Fifteen years ago this week Captain Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger pulled off a stunning emergency landing in a New York river. All 155 passengers and crew.
Cursor standing by in minneapolis for us. chesley can you tell us what is in this report in the doj? what did the attorney general have to say about the minneapolis police department conduct? yasmin, i want to point to align specifically from the conclusion of this doj report which summarizes a lot of this. it says the minneapolis police department, quote, uses unreasonable force, infringes on first amendment rights, and discriminates based on race and disability. talking about people with behavioral issues being discriminated against. black people, native american people. it talks about peoples protected speech being infringed upon. all kinds of allegations in this. the doj saying there was a lack of training accountability and supervision which allowed these problems to fester, as you mentioned, this is tied to the aftermath of the murder of george floyd. here is what attorney general, merrick garland, said about that specific case and how the practices they have found to be a part
Is chris mcsharry, who recently bought and developed this equestrian centre. accounts suggest he has received at least £5 million as a director since 2006. he has refused to be interviewed about both of our investigations. mr mcsharry, bbc news why didn t you properly investigate the abuse in your homes? mr mcsharry, what would you like to take to the families of children abused and neglected in your care? as chief executive why don t you respond to these questions, mr mcsharry? in a statement hesley said up to six people may not have been immediately referred to dbs but had now been, and that improvements were made across the company after the 2010 report. this shows a company that is repeatedly not following the rules. this senior mp says our investigation is deeply shocking. the historical findings back in 2010, the fact that those were then being repeated in other settings and the fact that systemically, the disclosure and barring scheme have not been used or informed effectivel
Mr mcsharry, what would you like to say to the families of children abused and neglected in your care? there was the psychological abuse, physicalabuse, there was unexplained bruises. oliver is autistic and has complex needs, meaning he can t live at home. his mother says she was told he faced abuse and neglect in 2019 at hesley despite his replacement costing taxpayers around £300,000 a year. a retired social worker was actually passing a minibus and they saw staff strangling him. oliver is one of more than 100 young people feared to have been harmed despite the best efforts of his parents. it became my full time job, e mail after e mail including the chief exec. i felt i should be able to protect my son from harm. but i couldn t. but we ve learned it s not the first time hesley has been investigated. we found residents being unsupervised, neglected.