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4 NEWS AT SIX STARTS NOW. DETROIT WOMAN PAID FOR SOMETHING SPECIAL AT A LOCAL CEMETERY TO
HONOR HER LATE MOTHER. NEARLY A
YEAR LATER, SHE FEELS THEY
HAVEN’T DELIVERED WHAT THEY
PROMISED. SHARON HOBSON SAYS
SHE’S HEARD A VARIETY OF EXCUSES
FOR WHY THE MEMORIAL TO HER
MOTHER HASN’T MATERIALIZED.
SHARON HAS JUST ABOUT GIVEN UP
HOPE THAT THE BENCH THAT SHE AND
HER FAMILY PAID FOR WILL EVER
SHOW UP. VICTOR WILLIAMS WENT TO
FOREST LAWN CEMETERY, LOOKING
FOR ANSWERS. AND HE FOUND SOME
BEING MY BROTHER WENT HALF ON
THE BENCH FOR MY MOTHER. IT’S UH
, YOU KNOW, AND THE NAMES AND
STUFF THAT’S ON IN THE FAMILY
NAMES AND STUFF ON IT, AND TO
REMEMBER HER BY NEARLY A YEAR,
SHARON HOBSON HAS BEEN GETTING
THE RUNAROUND WHEN IT COMES DOWN
TO A MEMORIAL BENCH SHE
PURCHASED LAST JUNE FOR HER LATE
MOTHER, PANDORA, EMOTIONAL
ROLLERCOASTER TO THE POINT THAT
I HAD TO CHEW A COUPLE OF
ASPIRINS TO BRING IT DOWN
BECAUSE I FELT MY BLOOD PRESSURE
RISING, SHE SAYS. THE STORY IS
ALWAYS CHANGING. THIS RIGHT HERE
IS A BIT MUCH TO BE WAITING
UNTIL SOMEBODY TELLING YOU ONE
MINUTE OH, THE BENCHES IN AND
THEN TURN AROUND AND TELL YOU
OH, IT’S NOT. CAN YOU TAKE A
PICTURE? OH, NO, I CAN’T TAKE A
PICTURE BECAUSE IT’S STACKED TOO
HIGH. THEN GET A CALL I CALL
FRIDAY AND THEN THEY SAID, OH,
IT’S NOT EVEN IN YET. TO MAKE
MATTERS WORSE, HIS FAMILY COULD
NOT EVEN CELEBRATE MOTHER’S DAY
HERE AT THE CEMETERY. SHARON
SAYS THAT WITHOUT THE BENCH
BEING INSTALLED THERE IS NO
INDICATION OF WHERE HER MOTHER’S
BODY MAY BE BURIED. CAN YOU
REALLY FIND WHAT YOU’RE LOOKING
FOR? IS THE WORST WAY TO
REMEMBER. I DON’T WISH THIS ON
MY WORST ENEMY BECAUSE THIS IS
TERRIBLE. WE TRIED OURSELVES,
SPEAKING TO MANAGEMENT COMMENT,
BUT WE ALSO GOT THE RUNAROUND.
YOU GUYS CAN JUST GIVE US SOME
ANSWERS. THAT WILL BE NICE. NOW.
SHARON JUST WANTS HER MONEY BACK
AT THIS POINT, A FULL REFUND
BECAUSE I’M DONE WITH THIS
ROLLER COASTER RIDE. THIS IS
TERRIBLE. AND EVENTUALLY, FOREST
LAWN CEMETERY WAS ABLE TO GIVE
US SOME INFORMATION ABOUT THE
SITUATION. SOME INFORMATION THAT
SHARING HERSELF DOES NOT EVEN
KNOW THEY SENT OVER THE
FOLLOWING STATEMENT, WHICH IN
PART READS QUOTE. UNFORTUNATELY
BETWEEN SUPPLY CHAIN DELAYS AND
HOW WET THAT SECTION OF THE
CEMETERY HAS BEEN ALL WINTER AND
EARLY SPRING. WE WAITED TO PLACE
THE BENCH UNTIL THE GROUND WAS
DRIER SO THAT THE BENCH CAN BE
SAFELY AND PROPERLY INSTALLED.
WE SINCERELY APOLOGIZE TO MISS
HOBSON IF THIS MESSAGE WAS NOT
EFFECTIVELY COMMUNICATED. FOREST
LAND WILL MAKE IT A PRIORITY TO
PLACE THIS FAMILY BENCH IN THE
COMING DAYS NOW THAT
TEMPERATURES ARE RISING WILLIAMS
LOCAL 4 UNFORTUNATE ALRIGHT,
VICTOR, THANKS IT WAS TWO WEEKS
AGO THAT JULIA WALLACE, A
STUDENT AT ROOSEVELT MIDDLE
SCHOOL, WAS HIT BY A CAR AND A
CROSSWALK RIGHT OUTSIDE THE
SCHOOL. TONIGHT FAMILY MEMBERS
ARE GIVING AN UPDATE ON JULIUS
CONDITION. THE REACHED OUT TO
OUR SHAWN LEY WHO JOINS US NOW
WITH MORE ON THE STRUGGLE THIS
FAMILY IS GOING THROUGH RIGHT
NOW, SHAWN. PERFECT WAY OF
PUTTING IT TONIGHT, DEVIN. A
REAL STRUGGLE JULIUS MOM TAKING
TIME TO MESSAGE US TODAY. WHILE
SHE’S STILL AT JULIUS BEDSIDE
EACH AND EVERY DAY JULIUS AND
TAKING TIME TO MEET WITH US IN
PERSON TO LET THE COMMUNITY KNOW
HOW JULIE IS DOING AND JUST HOW
DIFFICULT THIS IS AND ALSO
FRUSTRATING FOR THE FAMILY
WAITING FOR SAFETY TO BE MADE AT
CROSSWALKS, JUST LIKE THE ONE
JULIA WAS HIT. IN DON’T LOSE ANY
MORE OF OUR CHILDREN DON’T HURT
ANYMORE OF OUR CHILDREN WE NEED
WE NEED THEM PASSIONATE PLEA FOR
DRIVERS TO WATCH OUT FOR KIDS
COMING FROM JULIANNE TO BLOW TWO
WEEKS NOW. HER NIECE, JULIA
WALLACE, HAS BEEN IN THE
HOSPITAL ON LIFE SUPPORT AFTER
BEING HIT BY A CAR IN A
CROSSWALK RIGHT OUTSIDE
ROSEVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL. EVERY
DAY IS SO HARD FOR THIS FAMILY
BECAUSE THERE HAVE BEEN WHAT
THEY CALL LITTLE VICTORIES SINCE
JULIA WAS HIT AT TIMES, MOVING
HER HANDS, HER ARMS AND LEGS,
BUT JULIA HASN’T OPENED HER EYES
OR STARTED BREATHING ON HER OWN.
ATTEST TO WILL WEAN HER OFF
LIFE. SUPPORT. TO SEE HOW HER
BODY IS. HEALING. HOW IT MAY BE.
RESPONDING. HOW IT MAY RESPOND.
YEARS. BECAUSE. JULIA GRACE IS
WITH US, BUT THAT JULIA GRACE IS
GONE. ALSO FRUSTRATING FOR THIS
FAMILY. THE CROSSWALK WHERE
JULIA WAS HIT AS NO STOP SIGNS
FOR ONCOMING TRAFFIC SAFETY
CHANGES HAVE YET TO BE MADE.
IT’S NOT FAST ENOUGH TO GET A
HOLE AND PUT A SIGN IN. I MEAN,
THERE YOU GO. IT SHOULDN’T BE A
CONSTANT MEETINGS IN BATTLE. AND
THIS AND THAT DIG A SIGN, PUT A
HOLE AND LET THESE KIDS BE SAFE.
WE’LL BACK YOUR LIFE. THERE HAVE
BEEN MEETINGS ABOUT SAFETY
CHANGES FOR ROSEVILLE CROSSWALKS
, ESPECIALLY ONE RIGHT OUTSIDE
JULIUS SCHOOL, ROOSEVELT MIDDLE
SCHOOL SO FAR, THE CHANGES THE
IDEAS ARE IN THE WORKS, BUT
NOTHING PERMANENT. AS OF YET,
WE’LL LET YOU KNOW CERTAINLY
WHEN THAT HAPPENS RIGHT NOW,
THOUGH, OUTSIDE THE SCHOOL
POLICE OFFICER IS HELPING KIDS
CROSS THEIR STUDENTS, ALONG WITH
A PARENT VOLUNTEER WHO WE ALSO
INTRODUCED YOU TO THE ENTIRE
COMMUNITY CONTINUES TO PULL FOR
YOUNG JULIA, WE’RE LIVE TONIGHT
SHOW ONLY LOCAL FOUGHT BACK TO
YOU FOR HER TO SEAN. WE
APPRECIATE IT. A MOTHER MAKES AN
EMOTIONAL PLEA TO A LOCAL SCHOOL
BOARD AFTER HER CHILD WAS
INJURED ON A SCHOOL BUS. SHE
WANTS ANSWERS AND WANTS MORE
ACTION TO BE TAKEN TO KEEP OTHER
STUDENTS SAFE. MEGAN WOODS SPOKE
TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. ABOUT
WHAT’S GOING ON IN MAKING. I
UNDERSTAND THIS CHILD HAS
SPECIAL NEEDS. YES THAT’S WHAT
THE DEARBORN PUBLIC SCHOOLS,
PARENTS SAID. SHE SAID THAT HER
SON HAS AUTISM. HE’S NONVERBAL.
AND ON APRIL 27TH, SHE GOT A
CALL FROM THE SCHOOL DISTRICT,
SAYING THAT HE HAD CHOKED FROM
WEARING THE SAFETY VESTS HE
USUALLY WEARS TO STRAP HIM INTO
HIS BUS SEAT. AND, SHE SAYS, NOT
ENOUGH. ACTION HAS BEEN TAKEN,
NOT ENOUGH HAS BEEN DONE IN THE
LAST TWO WEEKS. IT’S BEEN ALMOST
TWO WEEKS. AND THE BRUISES
AROUND MY SON’S NECK HAVEN’T
HEALED COMPLETELY. THE NUMBNESS
ARE ADDRESSED DEARBORN PUBLIC
SCHOOL BOARD MONDAY AND SAYS SHE
IS CONSTANTLY REMINDED OF WHAT
HAPPENED TO HER 13 YEAR OLD SON.
MY SON HAS BEEN CHALKED BY HIS
HARNESS ON THE RIGHT TO SCHOOL.
BY THE TIME THEY GOT TO SCHOOL,
HIS LIPS WERE BLUE. HIS EYES
WERE RED, AND HE HAD RED SPOTS
ON HIS FACE, SPOKE TO THE
SUPERINTENDENT WHO SAYS THAT
CHILD’S PARENTS WERE CALLED
IMMEDIATELY AND THAT STUDENT WAS
CHECKED BY NURSES WAS ABLE TO
CONTINUE SCHOOL FOR THE REST OF
THE DAY AND WAS AT SCHOOL THE
NEXT DAY, APOLOGETIC THAT THIS
WHOLE SITUATION OCCURRED TO
THEM. I KNOW THAT IT CREATED A
LOT OF STRESS FOR THEM, AND
THEIR FAMILY DISTRICT LAUNCHED
AN INVESTIGATION THAT JUST
WRAPPED UP AND THE BUS DRIVER
AND AIDE INVOLVED WERE
CONTRACTED WORKERS FROM A THIRD
PARTY NATIONALS TRAILS. ARE
FINDING WAS UM, THAT YOU KNOW
THERE WAS. SOME CORRECTIVE
ACTION THAT WOULD THAT WAS
NECESSARY, AND SO WE WERE
CONCERNED ENOUGH THAT WE DID NOT
WANT THEM RETURNING TO OUR
DISTRICT, GIVEN THE ACTION THAT
WAS TAKEN BY BOTH OF THEM, BUT
THIS MOTHER WANTS MORE TO BE
DONE. AND SHE SAYS THIS ISN’T
THE FIRST INCIDENT. SHE ALSO
MENTIONED THE CAMERA WASN’T
WORKING ON HER CHILD’S BUS. AND
MANY OTHER BUSSES. THERE ARE
GROUPS OF PARENTS WHO ARE NOT
SENDING THEIR KIDS ON THE BUS
OUT OF FEAR DUE TO THE NEGATIVE
EXPERIENCE. AGAIN THAT BUS
DRIVER AND BUS AID. THEY WEREN’T
STAFF OF DEARBORN PUBLIC
SCHOOLS, AND THEY WERE WILL NO
LONGER BE WORKING WITH THE
SCHOOL DISTRICT. THE DISTRICT
ALSO SAYS THEY HAVE REACHED OUT
TO THE PARENTS. THEY HAVE MET
WITH THE PARENTS MULTIPLE TIMES
, AND THEY ACTUALLY HAD
SOMETHING PLANNED FOR TODAY, BUT
THEY HAD TO RESCHEDULE. THEY
ALSO SAY THEY’RE COMPASSIONATE,
AND THEY UNDERSTAND THAT
SOMETHING LIKE THIS SHOULDN’T
HAPPEN AGAIN. THE REVIEWING
TRAINING PROGRAMS RIGHT NOW TO
MAKE SURE IT DOESN’T HAPPEN EVER
AGAIN. BACK TO YOU. NOT OKAY,
MEGAN. THANKS. NOW LOCAL 4 NEWS
UPDATE AN ORDINANCE THAT AIMS TO
PROVIDE HOUSING STABILITY WITHIN
THE CITY OF DETROIT HAS PASSED
THE ORDINANCE BROUGHT FORTH BY
THE DETROIT RIGHT TO COUNSEL
COALITION WOULD PROVIDE LEGAL
REPRESENTATION TO LOW INCOME
RESIDENTS WHO ARE FACING
EVICTION IN DETROIT. 2017
OFFICIALS SAY NEARLY 30,000
EVICTION CASES WERE FILED, BUT
ONLY 4% OF THE TENANTS HAD
ATTORNEYS HAD LEGAL
REPRESENTATION OF THE MATTERS.
EIGHT MAJOR CITIES ACROSS THE U
. S IS IMPLEMENTED, IMPLEMENTED
RIGHT TO COUNSEL INITIATIVES
LIKE THIS ONE. RIGHT NOW TO THE
WEATHER FORECAST. LET’S TAKE A
LIVE LOOK FROM OUR SKY CAM,
ANOTHER BEAUTIFUL SHOT OF THE
CITY AND JUST A GREAT DAY TO
SHOW IT OFF WITH THESE
TEMPERATURES. THIS WAS GRUBHUB.
YOU WOULD JUST REPEAT THE ORDER.
LET’S JUST WITH THIS, ANDREW. WE
HAD A JUKEBOX JUST HIT REPLAY ON
THAT AS WELL RIGHT. WE HAVE
TEMPERATURES THAT ARE STILL
SOARING TO AROUND 80 DEGREES AT
THIS HOUR, BEAUTIFUL SUNSHINE
OUT THERE. EVEN WITH 10. IN THE
AND SOME PLACES. TROLL AIRPORT.
RELATIVE HUMIDITY AT 32% IT IS
VERY DRY OUT THERE, AND THAT IS
KEY. NO RAIN IN SIGHT FOR NOW,
BUT THE SHOWERS AND STORMS THAT
ARE FARTHER TO OUR NORTH AND
WEST HERE IN WISCONSIN, THEY’RE
GOING TO TRAVEL ACROSS LAKE
MICHIGAN AND GET CLOSER TO US
LATER ON TONIGHT. BUT IT BUMPS
INTO THAT DRY AIR, SO THE CHANCE
OF SHOWERS IS MINIMAL, BUT IT IS
NOT ZERO TALK MORE ABOUT THE
POSSIBILITY OF SHOWERS. EVEN
THUNDERSTORMS LATER TONIGHT AND
HIGHER TEMPERATURES LATER THIS
WEEK IN JUST MINUTES ALRIGHT,
ANDREW. REALLY GOOD NIGHT OR
WHETHER FOR WHAT A BIG NIGHT WE
HAVE AHEAD OF US A FEW YEARS
AGO. WE COULDN’T IMAGINE THERE’D
BE THIS MUCH EXCITEMENT ABOUT
HAVING A TEAM CALLED LOUISVILLE
CITY IN TOWN. THAT’S RIGHT. BUT
AFTER LAST MONTH’S BIG UPSET OF
THE COLUMBUS CREW, THERE ARE
MORE EYES THAN EVER ON DETROIT
CITY FOOTBALL CLUB AS THEY TRY
TO ADVANCE EVEN FURTHER IN THE
U. S OPEN CUP. MARK MACDONALD
LIVE IN WHERE OWES TRANING
FOULING IS THE WARM UP FOR THE
FOOT FOOTBALL TONIGHT, MARA. I’D
LOVE TO TELL YOU THAT I CAN HEAR
YOU, BUT THAT WOULD BE A LIE. WE
ARE WITH CFC FAN BASE. YOU KNOW
, NORMAL PEOPLE GO TO GAMES AND
THEY JUST SHOW UP AT THE GAME.
THAT’S NOT WHAT THIS SOCCER CLUB
IS ALL ABOUT. THE WAREHOUSE,
PREGAME FIREARMS, AND THEN
EVERYBODY WALK HALF A MILE
STADIUM. TONIGHT’S GAME IS A
REALLY BIG ONE ALREADY BEADED
MLS. NOW THERE IS A HOT US UP.
AND ONLY FOR A U S OPEN CUP GAME
. ARE YOU GOING TO SEE THIS KIND
OF CROWD ON A TUESDAY NIGHT?
NEEDLESS TO SAY, MARCH ALL THE
WAY TO CHAMPION TONIGHT OR DID
SHE SAY SOMETHING? OH THERE’S NO