NO SERIOUS INJURIES.
POLICE ARE NOW INVESTIGATING.
AN IMPEACHMENT VOTE FOR
PHILADELPHIA’S DISTRICT ATTORNEY
LARRY KRAZNER COULD COME THIS
WEEK.
ONE OF HIS POLICIES RESULTED IN
THE RELEASE AND SUBSEQUENT
EXONERATION OF JAMEER HARRIS.
HE’S CHARGED IN THE SHOOTING OF
A 50-YEAR-OLD MAN, CHARLES
GOSSSIT.
HE WORKED ON NONVIOLENCE
INITIATIVES ACROSS THE CITY.
WE’RE GOING TO SPEAK TO GOSSIT’S
SISTER.
SHE’S STANDING BY.
FIRST, WE GO TO BRYAN LLENAS.
HE REPORTS FROM PHILLY.
HI, BRYAN.
>> HI, GILLIAN.
PHILADELPHIA’S PROGRESSIVE
DISTRICT ATTORNEY LARRY KRAZNER
INSISTS THE RECORD NUMBER OF
CARJACKINGS HAS NUMBER TO DO HIS
PROGRESSIVE POLICIES.
NOW HE’S CALLING THE
REPUBLICAN-LED BIPARTISAN
COMMITTEE’S INVESTIGATION
LOOKING TO PERHAPS IMPEACH HIM
POLITICALLY MOTIVATED.
>> SO PHILADELPHIA, LIKE THE
REST OF THE STATE AND LIKE THE
COUNTRY HAS GONE THROUGH A
TERRIBLE SPIKE IN GUN VIOLENCE.
BUT THIS COMMITTEE ONLY WANTS TO
LOOK AT PHILADELPHIA.
IT DOESN’T WANT TO LOOK AT THE
OTHER COUNTIES IN PENNSYLVANIA.
WE’RE LOOKING AT PHILLY RIGHT
NOW IN A SUPER HEATED ELECTION
CYCLE.
>> THIS AS WE’RE NOW LEARNING
THAT A CONVICTED MURDERER IS A
SUSPECT IN A MURDER.
POLICE ARE SEARCHING FOR
32-YEAR-OLD JAMEER HARRIS AFTER
HE SHOT 50-YEAR-OLD CHARLES
GOSSIT IN THE BACK OF THE HIT.
HE WAS EXONERATED THANKS TO
KRASNER’S NEW INTEGRITY UNIT.
THE JUDGE IN THE CASE WAS
CRITICAL OF KRASNER.
THE JUDGE SAYING "THIS COURT
WONDERING HOW THE COMMONWEALTH
FELT CONFIDENT IN RELEASING A
MURDER SUSPECT FROM PRISON WHEN
THE COMMONWEALTH SAID ONE PAGE
EARLIER THAT THE CRIMINAL
INVESTIGATION IN THIS MATTER WAS
STILL ONGOING.
TODAY KRASNER DEFENDED THE
DECISION SAYING THAT HARRIS WAS
LIKELY INNOCENT IN THAT 2012
MURDER CASE.
THIS IS ALL HAPPENING IN THE
HEAT OF A SENATE RACES THAT
HINGES ON CRIME.
DR. OZ ATTACKING JOHN FETTERMAN
SAYS THAT HE ENDORSED KRASNER
FOR D.A.
GILLIAN?
>> LET’S BRING IN LINDA CRUZ,
THE SISTER OF CHARLES GOSSIT. I WANT TO START BY OFFERING YOU
I WANT TO START BY OFFERING YOU
MY CONDOLENCES TO YOU AND YOUR
FAMILY FOR YOUR LOSS.
THANKS FOR BEING HERE.
>> THANK YOU.
>> Gillian: TALK TO ME ABOUT HOW
YOU’RE DOING, HOW YOUR FAMILY IS
DOING AND TALK ABOUT YOUR
BROTHER.
>> OUR FAMILY IS DISTRAUGHT.
WE LOST OUR BROTHER, OUR MOTHER
LOST THEIR SON.
HIS KIDS LOST THEIR FATHER.
AND THE COMMUNICATE TIP LOST A
LEADER.
HE WAS A SOLDIER, FOOT SOLDIER
FOR PHILADELPHIA, AN UNDERDOG
FOR EVERYONE TRYING TO BETTER
THEMSELVES.
HE WAS A GREAT GUY.
>> Gillian: HE SEEMS LIKE IT,
LINDA.
THE SUSPECT HERE, JAMEER HARRIS,
IS WANTED FOR MURDER FOR THE
SECOND TIME AFTER BEING TRIED
AND CONVICTED IN 2012 FOR
MURDER.
HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT THAT?
>> WE’RE HORRIFIED OF THE FACT
THAT HE’S ON THE STREETS.
THE FACT THAT THIS SO-CALLED
PROGRAM HAS NO TYPE OF -- NO
TYPE OF FEELING TOWARDS WHAT
THEY’RE DOING.
THEY HAVE NO CONSIDERATION FOR
THE VICTIMS.
THIS IS TO PUT PRISONERS THAT
HAVE BEEN CONVICTED BACK ON THE
STREETS.
THIS SYSTEM RIGHT HERE PROVES
THAT THIS DOESN’T WORK.
THIS DOES NOT WORK.
THEY NEED A PROGRAM FOR THE
VICTIMS OF PEOPLE LIKE JAMEER
HARRIS.
>> Gillian: AND YOUR CITY,
VIOLENT CRIME HAS BEEN SURGING
THIS YEAR.
IT’S UP 7% OVER LAST YEAR.
THAT EXCEEDS THE AVERAGE
NATIONWIDE.
PROPERTY CRIMES ARE UP 30%.
COMMERCIAL BURGLARIES ARE UP BY
50% IN ADDITION TO HOMICIDES.
IS THIS -- YOU’RE A TESTAMENT OF
THE FACT THAT THIS IS NOT
ANECDOTAL EVIDENCE.
THERE’S REAL PEOPLE BEHIND THESE
STATISTICS.
TALK TO US ABOUT OTHER PEOPLE IN
THE COMMUNITY THAT HAVE BEEN
AFFECTED BY VIOLENT CRIME LIKE
YOU AND YOUR BROTHER?
>> IT’S -- NOW THIS HAS HIT HOME
FOR THE SECOND TIME -- THIS IS
THE SECOND MURDER IN OUR FAMILY.
SO THIS IS REALLY LIKE HORRIBLE.
WE’VE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH A LOT
OF OTHER FAMILIES THAT HAVE BEEN
VICTIMS OF VIOLENT CRIMES.
WE’RE FED UP.
WE’RE NOT GOING TO TAKE IT
ANYMORE.
THE SYSTEM AND EVERYTHING THAT
IS GOING ON, IT’S BROKEN.
WE’RE HERE TO FIX IT.
LARRY KRASNER AND HIS PROGRAM
THAT HE THINKS IS WORKING IS NOT
WORKING AND WE DON’T WANT IT
ANYMORE.
THE COMMUNITY DOESN’T WANT IT
ANYMORE.
GET SOMETHING THAT WILL HELP THE
VICTIMS OF THESE VIOLENT CRIMES,
NOT THE PEOPLE THAT ARE
PERPETRATING THESE CRIMES.
WE’RE TIRED OF.
IT’S THE SAME OLD NONSENSE AND
IT’S NOT WORKING.
>> Gillian: LINDA, I KNOW IT’S
HARD TO TALK ABOUT ESPECIALLY ON
TELEVISION.
THANKS FOR DOING IT.
TAKING TIME FOR US THIS
AFTERNOON TO LAY THIS OUT.
WE REALLY SEND YOU OUR BEST, OUR