She is suited for the job with a background as a Police Reformer, but she has her critics. The Chicago Police bored chose 57yearold Ann Kirkpatrick for one of the top cop positions last year. When she didnt get it, the mayor picked her to head Police Reform efforts after the shooting of a 17yearold boy, a case that sparked national outrage. Im confident that shell be very successful in oakland. Reporter the Chicago Police boards president was impressed by kirkpatrick calling her a natural leader. Oakland has a lot of same challenges as a Police Department and with violence that chicago has so shes got a lot of experience that shell bring in the job that lies ahead. Reporter for the job in chicago kirkpatrick said she should have the mind set of guardians first and warriors when they need be. I have the courage to stand by you and i will. Reporter kirkpatrick started as a Police Officer in memphis 34 years ago. Rose through the ranks of small departments in washington state, served as c
Im am a daetz. Incoming chief Ann Kirkpatrick was introduced. Mayor lib bee schaaf said she wanted someone that would hold them accountable. Kirkpatrick wants to lead a Department Transformation changing the culture. Right now american policing is a very hard time to be a Police Officer, but we have a bright future, and what we need is leadership. Kirkpatrick says she looks forward to the job and to living in oakland. Here is a little background on Ann Kirkpatrick. Shes 57 years old a memphis native and a lawyer. Kirkpatrick spent some 34 years in Law Enforcement serving in six departments, three of them as chief of Police Including spokane, washington. Chicagos Police Superintendent picked her to head the burro of professional standards to lead reforms within the department. The iteam has been digging into her background and joins us with the latest. Ama and dan, she will have to deal with several scandals that hit the oakland p. D. And appears she is suited for the job with a backgro
Including the mafr mayor who took a swipe at donald trump. Can you imagine what it would be like to have somebody sitting in the white house who is not only disconnected from real people, from real cities, but lets be honest, who is disconnected from reality. If you want bridges, not walls, if you want unity, not division, and if you want a tomorrow economy, not a yesterday economy that wont come again anyway, hillarys your candidate. Were back live here. This is the art center in richmond. You can see there are several hundred people here. We saw about the same size crowd in oakland. Relatively small rallies but as you heard there a lot of rallies today. Theres been some focus on trump. No mention at all of Bernie Sanders, however the senator has to be on the minds of the clintons certainly after tomorrows primaries here in california and elsewhere in the country. Weve heard Hillary Clinton already talking about trying to unify the democratic party. Live in richmond abc 7 news. Hillar
Live, this is abc7 news. It is Draymond Green for three and he puts it in. Locked in on off ferns and locked down on defense. The warriors blow by the cavaliers and again the star of the game was not a splash brother. Good evening. Im eric thomas. The warriors are two games away from repeating as world champions after a 11077 win. Shu is just back from oracle where the dubs dismantled lebron and the cavs. Every game it seems like somebody different steps up. Tonight it was Draymond Green who made more threes than the splash brothers combined. The cleveland defense dared him to shoot from a distance and he did scoring a game high of 28 points, five of eight from beyond the arc. He made as many threes as the cavaliers did as a team. He believes in living in the flow of the game and the flow dictate he shoot. It worked out well in the 11077 blowout. I dont come into the game saying i have to shoot a lot more. Thats not me and thats not what i do for the team. At the end of the game if the