He wanted to get me in there, and i didnt budge. All the bells were going off. I jumped in my car and took off. I felt i dodged a bullet. The who was frightening, but the why was much worse. In my wildest dreams i never imagined that this could even exist. You certainly had your motive. Yes, we did. Women banding together in a desperate search for a killer with a strange passion. Im lester holt and this is the season premiere of dateline. Heres Keith Morrison with after the storm. Reporter it was the afternoon of november 15th, austin, texas, 4 00 p. M. There was something ominous in the air. Suddenly the smell of it, the familiar feel of it against the skin. A storm coming. Something big. They did tell us on the news, if you dont have to go out tonight, dont. Overhead turned dark like midnight in the afternoon. And when it gets like that, its pitch black out, and you have the fear for tornadoes. Reporter sure enough, said the announcers on tv, twisters had been spotted headed towards
Been targeted, too. He wanted to get me in there, and i didnt budge. All the bells were going off. I jumped in my car and took off. I felt i dodged a bullet. The who was frightening, but the why was much worse. In my wildest dreams i never imagined that this could even exist. You certainly had your motive. Yes, we did. Women banding together in a desperate search for a killer with a strange passion. Season premiere of dateline. Heres Keith Morrison with after the storm. Reporter it was the afternoon of november 15th, austin, texas, 4 00 p. M. There was something ominous in the air. Suddenly the smell of it, the familiar feel of it against the skin. A storm coming. Something big. They did tell us on the news, if you dont have to go out because were going to get relentless rains. Reporter then the sky overhead turned dark like midnight in the afternoon. And when it gets like that, its pitch black out, and you have the fear for tornadoes. Reporter sure enough, said the announcers on tv, t
Now, last month, the police union and the mayor and the Police Commissioner agreed to a voluntary Pilot Program where Police Officers would wear body cameras. But the thing is no volunteers stepped up. So the commissioner made the program mandatory. And the police union sued, saying the city had to bar gain with them on this matter. Now that they are making it mandatory. But the Court Decision came down today. Again, denying the motion by the police union. Saying that the commissioner. The statute grants the commissioner power. The test Pilot Program will go forward. The court did say that still can be arbitrated and bargained. But that the test Pilot Program should not be stopped minutes ago, talking about this. One from the aclu of massachusetts. Called this a great victory. For police accountability. And a victory for civil rights. We still havent heard anything from the police union yet or from the Police Commissioner yet. We expect to hear from those folks later today. In the mean
With the general an think taking place . I know whether its emerge or care, i helped start a Youth Leadership symposium in houston where im from and its still very, very difficult for us to get people engaged to sign up for these programs. So you can talk about putting these programs in the mosque or starting a sunday school class about it or putting ads in your local paper, but theres still a very, very large divide in having people in the Community Involved in this. What are suggestions practically speaking on apathy . Okay, ill go first. And thank you for sort of thank you for the question. Something that id eventually speak about when i was up there. One of the ideas we have tried to quote unyoet get the Community Involved and engaged is to get them to run for Political Office at the lowest level. There are thousand chairs in the city of houston. And about 10 of them are from our community. Our population is less than 1 or 2 approximately. Many times, its not that difficult to get
I cant say what did or didnt take place. Aaron news 13 requested video. About teds. They give us one of the best investigative tools with the complaint we have available. Aaron duncan says the body cams speed up investigation. Absolutely. For internal Affairs Investigation or any kind of complaint from the public, its invaluable to see what took place. Aaron officers are rarely at fault in Excessive Force complaints. Split second decision. Youre in a fight. A hit or two more and youre a few seconds away from being indicted. Dont realize what these Police Officers are facing day after day and what they deal with. Aaron duncan says body cameras are not a perfect tool. They dont always get the best angle. But in this case, hes happy he had the footage. The complaint was substantiated. And the officer was terminated. Aaron that year he received a reprimand for a code of conduct violation. That was his only reprimand and they have no other complaints against him. Aaron Aaron Aaron Aaron ade