Conclusion of a highspeed chase, one that began when russells car backfired. That backfire noise is what the officers say they thought was gunshots. It turns out russell and williams were both unarmed. During todays ruling judge John Odonnell talked about the National Environment in which this verdict was just handed down. Listen. In Many American places people are angry with mistrusting and fearful of the police. Citizens think the men and women sworn to protect and serve have violated that oath or never meant it in the first place. Some of these places are long familiar. New york city and baltimore. Some were unfamiliar until incidents there laid bare the divide between the people and the police. Ferguson missouri. North charleston South Carolina. That coming from the judge who found Michael Brelo not guilty on all counts. Outside of the courtroom, emotions ran high. One woman went inconsolably on the courtroom steps. The mayor of cleveland has asked for his city to remain calm and s
Personal bias. I was disappointed no doubt about it. However, he relied on the law. And the inputs which are the charges and the indictment which he could not control, dictated his output. I think that it was an inappropriate charge from the start there were many other officers there and there could have been charges that would have implicated the other officers who did set this chain of events which caused death, into motion. Which is exactly how and why mr. Brelo was acquitted. So joey one thing that the judge pointed out, is that causation was a real problem in this case. And it appears that thats one of the things that that led to his decision of not guilty on both counts. He did indeed joe. You know its interesting, though whenever a judge acts as a finder of fact in addition to a concluder of law, the judge of course is placed in a position as a jury would be placed in. Its interesting because the judge certainly could have gone another route had he credited expert testimony. And
Have been swept away. The water in parts of texas and oklahoma swallowed up cars and roadways. Highways are littered with abandoned vehicles. Homes were knocked off their foundations. At least nine people are reported killed. More than a dozen are missing. 4,000 homes in the houston area are damaged or destroyed, and 1,200 in wimberly, texas outside austin. Omar villafranca begins our coverage. Reporter its the worst flooding this region has ever seen. This aerial video shows the remains of a bridge completely washed away by catastrophic flooding from a raging blanco river. The river rose 26 feet in just an hour, uprooting home, snapping trees, washing away cars and creating massive piles of debris up to 20 feet high along an 87mile stretch. Wimberly, a popular bed and breakfast getaway, has taken the biggest hit. A dozen still remain missing. Will conley is the county commissioner. We have over 150 personnel continuing to scope the river land, looking for any survivors. Through air, b