i d like first to thank our program sponsor aes corporation for their generous support of great lives it is this kind of support that s so crucial in making a serious possible as a public service to our community. now speak of this evening is university of kansas professor. dave tell. author of the 2019 book titled remembering emmett till which will be available for sale and signing in the foyer at the conclusion of tonight s program. dr. tell who has a doctorate from penn state. has one numerous awards for both research and teaching. his research focuses on issues of race memory and the digital humanities since 2014 he has focused in particular on the legacy of the murder of emmett till. in which endeavor he has been a long time partner with emmett till commission of tallahatchie county. his work has a strong public dimension. his scholarship is written for broad public audiences and he has worked extensively with the tel memorial commission to develop resources with which t
Details. Reporter there was a very scary afternoon here in fairfield. Police say it started with a shooting, and at this point, they are not sure if it was a shoot out, or just one person in a car firing at the driver of the other car. Now that shooting took place about 300 yards from where im standing on the other side of the waterman boulevard overpass. One of the drivers took off, and the other was shot multiple times and lost control of his car. You can see where he hit a white van, and then another car, and then finally, his car came to a stop. Police say the shooting victim was the driver of the silver, twodoor sedan. She was shot multiple times and he is surcurrently in Critical Condition at the hospital. Other people in the cars also suffered injuries. Multiple people went to several different hospitals. I dont know how many, but there is a number of them, and from what im told, there are no major injuries, but several people were hurt. Reporter on medic ambulances facebook pag
Interviewing witnesses. They are asking for anyone with information to come forward. Waterman boulevard is expected to be closed for five or six more hours as Police Conduct the investigation. Now they are waiting for major lights to they can photograph and take 3d imaging of this crime scene, but traffic is heavy in the area, so its best to stay away. Live in fairfield, tiffany wilson, abc 7 news. Thank you very much. Four people, including three San Francisco Police Officers suffered minor injuries in crashes just blocks from each other this morning. Police say an officer responding to that crash was involved in another collision two blocks away from the first scene. The cause of both crashes are under investigation. An historic day in San Francisco as a half dozen pot dispensaries open today. We are joined from other areas like berkeley and san jose to start recreational cannabis. Carlos shows us the fanfare. Reporter for some, it was like the grand opening of a retail store. For ot
We are cooler than this hour yesterday. The forecast today calls for the 30s and the 40s for the 7 00 hour. 50s by noontime. Mostly cloudy skies, upper 50s to near 60. And we have many advisories to pass along to you, carolyn. We have a flood watch, wind advisory, and well talk about it in a couple minutes. A lot going on. Thank you, lisa. Developing news out of fairfield this morning where the search is on for a gunman who open oed fire on an east freeway leaving one man with lifethreatening wounds and injuring poli other this led to the closure of freeway ramps for hours. Stephanie wilson has the details. We dont know if it was an exchange of gunfire or not. The victim was in a silver honda accord and the shooter pulled up next to him. Reporter the driver was hit multiple times and the other driver drove off. The driver was incapacitated and collided into other cars. First he crashed into this suv and then this car. He was somewhat coherent and is at the hospital now. Reporter the li
Augustine allegedly posting his intentions online after dozens of searches for isis propaganda. At one point even looking up direction to isiscontrolled territory. It was here on this street in key the fbi says Bernard Augustine started searching online for how to join isis. His classmates from Pittman High School in turlock were surprised to hear he was arrested overseas. He is just a quiet guy, smart. I mean, thats all i know about him. Reporter the complaints unsealed today shows augustines expressed desire to join isis in texts and online posts, and he supported their cause. It charges that he searched for jihadist propaganda, showing executions along with the literal search, how to safely join isis. And in february 2016, agents say augustine flew from sfo to tunisia, where he sent family members messages on social media saying not to contact him. But he was ultimately arrested trying to enter an isiscontrolled part of libya. Oh my goodness. Thats scary. Because i lived right in fr