Report finding Baltimore Police officers routinely discriminate against africanamericans, use excessive force, and are not held accountable for misconduct. The doj also discovering black residents were more likely to be stopped and searched as pedestrians and drivers. Gupta says these violations have deeply eroded mutual trust between both bpd and the community it serves. The report also noted officers recorded more than 300thousand 2010 tomay 2015. Nearly half of them were made in two small, predominantly African American districts that contain only 11percent of the citys population. Seven black men were stopped more than 30 times each. Davis says those who choose to wear the uniform and choose to blatantly disregard basic rights absolutely should be uncomfortable. The yearlong probe was launched after the april 2015 death of from spinal injuries suffered in police custody. Grays death set off protests and riots, although charges brought against the six officers involved ended in eith
Of helping those in need because she used to be homeless. I understand the importance of a toothbrush, toothpaste, just clothes to wear, water to drink. So to me its really important. Reporter the restaurant is taking donations all week and this louisiana native will pack up a truck and personally deliver it all to friends in need. I want to put a peoples faces. Reporter reporting in st. Pete, kera mashek, abc action news. You can drop off donations at the salty rim grill through the end of the week on blind pass road in st. Pete beach. Also a gofundme page to donate if you cant get there. Kera mashek has a link to the page in the article she wrote on our mobile app now. Ivan cabrera with the forecast. Good morning. 81 in tampa. Limited rain chances, one more day of that. I think well have more rain chances beginning tomorrow but for today still 20 or less. As we look at the rest of the temperatures in the mid and upper 70s. We have that to look forward to today if you dont like the ra
A bike ride on a busy tampa road. Ended in tragedy. And the florida Highway Patrol is investigating it this morning. It happened just before 9 oclock last night outside the cvs on north dale mabry. At lambright street. The florida Highway Patrol says a 21year old male bicyclist was riding near the median. When the bike that car . Hit the bike. And tossed the man to the ground. And that man was then run over by a . Second car. The crash shut down dale mabry for several hours. At least one person familiar with that section of the highway says she isnt surprised this happened troopers have still not released the name of the bicyclist. Theyre waiting to notify the next of kin. No charges have been filed in the crash. Deputies in pasco and Hillsborough County are searching for some professional thieves this morning. They got away with . Thousands of dollars worth of belongings. After breaking into nearly 20 pickup trucks. On sunday eight trucks were burglarized outside the sleep inn and the
No closed captioning is jen this morning theres a big meeting about Ridesharing Services in tampa. Its been a contentious issue for awhile now. wally vote on new regulations for uber and lyft drivers today. But now it looks like theyve hit a speed bump. wally fox13s ken suarez joins us now, live from downtown tampa. Ken, what happened . Thanks, ken. Thanks, thanks, ken. jen the fight over zika funding continues today on capitol hill. Governor scott is spending his second straight day in dc. Talking facetoface with lawmakers. And the good news is. The long stalemate in washington over how to fund the zika battle. Appears to be ending. jen during day one of his visit, Governor Scott met with senator marco rubio and House Speaker paul ryan. He told them its unacceptable that politics long enough to protect unborn babies. He was refering to the link between zika and severe birth defects. Floridas congressional delegation also stood together tuesday. Both republicans and democrats. And dema
Cam. He told his bicyclist to ride the bike on the sidewalk and the man and the man p tells the officer its illegal. Ive been doing this for 12,000 miles man. The officer in the video wont face discipline but the Department Says it will retrain officers on bicycle laws. The city of tampa unveiling an aggressive plan to keep zika infected mosquitos out of our community. The question the city purchased 3,600 dunks, thats the giant chemical tablets that kill the mosquito larva for up to 30 days. The city is not responsible for mosquito control, its the countys job but bob buckhorn says with the public crisis in miami they cant sit back and wait to act. There are 4,000 abandoned properties in tampa and getting the dunks to treat pools or wherever water collects will be a challenge. Clearly it would make all the sense in the world. Maybe just to teach them to throw from the front yard and get it into the backyard. Joking aside the city says they will find a way to get to the high risk areas