After a taser was used. So far this year, there have been 48 deaths in america, including this man last month in virginia. Thats about one death per week. But the company insists the official causes of death are not from the taser. They usually range from effects of drug overdoses to health problems. To say that if they had a nonlethal weapon like a taser that that would have resulted i still need to be convinced that they needed a taser. Reporter supervisor jane kim represents the point of view of many of the citys elected officials. Oh, my god, drop it reporter focus on the officers actions on deescalation and other techniques to avoid this shooting. Meanwhile she was to avoid talking about putting more weapons at their disposal. I think the question here for me is not about whether we need to have tasers in San Francisco. Fpd. The question is what are the Tactical Training programs in place. So even without tasers, was there a better way for to us address the situation . I believe t
Other words, should the broader public be concerned . You know, theres no sort of, um , i think at this point i am not going to address that. Social media was a buzz when brandon was reported missing. Concerned neighbors joined the search in frantic hoping of finding the little boy alive but it was not to be be. Everybody had their heads head. Somebody someone said they called the search off. Good news or bad news then shook their heads. Reporter court tee passed right by the spot where brandons body was discovered. Literally right there and i almost got out of the car and i didnt. Im so thankful i didnt i wouldnt have been able to hand that menially or emotionallily. Seeing the little boy. Yeah. Neighbors try to make sense of the tragedy and the knowledge they still dont know exactly what happened to a little boy described as playful, always happy. Scary trying to get an explanation and obviously no matter what you feel horrible because a child i is dead. Reporter investigator boss no
And good morning. Welcome to morning on two. Its saturday december 27 president. Good morning. It is a bit chilly outside right now. Start of the weekend. Lets turn to rosemary. Have jackets going. Could be chilly throughout the day or a warm up . A lot like how we had yesterday without the wind. We expected the wind to die down. We knew once it went away the temperatures would fuel. Thats what happened. Giving you a live look outside this morning and at the bay bridge. Yesterday at this hour bay bridge had a wind advisory because boy the winds were gusting strong for some of us, no longer the case. No trouble getting across that bridge. We are fog free and we are again with the cold numbers. 31 degrees at walnut creek. Some of us are below freezing this morning. Now to your freezing, nevado, 31 in santa rosa. We have an advisory for parts of solano. Lets take a bit of a tour here. We will start along the peninsula, a lot of 30s and low 40s. 37 across the city. We shift into areas like
Church. So as they switch that from the family photos. We see here inside. To a larger shot where you can see the people who are there to mourn with this family. It is full to capacity. Mayor bill de blasio there. The Police Commissioner william bratton. Governor cuomo, former mayor rudy giuliani. Vice President Biden and dr. Jill biden are there. And these are photos that the church is streaming here live. These are pictures of ramos and his wife. He is a father of two young ones, justin and jaden. One is a sophomore in college. The other one is now 13 years old. And just very moving. Very touching to see all the family photos. A lot of people talk about how important his family has been to him throughout the years. And just beautiful. This is what they are broadcasting to all of us. Were just seeing this for the first time as you are. I want to read part of the official statement from the church. They lovingly call him raf. It says raf was definitely a family man and always talked ab
This family has shown us so much in these last days and has given us so much hope even amidst the pain. [ playing taps ] im sure i speak for the whole nation when i say to you that our hearts ache for you. We know who rafael ramos was. He was a father, a son, a brother and a husband. He was a new yorker. He was a new York City Police officer. And he was, he is, a hero. Hello, im Martin Savidge in for fredricka whitfield. This was a look at the sights and the sounds from the Funeral Service for Fallen Police officer rafael ramos. 25,000 Police Officers were there from across the country. Several people spoke at the service including Vice President joe biden. New York City Police commissioner bill bratton and mayor bill de blasio. As the mayor was speaking, some of the officers outside the Church Turned their backs. It was reminiscent of an incident last week. Officers turned their backs on the mayor after he came to the hospital after the shooting. They are expressing how he handled the