A man. Linn county attorney Jerry Vander Sanden says it would be in the publics best interest to allow a grand jury to decide if the case warrants any criminal charges. Around one am on november first Cedar Rapids Police officer lucas jones pulled over Jerime Mitchell on a routine traffic stop. That was near coe college and into some kind of an altercation that led to officer jones firing his gun, seriously wounding mitchell who was still inside his vehicle. Vander sanden says the grand jury will consist of seven people theyll choose randomly, and at least five of them have to agree on any possible indictment. The process to choose the grand jury members has already started. This is the first time Vander Sanden has used a grand jury in a case involving a Police Officer using deadly force since he took office in 2010. Tv nine contacted mitchells family attorney this afternoon. The family declined to comment. Cedar Rapids Police say there have been no shots fired calls yet this month. We
Un. Still headlights on i 380 but traffic looking good so far. Welcome to cbs2 this morning. Im kevin barry. Justin roberts hows it looking. Clouds, mix of sun and clouds, through the day. Scattered shower and thunderstorms move back in this afternoon and evening. Our temperatures in the upper 60s. Thats kind of where stayed parked as of late and thats, of course, the dewpoint is in those upper 60s so the temp wont get any lower. We are seeing cloud cover. 6degrees in eastern iowa airport. Here at Broadcast Park we are at 69 degrees in the corner of collins and sea avenue. There is a little reduced visibility far eastern iowa around jones and b dubuque as well as the scott and 77 in oelwein. Six in waterloo. 70 iowa city. Winds south and easterly 510 through the day today. Local radar and satellite, a little light moisture north of tama up towards southern groundy county. Heres the state wide pictures. A lot of humidity today. One of the by products will be popup shower and Storm Chanc
New this morning a false alarm at lax sent hundreds of travelers running for cover overnight following reports of an active shooter at the busy airport. Airport. But police say no gunman was found and no shots were fired. Now Officials Say the false reports started with loud noises and theyre still trying to figure out what caused them. After the reports people were seen running from the airport and flights were grounded for a short time. Also new this morning officials in brussels are saying a reported outside belgiums Criminology Institute is mostly likely an arson attack on a crime lab and . Not terrorism. Belgium media reported that a car drove through a barrier and caused an explosion nobody was injured. The country has been on high alert since last march when terrorists killed 32 people in attacks at an airport and subway. A dubuque man who is the suspect in a brutal Sexual Assault and killing killinghas just been transferred to a facility in judge decided Helmon Betwell wasnt co
May be to step back, the starting point of the conversation is to recognize that our country has an epidemic of corporate crime, abuse and violence which we all suffer its evident in the financial crash of cost the country 22 million in the blowup in the oil spill in the environmental disaster in the nations history nations history arguably and numerous food safety crises and disasters that kill dozens routinely in the new england compound scandal in Workplace Safety and Health Issues that rise on a dalia basis and much more. We have to step back and say we dont do a very good job of dealing with these problems and one marker of that is if they persist over a long period of time we have an issue about how we set the rules for what is permissible for corporations to do when we say no you cant compare all human life and know no you cant threaten the environment. We have to make sure the rules are being followed, supervisors look at the think tank sure they are following the rule and it t
Years and they plan to slash jobs in cutting their workforce following a net loss of 1. 9 billion. Netflix said the company will talk to a Chinese Media group. Stephanie blues legend bb king has died. Best known for his kids for his hits we angel, died at his home in las vegas. He was 89 years old. Erik may he rest in peace. More headlines for you this morning in nepal. U. S. Marines confirmed that the wreckage of the missing helicopter has been found. The helicopter disappeared earlier this week on an earthquake Relief Mission carried six soldiers and two men from soldiers from nepal. The video earlier in the week shows at least one of those marines delivering food and other supplies to earthquake victims. A judge may have to decide how much many victims get from the amtrak derailment in philadelphia. Federal law caps on total rail damages at 200 million dollars. Eight people were killed and more than 200 injured. Investigators say that in the next few days, they may get answers to th