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East. Here to discuss it is Richard Engel and from tel aviv, erin mclaughlin. In the united states, nbc News White House reporter shannon pettypiece. I know the area has been closed off. What have you been hearing and seeing . Reporter well, we he came through this morning. It had been closed. We had been coming down every single day hoping there would be an opening and the israelis who control the border between israel and gaza would open it up. They did. You go through the israeli side and then the hamas side. There were procedures. We got through and then we were driving through and walking through gaza city today. There is a lot of destruction. 8,000 homes were destroyed. More than is 150 buildings destroyed. Many people out sweeping up. It is a city still functioning. The infrastructure has been set back a very long way. This was a they will need to do a lot of rebuilding here. Thats the physical damage. On the political or emotional side, spirits are pretty good. This is not a ci
Then things changed. And i heard the officer yelling taser, taser, but she drew her gun. I really cant speak to what happened with her. I mean theres a big difference between a taser and a gun. I mean theyre two distinct weapons. It was just a tough situation out there, and the officer found herself in a tough situation and had tragic results. So, you know, in minnesota theyre doing their investigation. Its an active investigation, and the District Attorney out there is going to follow through with it. But, you know, it really falls back on training. We have to make sure officers continually train with their service weapon, with their taser. And, you know, sometimes we try to put them in a highintensity situation, but when youre out there in the street, it takes a different turn because its for real out there, and the officers want to be safe. Yeah. So i want to ask you, chief scott, what do you think is going to help this . Whats going to happen . Well, don, first of all, we have to r
Warrant or warrants and that they tried to then arrest hem. That is when a scuffle ensued. And the police chief has just said the officer accidentally fired her gun instead of her tazer. The police chief did release the full bodycam video. Were playing part of it for you. Its very difficult to watch. So just a warning. Its disturbing. But important for transparency in this case. Ste p out. I shot him. During this encounter, however, the officer drew their handgun instead of their tazer. We drain with the honged on the dominant sides and taste tazer. If youre right handed you carry the hong on thehand z and tazer on et lester. As i watched the video and listened to the commands its my belief the officer had intention to deploy the tazer but instead shot mr. Wright with a single bullet. This appears for me for in the officers reaction in distress after this was an accidental discharge that result fld let tragic death of mr. Wright. I asked the bca to conduct of an investigation into the
Streets of minneapolis and across the country. A collective sigh of relief, albeit potentially momentary. For millions of americans there is newfound optimism this morning that change is coming to the countrys criminal Justice System. Another sign of that just this morning. The attorney general of the United States, Merrick Garland, announced last hour the Department Of Justice is launching a sweeping investigation into the Policing Practices of the Minneapolis Police department. Listen the investigation i am announcing today will assess whether the Minneapolis Police department engages in a pattern or practice of using Excessive Force including during protests. The investigation will also assess whether the mpd engages in discriminatory conduct and whether its treatment of those with Behavioral Health disabilities is unlawful. It will include a comprehensive review of the Minneapolis Police departments policies, training, supervision and use of force investigations. Well see what come