Killed by a white officer. If you put on that uniform and youre scared of the black man, then you shouldnt put on that uniform Anthony White says those cases highlight the disconnect he feels and sees between police and the black community. All they do is ride in their car and they dont know the community. And they sort of snobbish to the young folks, well the young folks get snobbish back police chief dan trelka says part of the problem is department. With only two black officers, and one hispanic, the majority of Waterloo Police officers are white there are times where are newer officers will roll up on two seventeen year old black men standing on the corner of the street. And they will have a preconceived notion that they are gang members. They are not. And the message i just articulated to you. I need to articulate to my officers if you come from a Little Country town and was probably raised never to have to do, well you dont know how to do it. The solution, trelka believes, is get
Would have a big impact. If you want me to pay a high School Person nine dollars an hour. To do these groceries youre going to find out sooner or later groceries arent as cheap as they used to be. Kamerling and some other Business Owners here took their concerns to the Lisbon Council during a public hearing. He says it appears the council is ready to join a handful of other county communities in staying at the state level of 7. 25 an hour. I am surprised some of these smaller communities have d of the Small Businesses in those communities pay lower than 8. 25 rogers says its also possible recent comments by Iowa Governor Terry Branstad that lawmakers should look at the minimum wage question this session may be having an impact. Many communities, robins included, feel that the minimum wage is a state issue and it is not a jurisdiction by jurisdiction issue. It just causes confusion and patchwork and business like stability, they like to know vote tonight to opt out of the countys new mi
For keeping the records confidential. But protesters at todays City Council Meeting say police should release the video and dispel rumors. Kcrgtv9s phil reed joins us from that meeting. Phil you have been in contact with the county attorney, is he a supporter of changing the law . No. Linn county attorney Jerry Vander Sanden believes it would hurt the ability to have a before trial could make it nearly impossible to have an impartial jury. But there are plenty of protesters here at city council who want to know what happened to mitchell now. The fire marshall is not letting anybody else into the meeting because they are at capacity. So people are outside holding signs. Friends of mitchell say they want to hear what is being talked about during tonights meeting. They say its very frustrating man very you know we still dealing with it day to day, we know god is good, but we just waiting for it patiently. The mayor says Public Comment will be at the end of the meeting. T has asked people
Go over possible picks for senior staff and cabinet positions. Two names continue to float around for secretary of state. Sources have told the Associated Press that former new york mayor Rudy Giuliani is a favorite. But other news outlets say trump is also considering former un ambassador john bolton. Giuliani weighed in on that possibility in an interview with the wall street journal. John would be a very good choice, maybe me, i dont know also today, trump and pence received their first daily president ial briefing, which is the same one president obama received. Meteorologist joe winters joins us now with our first alert forecast. Joe, it looks like mild weather will stay with us for a bit . Once again tonight some patchy fog is possible. It looks like it will mimic tuesday and burn off during in the morning as a wednesday with 70s possible thursday. As the area of low pressure gets closer, showers develop friday with colder 30s and 40s ahead for highs during the weekend. Have a gr
Police are investigating the incident as a hate crime. Kcrgtv9s jordee kalk is live in iowa city. Jordee, that incident inspired tonights demonstration . Yes. Lujayn hamad is one of the organizers. She lives in the home where the incident happened. Lujayne tells me at first she was scared. But instead she decided to use her emoti bring people together. Thats why she and several of her friends put on todays protests. Nat show them what democracy looks like this is what democracy looks like. Several Iowa City West High School students kickstarted tuesdays rally. For many students, theres a personal connection. Lujayne 29 12, i felt i was too young as a 15 year old to lose hope in the world but this has made me feel a lot better. Students say discrimination is but also in school hallways. So students say its powerful to have this Many Community members show up in support. 28 50, i feel so empowered i have the whole student body behind me on this. The group marched for about 15 minutes thr