NEXT
NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS BUT WE DO CATCH A BREAK FROM THE HEAT AND HUMIDITY.
WE WILL TALK ABOUT THAT COMING
UP IN MY FULL FORECAST.>>> THE
THING EVERYONE WILL BE TALKING
ABOUT TODAY, MAJOR POLICE
REFORM HERE IN CHARLOTTE.
CITY LEADERS VOTING ON TWO
MAJOR PROPOSALS TAKING DIRECT
ACTION TO POTENTIALLY RESTRICT
CMPD'S USE OF FORCE POLICIES.
FIRST THEY BANNED PURCHASE OF
MORE CHEMICAL AGENT SUCH AS
TEARGAS AND TEARS AND PEPPER
SPRAYED FOR CROWD CONTROL AFTER
THIS METHOD WAS USED IN
CHARLOTTE OVER THE PAST
WEEK.>>> CITY LEADERS MOVING
FORWARD WITH A THOROUGH REVIEW
OF THE DEPARTMENTS POLICY.
THE EIGHT CAN'T WAIT CAMPAIGN
LAYS OUT HOW TO DECREASE POLICE
ENVIRONMENTS.
THEY WILL STUDY THAT CAMPAIGN
WITH THE CURRENT POLICIES OF
CMPD TO SEE WHERE CHANGES CAN
BE MADE.
WAKE UP CHARLOTTE GETTING TO
THE DAY NOW IN UPTOWN.
RICHARD, CMPD WILL NOT BE ABLE
TO BUY MORE CHEMICAL AGENTS BUT
THEN OF COURSE A LOT OF PEOPLE
WONDER WHAT WILL THEY DO WITH
WHAT THEY CURRENTLY HAVE.
>> Reporter: THEY CAN STILL USE
THAT IS THE SHORT ANSWER TO
THAT QUESTION.
GOOD TUESDAY MORNING EVERYONE.
ONE COUNCILMEMBER SAID THAT
VOTE LAST NIGHT WAS JUST
ANOTHER STEP IN THE CITY'S
EFFORTS TO TRY TO REPAIR THE
BROKEN RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE
COMMUNITY AND ITS POLICE
OFFICERS.
IT SEEMS LIKE IT COULD BE
ANYTHING IN THE PAST AND SHE AS
AFTER CITY COUNCIL BAND ANY
CONTINUED PURCHASE OF CHEMICAL
+@
AFTER CITY COUNCIL BAND ANY CONTINUED PURCHASE OF CHEMICAL AGENTS.
>> THESE CHEMICAL AGENTS USE
+@FOR CROWD CONTROL OR CROWD
DISPERSAL.
THE AMENDMENT PASSED WITH A 9-2
+@FOR CROWD CONTROL OR CROWD DISPERSAL. THE AMENDMENT PASSED WITH A 9-2@
VOTE WITH TWO REPUBLICANS ON
THE COUNCIL VOTING AGAINST IT.
THEY ASKED CITY LEADERS NOT TO
PAINT LAW ENFORCEMENT WITH SUCH
A BROAD BRUSH.
>> I THINK THIS IS A HASTY
MEASURE.
IT MANIFESTS ITSELF AS A HASTY
RUSH TO DO SOMETHING.
THEY HAVE A VERY IMPORTANT
MESSAGE THEY ARE SENDING US
RIGHT NOW.
>> Reporter: THE CM PD SPENT
$3000 ON CHEMICAL AGENT
PURCHASES.
NOW THEY WILL NOT SPEND A PENNY
ON THEM.
>> Reporter: IF YOU CAN'T
FIGURE OUT HOW TO DEAL WITH
HUMAN BEINGS, HUMAN BEINGS THAT
MAKE UP THIS AREA, WE WILL SHOW
YOU HOW TO DEAL WITH US AS THE
SENTIENT BEINGS WE ARE.>>>
AGAIN, IT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO
NOTE THIS A ONE YEAR BAN ON
THOSE CHEMICAL AGENTS I SHOULD
SAY.
ALSO IT DOES NOT PREVENT CMPD
FROM USING IT STOCKPILE.
+@
ALSO IT DOES NOT PREVENT CMPD FROM USING IT STOCKPILE. WE DON'T KNOW THE AMOUNT BUT WE
DO KNOW THERE WAS SOME
PURCHASED FOR THE UPCOMING
PENDING RNC.
THIS IS AN ISSUE I'M SURE A LOT
OF PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT
INCLUDING HOW WE GOT TO THIS
WITH THOSE PROTESTS.
+@>> THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT,
RICHARD.
GOOD MORNING TO YOU AND
EVERYBODY.
AS YOU WAKE UP AND HAD TO
SOCIAL MEDIA YOU WILL SEE ON
TWITTER AND FACEBOOK PAGES A
LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE BEEN SHARING
VIDEOS AND PICTURES FROM THE
CROWD THAT GATHERED OUTSIDE OF
THE GOVERNMENT BUILDING
YESTERDAY FOR THAT VOTE.
HERE IS ONE, YOU CAN SEE AS FAR
AS THE EYE CAN SEE PEOPLE
HOLDING SIGNS AND GATHERING FOR
THAT.
THEY DID MARCH, THEY JOINED AN
NAACP MARCH.
THAT BOAT STARTED AND THEY
ENDED UP OUTSIDE OF THE
GOVERNMENT BUILDING UNTIL CITY
COUNCIL MADE THEIR DECISION
VOTING 9-2 TO BAN THE PURCHASE
OF CHEMICAL AGENTS WHICH
INCLUDE THINGS LIKE TEARGAS.
FOR THE SECOND NIGHT IN A ROW
THERE WERE PROTESTERS THAT
ENDED UP IN AN ALTERCATION WITH
CMPD CAPTAIN BRAD KOCH . THAT
HAPPENED OUTSIDE OF THE
GOVERNMENT CENTER.
YOU CAN SEE IN THE VIDEO
SEVERAL DIFFERENT PEOPLE THAT
ALSO THEN JOINED IN.
CMPD HAS TWEETED THEY ARE NOW
+@
ALSO THEN JOINED IN. CMPD HAS TWEETED THEY ARE NOW LOOKING FOR SUSPECTS IN THAT .
YOU WATCH THE VIDEO THROUGH ITS
ENTIRETY YOU CAN SEE AN ARREST
MADE RIGHT THERE ON CMPD'S
TWITTER PAGE I DID SEE THEY
+@POSTED ABOUT 4-5 DIFFERENT
PICTURES OF THE SUSPECTS THAT
THEY ARE LOOKING FOR.
SCREEN GRABS FROM THE VIDEOS
THAT WERE ON SOCIAL MEDIA.