I TOLD THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS THAT THEY WOULD NEVER FORGET THE NAME JONATHAN
LANCASTER. AND I PROMISED MY
BROTHER AT HIS GRAVE THAT I
WOULD FIGHT TO SEE THEM HELD
RESPONSIBLE. AND TODAY, THAT DAY
HAS COME.
>> A SISTER REACTS TO BREAKING
NEW CHARGES AGAINST PRISON
EMPLOYEES IN THE DEATH OF HER
BROTHER, JONATHAN LANCASTER WAS
STRAPPED TO A PRISON RESTRAINT
CHAIR FOR MORE THAN FOUR HOURS.
>> HE WAS FOUND UNRESPONSIVE,
ACTIVE AND NOT BREATHING. THANKS
FOR BEING HERE WITH US AT SIX.
I’M KIMBERLY GILL.
>> I’M DEVIN SCILLIAN. TONIGHT,
EIGHT PEOPLE WHO WORKED INSIDE
THE MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF
CORRECTIONS ARE CHARGED WITH
FELONIES. ALL EIGHT WERE
EMPLOYED AT THE ALGER
CORRECTIONAL FACILITY IN
MUNISING IN 2019. LOCAL 4
INVESTIGATOR KAREN DREW EXPOSED
THIS CASE AND NOW KAREN, THE
FAMILY OF JONATHAN LANCASTER HAS
BEEN FIGHTING FOR CHARGES FOR
YEARS. WHY NOW?
>> WELL, ATTORNEY GENERAL DANA
NESSEL TOOK A CLOSE LOOK AT THE
CASE AND FELT THAT THIS WAS
CLEARLY BEYOND A CRIME AND
PUNISHMENT AND FELT THERE WAS
ENOUGH EVIDENCE TO PROVE THIS
TRAGEDY COULD HAVE BEEN
PREVENTED IF THESE MDOC WORKERS
DID THEIR JOB. LIKE YOU SAID,
ALL EIGHT NOW ARE CHARGED. THIS
IS BIG NEWS. THIS NORMALLY
DOESN’T HAPPEN, INCLUDING A
FORMER ACTING WARDEN, A FORMER
ASSISTANT DEPUTY WARDEN FOR
REGISTERED NURSES AND TWO
CORRECTIONS OFFICERS IS
OVERWHELMED.
>> OVERWHELMED, TO SAY THE LEAST
. HONESTLY, I HAVE NO WORDS
RIGHT NOW, HONESTLY, FOR HOW I’M
FEELING.
>> DANIELLE DUNN REACTS MOMENTS
AFTER THE NEWS IS SHARED. EIGHT
PEOPLE ARE BEING CHARGED IN HER
BROTHER’S DEATH AFTER HE LOST
MORE THAN 50 POUNDS IN TWO
WEEKS, WAS RESTRAINED TO A CHAIR
FOR MORE THAN FOUR HOURS AND
DIED THREE DAYS LATER. INSIDE A
MICHIGAN PRISON, STAFF MEMBERS
BEING CHARGED IN AN INMATE’S
DEATH HERE IN THE STATE OF
MICHIGAN.
>> IT DOESN’T HAPPEN. SO IT’S A
HUGE RELIEF. WE’VE BEEN
FOLLOWING THIS CASE AFTER
LANCASTER DIED IN 2019 AND
TALKED TO HIS SISTER OVER THE
YEARS.
>> I GET A PHONE CALL FROM HIM.
>> HE’S WHISPERING IN THE PHONE.
HE IS TELLING ME THAT THE
OFFICERS ARE GOING TO KILL HIM.
I’M GOING TO DIE IN HERE. HE’S
MOVED TO THE OBSERVATION CELL
WHERE HE IS, THEN PUT IN
RESTRAINTS AND ESSENTIALLY LEFT
TO DIE.
>> THERE’S A POINT WHERE THEY
RESTRAIN HIM AND THEN THERE’S A
POINT. HE’S DEAD. WHAT IT
HAPPENED IN THAT TIME, HE DIES
IN THAT CHAIR. ATTORNEY GENERAL
DANA NESSEL SAID THIS DEATH WAS
A PREVENTABLE TRAGEDY THAT
PLAYED OUT OVER DAYS AND UNDER
THE DEFENSE AND SUPERVISION,
THERE IS HOPE.
>> THERE IS HOPE. AND CHANGE IS
COMING.
>> DANIELLE HAS BEEN FIGHTING.
SO HARD. I DID REACH OUT TO THE
MDOC ASKING FOR COMMENT. NO
ONE’S RESPONDED TO MY EMAILS AND
MY TEXTS THIS AFTERNOON AND
THAT’S PRETTY TYPICAL. THEY
HAVEN’T RESPONDED MUCH ON THIS
CASE. SURE. SO IT REALLY SHINES
A LIGHT.
>> A LIGHT. ALSO ON SOLITARY
CONFINEMENT IN THIS. KAREN
>> IT REALLY DOES, BECAUSE THAT
IS A HOT TOPIC. I TALKED TO
DANIELLE DUNN AND OTHER FAMILIES
AND THEY’RE CONCERNED ABOUT
SOLITARY CONFINEMENT FOR THE
PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH OF
THESE PRISONERS BECAUSE THE
SYSTEM ISN’T IN PLACE FOR ALL
THOSE SAFETY CHECKS. SO WHILE
THEY HAVE AN ACCOMPLISHMENT ON
THIS CASE, PARTICULARLY, THEY’RE
GOING TO KEEP FIGHTING.
>> YEAH, WE’LL KEEP FOLLOWING
IT. YEAH. KAREN THANK YOU.
>> A WARREN POLICE OFFICER IS
FACING CRIMINAL CHARGES AND
COULD LOSE HIS JOB AFTER VIDEO
SHOWS HIM ATTACKING A SUSPECT AT
THE CITY JAIL RIGHT THERE. THIS
HAPPENED ONE WEEK AGO IN THE
FINGERPRINTING ROOM OF WARREN
PD. OFFICER MATTHEW RODRIGUEZ
SUDDENLY STRIKES THE 19 YEAR OLD
PRISONER, THROWING HIM TO THE
GROUND. TWO OTHER OFFICERS
ARRIVE AS RODRIGUEZ THROWS
PUNCHES AT THE MAN AS HE’S DOWN.
COMMISSIONER WILLIAM DWYER SAYS
THE OTHER TWO OFFICERS KEPT
THINGS FROM GETTING WORSE AND
QUICKLY REPORTED RODRIGUEZ TO
SUPERIORS. SO OFFICER RODRIGUEZ
IS ON UNPAID ADMINISTRATIVE
LEAVE AND IS CHARGED NOW WITH
MISDEMEANOR ASSAULT AND BATTERY.
A LOCAL MAN IS IN CUSTODY IN
GERMANY, ACCUSED OF PUSHING TWO
WOMEN INTO A RAVINE, KILLING ONE
OF THEM HAPPENED NEAR A TOURIST
SITE IN THE BAVARIA REGION OF
SOUTHERN GERMANY.
>> THE MAN IDENTIFIED AS TROY
BOWLING IS FROM LINCOLN PARK,
SHAWN LEY, TALKING TO PEOPLE
FAMILIAR WITH BOWLING AND SEAN,
THIS STORY IS GETTING
INTERNATIONAL ATTENTION.
>> TRULY DESCENDING ON A LINCOLN
PARK NEIGHBORHOOD LIKE THESE
GIRLS FROM ILLINOIS, COLLEGE
STUDENTS WERE PUSHED OVER THAT
LEDGE. THE DROP WAS 165FT, KIND
OF TO SHOW HOW FAR THAT IS, WE
PUT MATT AND OUR CAMERA 165FT
AWAY. BUT KEEP IN MIND, THIS WAS
STRAIGHT DOWN. ABSOLUTELY AWFUL
SITUATION. NOW WE HAVE A
SITUATION WHERE A MAN FROM
LINCOLN PARK IS UNDER ARREST FOR
THAT. PEOPLE HERE ARE REACTING
THIS WAY.
>> AND THEN YOU HEAR THIS AND
IT’S LIKE, WHAT? IT’S JUST
DIDN’T SEEM POSSIBLE.
>> NEIGHBORS HERE ON CLEVELAND
AVENUE IN LINCOLN PARK ARE BLOWN
AWAY THAT A NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOR
NAMED TROY BOWLING HAS BEEN
ARRESTED IN GERMANY FOR A
HORRIFYING ATTACK ON TWO COLLEGE
STUDENTS. BOWLING LIVING HERE
WITH HIS BROTHER DONNA, LIVING
RIGHT NEXT DOOR. I WAS TOTALLY
SHOCKED BECAUSE THE BROTHERS
THAT I KNOW NEXT DOOR ARE
FRIENDLY AND NICE AND HELPFUL.
>> THEY SHOVEL MY SNOW IN THE IN
THE WINTER.
>> BUT POLICE SAY IT WAS TROY
BOWLING WHO ALLEGEDLY TRIED TO
SEXUALLY ASSAULT NAPERVILLE,
ILLINOIS NATIVE EVA LU AT THIS
GERMAN TOURIST ATTRACTION, A
CASTLE.
>> LU WAS THERE WITH HER FRIEND
KELSEY CHANG ON A TRIP OF A
LIFETIME AFTER GRADUATING
COLLEGE. POLICE SAY IT WAS
BOWLING WHO PUSHED BOTH GIRLS
OVER A CLIFF, KILLING LU CHANG
SURVIVED. HERE AT HOME, TROY
BOWLING IS KNOWN AS VERY QUIET.
>> TROY COMES AND GOES AND I’VE
NEVER SPOKE TO HIM, BUT HE COMES
AND GOES AND I JUST ASSUMED IT
WAS HIS WORK, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE
CAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE LEAVE THE
STATE AND WORK ELSEWHERE. HE WAS
LAID BACK.
>> I THINK HE PLAYED IN THE
BAND. I THINK HE HAD DATED ONE
OF MY FRIENDS THERE WAS NOTHING
REMARKABLE. ONE OF YOUR
CLASSMATES, BRITTANY TYLICKI,
WENT TO ALLEN PARK HIGH SCHOOL
WITH BOWLING.
>> SHE HADN’T SEEN HIM SINCE
GRADUATION, THEN SAW NEWS
FOOTAGE OF HIM BEING ARRESTED
FOR THE ATTACK IN GERMANY. NONE
OF IT FITS LIKE I WOULD HAVE
NEVER IN A MILLION YEARS THOUGHT
NEVER TO.
>> HE WAS JUST QUIET AND LAID
BACK AND HE WAS NEVER
DISRUPTIVE. NOTHING IN TO MORE
THINGS TO TELL YOU ABOUT ABOUT
ALL OF THIS.
>> BRITTANY, WHO WE INTERVIEWED
THERE, WENT TO HIGH SCHOOL WITH
HIM. A LOT OF HER OTHER
CLASSMATES CHIMING IN, SAYING
THERE JUST WASN’T ANYTHING
REMARKABLE ABOUT TROY BOWLING
AND EVERYONE TO A T SAID HOW
QUIET HE WAS. NOW, DONNA, WHO
LIVES RIGHT NEXT DOOR, KIMBERLY,
SHE SAYS SHE FEELS BAD FOR HIS
BROTHER AND DAD WHO STILL LIVE
AT THAT ADDRESS HERE IN LINCOLN
PARK BECAUSE OF ALL THE
ATTENTION THAT THEY’RE GETTING.
SHE SAYS THEY DIDN’T DO ANYTHING
WRONG, BUT INTERNATIONAL
REPORTERS FROM AROUND THE WORLD
KNOCKING ON THAT DOOR, IT’S
NONSTOP. BACK TO YOU. A BIZARRE
STORY.
>> OKAY. WE’LL CONTINUE TO
FOLLOW IT. SEAN THANK YOU.
>> NOW TO HEALTH NEWS TONIGHT,
BODY MASS INDEX, BMI FOR
FREQUENTLY USED TO DETERMINE IF
SOMEONE IS OVERWEIGHT OR OBESE.
BUT THERE IS A NEW PUSH TO
CHANGE THAT. THAT’S RIGHT.
>> EVEN THE MILITARY IS UPDATING
HOW IT MEASURES BODY FAT. DOCTOR
FRANK MCGEORGE IS HERE TO
EXPLAIN WHAT’S CHANGING AND
PERHAPS MORE IMPORTANTLY, WHY
IT’S CHANGING. DOC?
>> WELL, YOU KNOW, KIM AND EVAN
BODY MASS INDEX AS A CONCEPT
THAT IS CORRELATING YOUR HEIGHT
TO YOUR WEIGHT IN ORDER TO TELL
WHEN YOU ARE OVERWEIGHT. IT’S
BEEN AROUND SINCE THE 1970S AND
ITS USE AS A SCREENING TOOL HAS
GROWN. BUT AT THE SAME TIME, SO
HAS OUR UNDERSTANDING OF
DIFFERENT TYPES OF BODY FAT.
RIGHT NOW, MOST DOCTORS IN THE
US SCREEN FOR OBESITY BY USING
BODY MASS INDEX OR BMI, A BMI
OVER 25 IS OVERWEIGHT AND A BMI
OF 30 OR ABOVE IS CONSIDERED
OBESE. THIS LAST WEEK, THE
AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION
ADOPTED A NEW POLICY ON THE BODY
MASS INDEX, ACKNOWLEDGING
SIGNIFICANT LIMITATIONS MEANS,
FOR EXAMPLE, BMI DOESN’T
DIFFERENTIATE BETWEEN LEAN AND
FAT BODY MASS. ALSO NOT ALL FAT
IS CREATED EQUALLY FAT AROUND
YOUR INTERNAL ORGANS, AND WASTE
CAUSES MORE PROBLEMS THAN FAT
AROUND YOUR BUTTOCKS AND THIGHS
. THE WAY FAT IS DISTRIBUTED ON
A PERSON’S BODY IS ALSO
DIFFERENT BASED ON THEIR AGE,
ETHNICITY, AND GENDER, AND
INCREASINGLY, THAT UNDERSTANDING
IS CALLING FOR HEALTH PROVIDERS
TO LOOK BEYOND THE TRADITIONAL
MEASURE OF BMI. THE AMA SUGGESTS
OTHER MEASURES OF HEALTH RISK BE
USED ALONG WITH BMI, LIKE WAIST
CIRCUMFERENCE MEASUREMENTS OF
VISCERAL FAT BODY COMPOSITION
AND GENETIC AND METABOLIC
FACTORS. MEANWHILE, THE MILITARY
HAS ALREADY COME UP WITH A NEW
WAY TO MEASURE THE BODY FAT OF
THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO SERVE. AND
THE CHANGE COULD RESULT IN MORE
SOLDIERS FAILING THEIR BODY FAT
ASSESSMENTS. PREVIOUSLY, MEN
WERE MEASURED AROUND THEIR NECK
AND STOMACHS WHILE WOMEN WERE
MEASURED AROUND THEIR NECK,
WAIST AND HIPS. NOW ALL
SOLDIERS, REGARDLESS OF GENDER,
WILL BE MEASURED AROUND THE
NAVEL TO FIGURE OUT THEIR BODY
FAT. NOW, THE MILITARY IS ALSO
LOOKING AT OTHER FANCIER WAYS TO
MEASURE BODY FAT, INCLUDING A D
BODY SURFACE SCANNER DEVICES
THAT MEASURE BODY FAT USING
ELECTRICAL RESISTANCE AND
SCANNERS THAT ARE ALSO USED TO
MEASURE BONE DENSITY. NOW, ALL
OF THOSE ARE MUCH MORE EXPENSIVE
THAN A MEASURING TAPE. AND
FRANKLY, THEY JUST DIDN’T OFFER
THAT MUCH MORE SIGNIFICANT
ACCURACY.
>> WELL, EVEN THOUGH THEY’RE
SUGGESTING CHANGES TO THE USE OF
BMI, DOES IT STILL HAVE VALUE TO
THAT NUMBER? YEAH.
>> SO, YOU KNOW, AS A SIMPLE
SCREENING TOOL, IT ACTUALLY
ISN’T A HORRIBLE THING. IT
DEFINITELY HAS SOME VALUE. I
THINK THE GOAL IS MORE THAT WE
SHOULDN’T CONSIDER IT THE ONLY
TOOL THAT WE USE IN PARTICULAR
WHEN WE KNOW THAT BMI IS LIMITED
BECAUSE LET’S SAY SOMEONE IS
ESPECIALLY MUSCULAR, FOR EXAMPLE
, DOCTORS AND OTHER HEALTH
PROVIDERS, THEY SHOULD GO ON TO
USE THOSE OTHER METHODS. YEAH.
>> OKAY. THANKS DOCTOR.
>> WELL, JUST AFTER LAW
ENFORCEMENT THWARTED A PLAN TO
ATTACK ON THE EAST LANSING
JEWISH COMMUNITY, CONGREGANTS AT
A SOUTHFIELD SYNAGOGUE ARE
UNDERGOING EMERGENCY RESPONSE
TRAINING. THIS WAS ALREADY IN
THE WORKS AT CONGREGATION SHAARE
ZEDEK BEFORE THE EAST LANSING
PLOT WAS DISCOVERED. ISRAEL’S
NATIONAL EMERGENCY MEDICAL
SERVICE CONDUCTED THE TRAINING
THAT FOCUSED ON WHAT TO DO IN
THE FIRST SEVEN MINUTES AFTER AN
ATTACK. OKAY.
>> I THINK WHAT’S DIFFERENT
ABOUT THIS ONE IS THAT THESE ARE
THE EXPERTS COMING IN FROM
ISRAEL WHERE THEY’VE HAD,
UNFORTUNATELY, TOO MUCH
FIRSTHAND EXPERIENCE WITH THIS
KIND OF THING. AND HOPEFULLY
THEY CAN GIVE US SOME NEW
INSIGHTS.
>> BUT IT IS A SAD SIGN OF THE
TIMES, ISN’T IT? THE TRAINING
SESSION WAS SMALL TO ALLOW FOR
HANDS ON EXPERIENCE.
CONGREGATION SHAARE ZEDEK
FREQUENTLY OFFERS TRAINING
SESSION FOR WORSHIPERS NEW AT