, the top brass are not too happy about it. Good evening im dawn timmeney. Im chris oconnell. Brad satin is live with more on whats causing this 81 roar. Reporter angry reaction from police and people what he talked to. The Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey saw it for the first time earlier this morning. He says hes still gathering some information on the circumstances, where it came from, when it was shot but we also know this Police Officers job is in jeopardy tonight. Outrageous. Not shocked. Reporter reaction coming in over two new viral videos posted by a philadelphia man on facebook that has now been viewed nearly half a million times since last night showing nine
From, when it was shot but we also know this Police Officers job is in jeopardy tonight. Outrageous. Not shocked. Reporter reaction coming in over two new viral videos posted by a philadelphia man on facebook that has now been viewed nearly half a million times since last night showing nine year veteran Philadelphia Police officer matthew zgersky not realizing hes being recorded telling a driver who is pulled over either buy three tickets a Police Fundraiser or get your car towed. Either you buy these or i take your car cause its unregistered. Reporter you see the driver pull out cash. You got 30 bucks. 10 bucks a piece. Reporter he seems to drop with the driver and at times use homophobic slurs when referring to the cars pink windshield wipers which the driver posted on facebook. Whats up with the wipers. Breast cancer, man, my grandmom went through it. Breast cancer i understand. Cant you support Breast Cancer another way. You look like a fruit cake. Theres no part thats just a find.
There is no way a school should operate in a vacuum and not actually be deeply rooted in the broader context that our students live in. I see many examples across the city of where schools are really working much harder to do that. A lot of what i focus on the last four years has been helping both leaders who may not be from here but actually have good intentions figure out ways they can bridge more effectively within their community. Walter you have been a critic a times mr. Perry at times. Walter you always have Something Interesting to say. You are critical of two things. One, the expulsion policy which is if you are in one of these types of schools, you have an incentive to expel the back kids so that your scores go up and you dont the deal with it. And then there was the other criticism. Mr. Perry special needs. The way i explain it is that the development of what we have in new orleans occurs generally in three stages. The immediate aftermath. We were literally pulling schools to
Neighbors or friends or strangers in need, came to help. And people who today still spend their time every day helping others, rolling up their sleeves, doing the hard work of changing this country without the need for credit or glory. Dont get their name in the papers, dont see their day in the sun. They do it because its right. Live the basic values that define this country, a value that we have been reminded of in these past 10 years as we come back from a crisis to change this city had an economic crisis that spread throughout the nation, the basic notion that i am my brothers keeper and my sisters keeper and we look out for each other and we are all in this together. That is the story of new orleans at also the story of america, city that for almost 300 years has been the gateway to american soil. Where the jazz makes you cry, the funerals make you dance [laughter] the volume makes you believe all ayou makeshings b you believe all kinds of things. It has brought together people co
How much of that goes past this room and is penetrated the city, that remains to be seen. St. Bernard parish twice voted down a tax to pay for the Operations Maintenance of the brandnew levee system. If they can do that in st. Bernard parish, and everybody here probably knows every single home in st. Bernard parish was underwater. Everyone of them. If they can do it in st. Bernard, and expect taxpayers around the country or in shreveport come on. St. Bernard had a special problem. Because of the local parish government. Those not from new orleans may not know that the parish president has been indicted on several charges. The whole thing is a mess. They may have just lumped all taxes and government together. It may not reflect their view. I dont know what the future is going to be. Gwen lets talk about opportunity and challenge. Just for fun. I want to start with you benny, talking about what you would identify as the most hopeful things that have happened in the last 10 years in your