The mother daughter doctor doctor story will have you smiling. Early today starts now welcome to the week. Im philip mena. And im Frances Rivera. Atlanta is in the National Spotlight after a Police Confrontation turned deadly this weekend. A medical examiner ruled the death of Rayshard Brooks a homicide the 27yearold was shot twice friday night while police were chasing him in a wendys parking lot. It sparked a weekend of protests nationwide the wendys where it happened was set on fire. Police are offering 10,000 for any tips leading to the suspect. Nbcs Jennifer Johnson has the latest reporter new protests and wendys set on fire after an Atlanta Police officer allegedly shot and killed a black man in the restaurants parking lot 27yearold Rayshard Brooks was found sleeping in his car in the wendys drive through. And then failed a sobriety test. I think youve had too much to drink to be driving reporter the body camera shows brooks resisting the arrest, a struggle ensued. A dash cam sho
Through which the the young woman is taped and violently dragged out although she is not resisting. 7 the male driver is manhandled and also shocked with a taser even though he chews doesnt appear to resist but put it down put it down to go. On sunday after the Police Body Cam video went viral 2 of the policemen were fire authorities identified them as ivory streeter and mark gardner writes this was Atlanta Georgia on saturday night for protesters calling for justice for the death in minneapolis of george floyd it could have been almost anywhere in the u. S. Atlanta mayor keesha lance bottoms said the officers actions were unacceptable but sometime during the night i saw a very disturbing video of 2 Young College students who were in downtown atlanta yesterday evening. And it was disturbing on many levels at least not which we set the air clearly was an excessive use of force. 3 other officers were placed on desk duty and being face further disciplined plan as police chief apologies ju
In a bid to quell the unrest well the governor of minnesota has tried to dampen the protest saying he understands why the anger comes from we dont just right near the top on Educational Attainment we rank near the top on personal incomes on homeownership on life expectancies things that make this and one that came out a while back we we rank 2nd in a survey of the 50 states 2nd in happiness behind hawaii but if you take a deeper look at peel it back which this week its peeled back all of those statistics are true if youre white if youre not we rank near the bottom. And what this week is showing all of us is those 2 things cant operate at the same place well police have been criticized for their response in some cities including in new york where a Police Vehicle was seen in a video ramming protesters behind a barricades footage shared online shows demonstrators blocking the path of 2 cars in the streets before one lurched forward into the crowds new York Police Say 345 people were arre
Washington d. C. Where at one point protesters trying to break through a fence near the white house. Just when we thought it was over during the day i dont know if it bode well because the police a bit over the. Medicine every other if you will a drizzle they usually do it well what happened was the protesters were so we can this part of the way. Through to the bit as you can see so far its used to hold together with several banks around but now you can see these trains are here because it actually stays were a little bit and as soon as the cops saw that there is a military police as soon as the people here through that they started firing tear gas pepper spray. Well in the west of the country there are intense scenes in los angeles. Demonstrators they were sitting on the ground refusing to move despite violating the citys curfew many of them have now been arrested the mother of george fords daughter has made her 1st Public Statement choking back tears she paid an emotional tribute to
The university of washington kron fours noelle bellow joins us from our newsroom tonight with a closer look noel, pam and ken researchers at the universitys institute for Health Metrics and evaluation have been projecting the numbers nationally. And state by state based on a number of factors today at named california has one of a handful of states where coronavirus cases and deaths. Are going up more than researchers expected now if you take a look at this graph you can see that by june first the institutes per project 4,276 deaths in california one month after that 5,555 deaths and by august 4th. Theyre looking at 6,806 1086 deaths in california now thats a jump of 1420 deaths since the institutes previous projection now just yesterday. The state added 2,244 coronavirus cases and 64 related deaths about 900 of the new cases and 45 of the new deaths were reported in los angeles county, the. The institute is also tracking the nationwide deaths. The latest model now projecting 137,184 d