Number 1 in just 60 good evening. Thank you for joining us. It was known as the loud music murder. An argument sparked by loud hiphop music that cut 17yearold jordan daviss life too short. And now three years later jordans father is vowing to honor his sons memory. A family torn apt now on a mission for gun reform. This is jordans bedroom. I still come in here from time to time. Reporter its been three long years since ron dav lost his son jordan. Presented that to me during jordan davis day. And this is when jordan was smaller and we had christmas pictures. Reporter a wound time will never heal. I would imagine as a father is all hard. Yeah, it is. Reporter whats hardest . Even now three years later sometimes im sitting in my easy chair and i just fl myself listening out for the door, listening out for the keys to be in the door even though your brain knows that hes gone, you still want to hea that keyn the door. Reporter it started with a trip to the mall wh his friends in jacksonvil
Im brian loftus. Kirsten Joyce and im Kirsten Joyce this morning. Solar customers across Southern Nevada are upset. After the Public Utilities comission voted against suspending the new rates for rooftop solar customers. brian loftus 8 news now reporter Michael Stevens is joining us now tensions are pretty high among solar customers in the valley. Michael Stevens thats right brian and kirsten. Its easy to say. People are ticked. They were upset when the puc announced the rate hike at the end of last year. And they were hoping the commission would at least hold off on enforcing them. Several groups along with the states consumer advocate asked the puc to stay the rate hike. So they could file the proper petitions. This happened after Solar Companies announced they would be laying off hundreds of employees. And ceasing operations. More than a thousand people gathered at yesterdays commission meeting. Including a hollywood actor. Mark ruffalo. Who is a big supporter of solar power. Demons
Becomes rewired do they always ask for help. Not always. Patranya Bhoolsuwan in the case of officer moore, the arrest report says he was also had crack. Which he used in part to pay for the prostitute. Lawrence says abuse of power can happen in law enforcement. A s in any other profession. ron lawrence communi ty counselor when our power differential becomes disaligned and all of the sudden we would succumb to things that give us power and thats usually when our boundaries become weak. Patranya Bhoolsuwan the possible weakness thats currently putting these officers on the other side of the law. Their future with the force remains unclear. brian loftus in the case of richard scavone. He was indicted by a grand jury on a federal civil rights violation charge. Kirsten Joyce this means the grand jury determined there was enough evidence against him to go to trial. But the case against scavone reportedly hinges on body camera footage. We asked metro for the video earlier this week. Us attor
Sharie Johnson the same project impacting jays market also affects several other streets. Like tropicana and paradise. Even decatur and valley view. Across town at sunset and eastern. Is the paradise whitney interceptor. A 13mile pipeline impacting a handful of intersections around town. And drivers like kato mckay squeeze through daily. kato mckay, motorists lanes moving from two lanes to one lane now you feel like you stuck in chicago traffic or l. A. Traffic Sharie Johnson and some people have no idea what theyre in store for. Like the stephanie street bridge over u. S. 95. It will be closed for 90 days starting monday making it safer for motorists, bicyclists and pedestrians. But still some people welcome construction. Richard palmer has lived in the valley for 20 years and says for him its a minor incovenience. That will bring major chance. richard palmer, driver oh sure, fix the problem, save lives theres so many more projects ongoing and upcoming. From boulder highway to racetra
Gray want the charges dropped or the states attorney to step aside from the case. Lawmakers filed that motion tonight. Either way the department of justice launched a federal investigation into the Baltimore Police department. Loretta lynch will check to see if there is a pattern of violations in the department. Well seek a Court Enforcement agreement to address the issues. Federal authorities are conducting a separate civil rights investigation in grays death. Department of justice will review that. It is expected to take several months. Today baltimores fraternal order of police said it welcomed the investigation but suggested looking into Baltimore City mayor blake. Statement referenced the Ferguson Police department and the department of justice included a review of that citys government from the top down and they think the same is needed in baltimore. Feds spent nearly a decade helping county officers turn around their image and their crime stats. Reporter im Prince Georges County