THOUSANDS
THOUSANDS ARE EXPECTED TO COME TOGETHER AND SAY GOOD BYE TO
GEORGE FLOYD TODAY.
HIS DEATH SPARKED
HUNDREDS OF BLACK LIVES
MATTER PROTESTS FROM
COAST TO COAST--
INCLUDING RIGHT HERE IN
THE
INLAND NORTHWEST...
THIS MORNING-- THE
LATEST ON WHAT YOU NEED
TO KNOW TODAY.
SEATTLE
SEATTLE POLICE ARE NOW BANNED FROM USING TEAR GAS AT PROTESTS
OVER THE NEXT 30 DAYS...
THIS MORNING WE WANT TO
KNOW IF YOU THINK THE
SAME THING
SHOULD BE PUT INTO PLACE
IN THE INLAND NORTHWEST.
YOU HAVE TIME TO VOTE
ALL MORNING LONG.. WE'LL
CHECK THOSE
CHECK THOSE
RESULTS
RESULTS AGAIN IN THE NEXT HALF HOUR..
GOOD
GOOD MORNING AND THANKS FOR WATCHING UP WITH KREM..
I'M JOSHUA ROBINSON..
AT
AT THIS
AT THIS TIME LAST WEEK... A CURFEW WAS JUST LIFTED IN DOWNTOWN
SPOKANE.
WE SHOWED YOU DAMAGED
STORE FRONTS, TEAR GAS
CANISTERS AND
THE COMMUNITY CLEANING
UP DOWNTOWN TOGETHER.
BUT AS OF THIS MORNING--
THERE HAVE BEEN NO
REPORTS OF ANY
MAJOR DAMAGES DOWNTOWN.
NOW
NOW LET'S
NOW LET'S SEND THINGS TO NICOLE HERNANDEZ WHO IS LIVE AT RIVER PARK
SQUARE WITH THE LATEST.
THIS MORNING RIVER PARK
SQUARE LOOKS....
SQUARE LOOKS....
LAST
LAST WEEK
LAST WEEK BUSINESSES WERE GETTING QUICKLY BOARDED UP AS
PROTECTION IF THERE WERE
TO BE ANY OTHER POSSIBLE
DAMAGE.
DAMAGE.
ANY
ANY OTHER
ANY OTHER POSSIBLE DAMAGE.
DAMAGE.
NOW
NOW LET'S
NOW LET'S SEND THINGS OVER TO DANAMARIE WHO IS LIVE DOWNTOWN
LIVE DOWNTOWN
WITH
WITH A
WITH A TIMELINE OF YESTERDAY'S EVENTS.
YESTERDAY'S EVENTS.
I'M
I'M LIVE
I'M LIVE AT THE LILAC BOWL... AS YOU CAN SEE IT IS....
IT WAS THE STARTING
POINT OF YESTERDAY'S
PEACEFUL
PEACEFUL
PROTESTS.
PROTESTS. FROM THIS VIDEO TAKEN ON SNAPCHAT YOU CAN SEE
PEACEFUL
PROTESTORS GATHERED HERE
AT THE LILAC BOWL.
MORE THAN A THOUSAND
PROTESTERS MARCHED THE
STREETS OF DOWNTOWN
SPOKANE.
MANY WITH THE SAME
MESSAGE--- MORE POLICE
ACCOUNTABILITY
AND THAT BLACK LIVES
MATTER.
THEY SPECIFICALLY
MARCHED FOR BREONNA
TAYLOR, A BLACK WOMAN
FROM LOUSVILLE THAT WAS
KILLED BY POLICE.
AFTER
AFTER COMMUNITY SPEAKERS AT 2 P-M HERE AT THE LILAC BOWL,
PROTESTORS WALKED
THROUGH DOWNTOWN, GOING
OVER THE MONROE STREET
BRIDGE
BEHIND ME, PAST THE
SPOKANE CONVENTION
CENTER, THEN
BACK TO RIVERFRONT PARK.
AROUND
AROUND 5
AROUND 5 PM, THE OCCUPY SPOKANE PAGE POSTED THE EVENT HAD ENDED
DUE TO WEATHER.
THEY HAD PREVIOUSLY
REQUESTED AN 8 P.M.
CURFEW.
THEN, AT AROUND SEVEN
O'CLOCK OUR CREWS LIVE
AT THE
DEMONSTRATION SAW
PROTESTORS BEGIN
MARCHING AGAIN.
THEY WERE LAST SEEN
HEADING TO THE SPOKANE
COUNTY
COURTHOUSE.
COUNTY COURTHOUSE. THIS WAS A TRUE SHOW OF
THE SPOKANE COMMUNITY
COMMING TOGETHER TO
PEACEFULLY SUPPORT THE
BLACK LIVES MATTER
MOVEMENT. GONZAGA
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL LIZA
FORTIER WAS IN
ATTENDANCE FOR THE
SECOND WEEK IN A ROW TO
SHOW HER SUPPORT.
..LIKE
..LIKE SKIN COLOR NOW THIS MONRING.....
THIS
THIS WEEK-- FRIENDS, FAMILY AND OTHERS AROUND THE
THE
WORLD
WORLD WILL SAY THEIR GOODBYES TO GEORGE FLOYD-- IN A FINAL
FUNERAL SERVICE AND
BURIAL PLANNED IN
HOUSTON.
THERE ARE TWO SERVICES
FOR FLOYD THIS WEEK IN
THE HOUSTON
AREA: A PUBLIC VIEWING
TODAY-- AND AN
INVITE-ONLY MEMORIAL
SERVICE
ON TUESDAY.
TERESA WOODARD FROM OUR
DALLAS SISTER STATION
HAS MORE ON THE
CELEBRATION OF LIFE FOR
FLOYD.
FLOYD.
AVAILABLE
AVAILABLE IN WFAA FOLDER ON TEGNA FTP REPORTER: TERESA WOODARD
GEORGE FLOYD IS
HOME..BACK IN TEXAS.BACK
IN
IN HOUSTON, I'M TERESA WOODARD.
WOODARD.
FLOYD'S
FLOYD'S PUBLIC VIEWING IS SET TO BEGIN AT NOON UNTIL 6 P-M
CENTRAL TIME.
AND TOMORROW'S PRIVATE
EVENT WILL BE HELD AT
THE FOUNTAIN OF
PRAISE IN HOUSTON-- AT
11 A-M CENTRAL.
POLICE
POLICE ARE STILL SEARCHING FOR 2 MISSING KIDS OUT OF RATHDRUM..
6-YEAR-OLD LEO ISADOR
HIIBEL
CLOUTIER
HIIBEL CLOUTIER -- AND HIS BROTHER
17-YEAR-OLD HALF-BROTHER
GENE HECKMAN
WERE LAST SEEN AT A
SUPER ONE FOODS LAST
WEEK.
INVESTIGATORS SAY THEY
ARE BOTH WITH THEIR
MOTHER WHO NO
LONGER HAS CUSTODY OF
BOTH CHILDREN...
POLICE SAY SHE WAS FOUND
GUILTY OF ASSAULT AND
D-U-I STEMMING
FROM A STOP IN POST
FALLS IN 2015.
HER YOUNGEST SON WAS IN
THE CAR AT THE TIME OF
THE ARREST.
THE ARREST.
INVESTIGATORS SAY THIS IS A PICTURE OF THE MODEL OF THE CAR
THEY WERE LAST SEEN
IN...A BLACK 2012 NISSAN
4-DOOR WITH IDAHO
PLATE K-6-1-6-7-0-0.
ANYONE WITH ANY
INFORMATION IS ASKED TO
CALL 9-1-1..
CALL 9-1-1..
A
A MOSES
A MOSES LAKE DUTCH BROS EMPLOYEE HAS TESTED POSITIVE
FOR COROANVRIUS...
YESTERDAY THE COMPANY
ANNOUNCED THE EMPLOYEE
WORKED
AT THE LOCATION ON
STRATFORD ROAD.
PRIOR TO TESTING
POSITVE, THEY WORKED
OVER A DOZEN SHIFTS IN
THE LAST MONTH.
THE COMPANY SAYS THE
SHOP IS NOW CLOSED AND
UNDERGOING A DEEP CLEANING. THERE IS NO WORD YET ON
WHEN THEY WILL REOPEN.
AN ICONIC SPOKANE
SPORTING GOODS STORE HAS ANNOUNCED IT IS
CLOSING AFTER 74 YEARS.
WHITE ELEPHANT WILL BE
CLOSING ITS TWO
LOCATIONS IN SPOKANE.
THE LIQUIDATION SALES
START ON TUESDAY JUNE
9TH.
THE STORES WILL BE
IMPLEMENTING SOCIAL
DISTANCING MEASURES AND
WILL RUN UNDER LIMITED
OCCUPANCY DURING THE
SALES
THE WHITE ELEPHANT HAS
BEEN DOING BUSINESS IN
SPOKANE SINCE 1946,
SELLING SPORTING GOODS
AND TOYS.
AND TOYS.
AND TOYS. THE AMAZON FULFILLMENT
CENTER IN SPOKANE IS NOW IN
BUSINESS.
IN BUSINESS. THE BUILDING OFFICIALLY
OPENED YESTERDAY.
THE COMPANY WILL BE
OBSERVING HEALTH AND
SAFETY
PROTOCOLS AND SOCIAL
DISTANCING GUIDELINES.
ALL EMPLOYEES WILL MAKE
AT LEAST 15 DOLLARS AN
HOUR ALONG WITH
FULL HEALTH, DENTAL AND
VISION BENEFITS. THE
COMPANY IS HIRING AND IT
HAS SIX JOB LISTINGS FOR
THE SPOKANE
CENTER ON IT'S WEBSITE.
AMAZON
AMAZON REPRESENTATIVES HAVE PREVIOUSLY SAID THE CENTER IS
EXPECTED TO CREATE MORE
THAN 15 HUNDRED
FULL-TIME JOBS.
FULL-TIME JOBS. WE WILL BE SPEAKING WITH
MAYOR NADINE WOODWARD IN THE
NEXT HOUR..
WE'LL BE ASKING ABOUT
THE LATEST INVOLVING
SPOKANE'S
PROTESTS OVERNIGHT...
JOIN US FOR THAT
INTERVIEW-- COMING UP AT
8.
8.