Pored over sjpds arrest records for similar sting operations over the years and says gay men are being singled out claiming its a blatant violation of the 14th amendment equal protection under the law. You want to know how many decoy arrests they have made for male, female, lewd conduct . How many . Zero. Reporter it is the gay equivalent of stopping jim crow laws. Its like a flashback to the 1980s. Reporter the woman is the board president of the billy dee frank Lgbtq Community center and says more arrests are not the answer. Arresting people does not change anything. But to have a dialogue and discussion about, okay, we have two different kinds of people using this same space. What are we going to do about that . Reporter and the suit will be asking San Jose Police to stop the sting operations also to try and wipe the record clean of all these defendants and for a modest cash settlement. The paperwork hasnt been filed yet so the San Jose Police department and the citys Attorneys Offi
The end of the day, the council is a representative of the people that are elected and the council needs to do what the residents want and i believe the residents want Law Enforcement. Reporter the city councilman says the issue will be taken up again at their september 15 meeting. No official decision was made today because the police chief was not present. In san jose, devin fehely, kpix 5. New at 6 00, if you are looking for a used car, get ready for sticker shock. The average price for a used car is at an alltime high. Consumerwatch reporter julie watts joining us with what is driving the increase. [ laughter ] reporter 25 to 30 of new cars are leased not owned. As leases expire, those cars are floodings the used car market flooding the used car market often as certified used or preowned vehicles which is great for some, not so great for others. New or used . Used car. Reporter why . I dont know. I want to save money. Reporter thats been getting harder to do for some used car buyer
Department managed to clear the 58story Millennium Tower for construction only to have it wind up sinking some 16 inches into the mud and counting. I think everybody is afraid of accepting the risk. As a mayor i want to handle it reporter you are concerned about the entire area . Yes, im concerned about the area being able to withstand a major earthquake and thats what we need to build towards the standard for. Reporter one immediate result . The board of supervisors are withholding money on plans to build a Massive Underground tunnel between the transbay terminal in the south of market. We want to put the brakes on this thing, make sure were doing it right before we move forward. Reporter others, however, say its an overreaction. We had our big earthquake in 1989 and they held up fine so i dont think we should overreact and say that Millennium Towers has a problem we should as to be everything in its tracks. Reporter this including the building of that tunnel and i have to tell you so
Ago. Record rainfall in South Carolina caused deadly flash floods. 12 people were killed in the carolinas and the danger is far from over. Authorities are watching several waterlogged dams that could overflow. Members of the South Carolina National Guard have been searching for people who are missing and some in towns that have been cut off. We assess the scene, there was people waving towels and getting our attention and i think we rescued about 25 people out of that one neighborhood. Drinking water has been contaminated for tens of thousands. Last night president obama signed a disaster declaration for South Carolina that frees up federal money for temporary housing and other assistance. Amazing. We are starving for water and they got 2 feet of water in 24 hours. There was a time when i lived in chicago and we had a training effect one impulse after another after another and we had 17 in 24 hours. You have a double sump pump system in the system to get the water out. It couldnt handl
Parking around levis stadium. Great america lots will be off limits to fans. You will have to park in the lots west of Great America parkway and south of tasmin drive. The cost for a permit, 80. Also no tailgating or grilling will be allowed. Super bowl 50 Host Committee has a plan your visit web page to help you map routes to the game and other super bowl events. A robbery video shows a suspect smashing through the front door of a mcdonalds in the Outer Mission last month and ordering employee to the back of the using his hand to simulate a gun he had them empty the safe and registers and fled with 1,200 in cash. No one was hurt. Police are still looking for the robber. New at 6 00, its a shot at justice for one of bill cosbys accusers. Dozens of california women who say cosby raped them wont get their day in court. Tonight theres a push to change that. Bill cosby is free on a Million Dollars bail tonight after prosecutors in pennsylvania filed felony Sexual Assault charges. The 78yea