Cam video shows officers used excess i Excessive Force and his pregnant grermd. B. A. R. T. Police just received this report. I was just raped. Reporter man who called 911 had been cursing at them and telling them they smelled. Neither smith nor appleton was sglarmd do you believe your officers used Excessive Force. No. It was a perfect response. They shared these pictures and in the knit he dnch. She believes an officer who placed a knee on her back caused her to miscary. When i first found out i lost my baby, i was stressful and hurt and lost. The jury acquitted smith on three battery counts and was hung on four others including resisting arrest. There were three of us that were pretty adamant that it was Excessive Force and he had every right to defend himself. The d. A. Is deciding whether to retry the case. And in an email statement the spokesperson says the video the public defender showed was edited, quote, in exclusioning the evidence the judge cited editorial choices that were
For the morning drive. Rain later monday. At least for tomorrow morning the showers kept across the mountains. I want to draw your attention to what will be going on across greensboro and triad. Northeast winds taking over, clouds thickening. Thats the carolina wedge, cooler air moving through that gets stuck over charlotte. When you have the cooler air masses battling each other with warmer air to the south, thats the recipe for strong thunderstorms. Thanks, john. Well be monitoring conditions overnight and whether it will impact your morning drive tomorrow. You can get traffic and weather every 10 minutes starting at 4 30 on Eyewitness News daybreak. Developing tonight, channel 9 was the only news outlet to get a copy of an email of the governor to a Charlotte Council we reported this as breaking news at 6 00. Since then weve been digging into both sides ahead of that crucial vote tomorrow. Here and speak for or against that ordinance even more are expected to rally outside of the go
Are 74 Miles Per Hour. John. Im in the breaking news center to update you this fire in burke county. Weve been following this the last 30 minutes. There is smoke. It is pouring out from behind the town hall. An old schoolhouse there, that is what is on fire. Its right next to the town hall. Dave faherty is there. Reporter you mention the old schoolhouse. I just talked to the fire chief. Everything is being done to prevent this fire from going over to the town hall, which is off to my left. Let me step out of the way. This is the old schoolhouse. You can see the heavy smoke pouring out of the building. Trying to get some to the fire and also trying to get to the front doors of the old schoolhouse. It is nearly 100 years old and has been the center of a major controversy on whether or not to tear this building down. In fact, i dont know if you fencing around the building to keep anyone out. That is because it has such a controversy, it ended up in the courthouse. The town has voted last
Each meetind g and of senators come up with this plan they would be drafting new legislation rather than voting on the existing bill. Lawmakers are still working through some of the key provisions of this plan, including how to fund roads at the department of transportation and decidininon some type of tax relief. We are dealing with some fundamental differences and is difficult to try to bridge that gap. I think very said he will see a proposal from the senate in a bipartisan awayin a bipartisan way to address roads. It they do reach an agreement those lawmakers have to go find a way to bring the rest of the senate on board. They remain optimistic and they say they will continue their meant next meeting tuesday around 1 pm. Still that planned parenthood has filed a federal lawsuit they are referring to the videos that were released showing planned parenthood executives discussing fetal body parts for the people behind the video thoughtbought fake government ideas, while taping private
Officer, new feliciano was off duty tonight after working a fatal accident, while he was out he saw home on fire. Thats when he saw the homeowner who was outside trying to go back inside to get some over things. Officer yelled at the woman not to go back in, but when she did, he ran home quickly to get a fired gear and came back and went into that Burning House to rescued rescue the woman. Nobody was injured during the fire and it remains under investigation by the police department. It turns out, we did a story on the officer and did not know it, he was one of the Public Service officers be featured in last nights newscast in a Good Samaritan story. Along with his friend captain by an anonymous customer. In cayce. Now the midland most accurate forecast with jim gandy. Evening and temperatures have been dropping, the temperature is at 32 degrees and are winds are light, from west and west and southwest 3 miles per hour, it will stay clear tonight a low in the morning of 27. Tomorrow so