>> Announcer: LIVE FROM
DOWNTOWN DETROIT, HOME OF
WDIV AND CLICK ON DETROIT,
LOCAL 4 NEWS AT NOON STARTS
NOW.
>>> HAIR AND NAIL SALONS
ACROSS THE METRO AREA
REOPENING TODAYS AS GOVERNOR
WHITMER ALLOWS MORE SECTORS
OF THE ECONOMY TO REENGAGE.
WHAT CHANGES YOU SHOULD
EXPECT TO SEE.
>>> PLUS, A WOMAN FILES A
LAWSUIT ALLEGING POLICE
BRUTALITY.
THE SOUTHFIELD POLICE
DEPARTMENT IS RESPONDING.
WHAT THEY ARE SAYING ABOUT
THE INCIDENT IN QUESTION.
>>> GOOD AFTERNOON, THANK
YOU FOR JOINING US WE BEGIN
WITH BREAKING NEWS.
IT IS A WIN FOR GAY RIGHTS.
THE SUPREME COURT JUST RULED
THAT GAY, LESBIAN AND
TRANSGENDER AMERICANS CAN
SAW FOR WORKPLACE BIAS UNDER
A LANDMARK CIVIL RIGHTS LAW.
IN A 6-3 RULING, THE COURT
SAYS A PROVISION OF THE 1964
CIVIL RIGHTS ACT THAT BARRED
JOB DISCRIMINATION BECAUSE
OF SEEKS ALSO OFFICER
LESBIAN, GAY AND TRANSGENDER
WORKERS.
ONE OF THE CASES RULED ON
TODAY INVOLVED AMY STEPHENS
OF REDFORD, TOWNSHIP, WHO
WAS FIRED FROM HER FUNERAL
HOME OVER HER DECISION TO
DRESS AND APPEAR AS A WOMAN.
STEPHENS DIED LAST MONTH.
THE MAJORITY OPINION IN THE
CASE WAS WRITTEN BY JUSTICE
NEIL GORSUCH WHO WAS
APPOINTED BY THE COURT BY
PRESIDENT TRUMP -- TO THE
COURT BY PRESIDENT TRUMP.
>>> A WOMAN SUES THE
SOUTHFIELD POLICE DEPARTMENT
AND THREE OF ITS OFFICERS
ALLEGING THAT THEY ASSAULTED
HER AND THAT THAT ASSAULT
FORCED HER TO LOSE HER
UNBORN BABY.
NOW THE SOUTHFIELD POLICE
DEPARTMENT IS SPEAKING OUT
ABOUT THE INCIDENT AND
SHARING VIDEO OF IT.
IT HAPPENED BACK IN JANUARY.
LET’S GET TO PRIYA MANN.
SHE JOINS US NOW LIVE.
PRIYA, WHAT DOES THE POLICE
CHIEF SAYING ABOUT ALL THIS?
>> Reporter: WELL, RHONDA,
THE CHIEF IS ESPECIALLY
DEFENDING HIS OFFICERS
ACTIONS SAYING THIS IS NOT A
CASE OF POLICE BRUTALITY
HE’S APPALLED BY ALLEGATIONS
HIS OFFICERS WOULD TREAT A
BLACK PERSON DIFFERENTLY
FROM A WHITE PERSON OR
THAT THEY WOULD KNOWINGLY
TAS A WOMAN WHO’S PREGNANT.
THEY DID SHARE DASH CAM
VIDEO.
IT HAPPENED ON JANUARY 9th.
POLICE WERE CALLED TO THIS
RESIDENTIAL AREA BECAUSE THE
WOMAN’S FAMILY CALLED POLICE
SAYING SHE WAS
ACTING ERRATICALLY.
THAT SHE HAD MENTAL HEALTH
ISSUES AND THAT SHE WAS
TRYING TO TAKE A CHILD FROM
THE HOME, HER CHILD A
SIX-YEAR-OLD GIRL.
THE WOMAN CRYSTAL WHITE IS
BEING DEFENDED BY GEOFFREY
FIEGER.
NOW FIEGER HAVE SAID THAT
POLICE KNOWINGLY TASED THIS
WOMAN WHO WAS PREGNANT.
POLICE SAY THAT IS NOT THE
CASE.
THEY HAD NO IDEA SHE TOLD
THEM THAT WHEN SHE WAS IN
THE BACK OF THE SQUAD CAR.
POLICE SAY THEY ALSO CAME TO
THAT HOME KNOWING THERE
MIGHT BE A CHILD WHO IS IN
DANGER.
THAT A SIX-YEAR-OLD CHILD
THAT THE WOMAN WAS TRYING TO
TAKE THAT CHILD FROM THE
HOME.
SO THIS IS WHAT THEY WERE
DEALING WITH WHEN THEY GOT.
THERE THEY SAY WHEN THEY
APPROACHED THE WOMAN SHE
CHARGED THEM.
HERE’S WHAT THE LEASE CHIEF
HAD TO SAY JUST MOMENTS AGO.
>> AGAIN WHEN YOU LOOK AT
THE NARRATIVE THAT WAS
SUGGESTED THAT WE NORMALLY
WOULD TASE PREGNANT WOMAN,
THAT IS APPALLING TO ME.
’S A GROSS NEGLIGENCE LANDS
ON CRIMINALITY.
ALSO ALARMING TO ME THAT IT
WAS SUGGESTED THAT THIS
POLICE DEPARTMENT WOULD HAVE
TREATED HER DIFFERENTLY IF
SHE WAS A WHITE WOMAN FROM A
SMALL COMMUNITY.
WE RESPONDED BECAUSE THE
FAMILY ASKED US TO HELP.
THE FAMILY OUTLINED CONCERNS
OF MENTAL STATUS, AGGRESSIVE
BEHAVIOR, AND THINGS THAT
WERE GOING ON.
>> Reporter: NOW FIEGER SAYS
HIS CLIND SUFFERED SEVERE
INJURIES INCLUDING BROKEN
TEETH AND THAT SHE ALSO
ULTIMATELY LOST HER BABY
BECAUSE SHE WAS TASED.
THE CHIEF DENIES THOSE
ALLEGATIONS.
THESE POLICE OFFICERS WHO
ARE NAMED IN THE LAWSUIT ARE
NOT ON ANY ADMINISTRATIVE
LEAVE.
THEY ARE CONTINUING TO DO
THEIR DUTIES AS PLANNED.
NOW WE HAVE SPOKEN TO
GEOFFREY FEIGER’S OFFICE.
WE’RE EXPECTING TO HEAR
BACK.
VILLE MUCH MORE ON THIS
LAWSUIT COMING UP TONIGHT.
THE REPORTED -- I’LL HAVE
MUCH MORE FROM THIS
LAWSUITING COMING UP TONIGHT
ON LOCAL 4.
>> PRIYA, THANK YOU.
>>> NOW TO THE QUESTIONS
SURROUNDING THE DEATH OF
PRE SILLA SLATER.
MISH MILES AN HOUR STATE
POLICE HAVE LAUNCH AN
INVESTIGATION INTO HOW SHE
DIED.
THE 38-YEAR-OLD WAS FOUND
DEAD IN A HARPER WOODS
HOLDING CELL LAST WEEK AFTER
BEING TAKEN IN FOR CUSTODY.
TWO SUPERVISORS AND FOUR
CIVILIAN AIDS IN THAT POLICE
DEPARTMENT ARE NOW ON
ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE OVER6
THE INCIDENT.
PRISCILLA’S DEATH MARKED
MULTIPLE PROTESTS INCLUDING
ONE IN FRONT OF THE MAYOR’S
HOME ON SUNDAY.
HARPER WOODS OFFICIALS SAY
THAT THE CAUSE OF DEATH WILL
NOT BE KNOWN UNTIL AN
AUTOPSY IS COMPLETE.
>>> MEANWHILE, DEVELOPING
RIGHT NOW, RELATIVES AND
SUPPORTERS OF PAUL WHELAN
DEMAND JUSTICE AFTER HE IS
SENTENCED TO PRISON ON
SPYING CHARGES IN RUSSIA.
THE NOVI NATIVE SENTENCED TO
16 YEARS IN A MAXIMUM
SECURITY PRISON WAS HANDED
DOWN JUST AFTER 4:30 U.S.
WHELAN HAS BEEN IN RUSSIA
SINCE HE WAS ARRESTED IN
DECEMBER OF 2018 ON
ESPIONAGE CHARGES.
RUSSIAN OFFICIALS SAY
THAT THEY FOUND A THUMB
DRIVE WITH A LIST OF
CLASSIFIED EMPLOYEES FROM A
RUSSIAN SECURITY AGENCY.
FAMILY MEMBERS AND THE U.S.
EMBASSY SAY WHELAN’S TRIAL
WAS UNFAIR.
>> OBVIOUSLY, WE’RE
DISAPPOINTED THAT HE HAD ANY
SENTENCE AT ALL.
HE SHOULD HAVE BEEN
ACQUITTED.
THERE’S BEEN NO EVIDENCE HE
IS A TOURIST WHO WAS
ARRESTED FOR SPYING IN
RUSSIA.
THE CHARGES HAVE NEVER BEEN
SUBSTANTIATED.
>> I HAVE DESCRIBED THESE
PROCEEDINGS AS A MOCK RY OF
JUSTICE AND TODAY JUST
CONFIRMED IT.
AN AMERICAN CITIZEN HAS BEEN
SENTENCED TO A TERM OF 16
YEARS FOR A CRIME FOR WHICH
WE HAVE NOT SEEN EVIDENCE.
>> PAUL WHELAN’S FAMILY SAYS
THAT LAWYERS WILL APPEAL THE
VERDICT.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO FOLLOW
AND KEEP YOU UPDIED ON ANY
DEVELOPMENTS OR CHANGES.
-- UPDATED ON ANY
DEVELOPMENTS OR CHANGES.
>>> A BIG DAY HERE IN MICHIGAN BECAUSE TODAY HAIR
MICHIGAN BECAUSE TODAY HAIR
AND NAIL SALONS, BARBER
SHOPS, SPAS ALL REOPENING
WITH STRICT NEW GUIDELINES.
THIS MORNING DETROIT POLICE
CHIEF JAMES CRAIG ONE OF THE
FIRST PEOPLE TO TAKE
ADVANTAGE OF THE LATEST STEP
TO REOPEN THE STATE’S
ECONOMY WITH A HAIRCUT.
YOU CAN SEE VIDEO OF HIM
GETTING THAT HAIRCUT AT
DETROIT’S EXECUTIVE CUTS ON
JOSEPH COMPO NEAR FRANKLIN
IN DOWNTOWN DETROIT.
>>> WITH THE COUNT STILL
TRENDING DOWNWARD, MANICURES,
PEDICURES AND HAIR CUTS AND
SOMETHING MANY OF US HAVE
BEEN WAITING FOR FOR MONTHS
HAVE BEEN ABLE TO RESUME.
CONSUMER INVESTIGATOR HANK
WINCHESTER JOINING US NOW LIVE THIS NOON WITH WHAT A
LIVE THIS NOON WITH WHAT A LOOK, WELL, A LOOK -- HANK
LOOK, WELL, A LOOK -- HANK
-- I LIKE IT THOUGH.
DO YOU?
>> I’M NOT SURE.
IT’S A LITTLE LONG.
I COULD USE A TRIM.
IT’S COMING SOON, TRUST ME.
THIS IS A BIG DAY AS YOU
MENTION FOR THOSE OF US WHO
NEED A HAIRCUT MAYBE THOSE
WHO HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR A
MANICURE OR PEDICURE NAIL
SALONS ACROSS THE STATE HAVE
BEEN GIVEN THE GREEN LIGHT.
WE’RE HERE IN FRONT OF THE
HAYES BARBERSHOP WHAT YOU
WILL NOTICE HERE SOME BIG
CHANGES.
TAKE A LOOK AT SOME VIDEO WE
WERE INSIDE A LITTLE BIT
EARLIER.
THE CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE IS
GOING TO BE VERY DIFFERENT
AS SOON AS YOU GET TO YOUR
SALON OR YOUR SPA.
MORE THAN LIKELY YOU WILL
CHECK IN LIKE DO YOU HERE
WITH SOMEBODY AT THE DOOR.
EITHER WAIT WAIT IN YOUR
VEHICLE OR OUTSIDE OR IN A
WAITING AREA UNTIL YOUR
APPOINTMENT.
YOU WILL NOTICE THAT
EMPLOYEES ARE WEARING MASKS,
CUSTOMERS BEING ASKED TO DO
THE SAME THING AT MANY
SALONS ACROSS THE AREA AND
SOCIAL DISTANCING IS BEING
ENFORCED.
AGAIN THIS IS ALL IN AN
EFFORT NOT ONLY TO PROTECT
SALON AND SPA EMPLOYEES BUT
ALSO YOU THE CUSTOMER.
WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO
SPEAK TO ONE OF THE BARBERS
HERE. HERE’S WHAT HE HAD TO SAY.
HERE’S WHAT HE HAD TO SAY.
>> WE’RE SPACED PRETTY GOOD
APART.
SO WE’RE GOOD.
EVERYONE IS WEARING THEIR
FACE PROTECTION AND HAND
PROTECTION.
WE ALL HAVE ALCOHOL AND HAND
SANITIZER AT EVERY STATION.
>> WE ARE JUST BEING EXTRA
DILIGENT AS FAR AS WIPING
DOWN THE FRONT DOOR AND
THINGS THAT CLIENTS TOUCH
MORE THAN WE WERE BEFORE.
>> AGAIN, IT’S ALL IN AN
EFFORT TO KEEP YOU SAFE.
WHAT WE HAVE NOTICED HERE IS
WHEN PEOPLE WHO HAVE AN
APPOINTMENT MAKE THEIR WAY
UP TO DOOR THEY ARE TAKING A
SEAT HERE IN THESE CHAIRS
WAITING FOR THEIR ACTUAL
TIME WHEN A BARBER
IS AVAILABLE OR JUST SITTING
IN THEIR CAR UNTIL IT’S
THEIR TIME TO GO INSIDE.
BECAUSE OF SOME OF THE
CHANGES AT SALONS AND SPAS
ALL ACROSS THE STATE, YOU’RE
LIKELY GOING TO WANT TO IT
DOES TAKE SOME EXTRA TIME TO
MAKE SURE EVERYTHING THAT IS
BEING DONE TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY INVOLVED IN THIS
EVERYBODY INVOLVED IN THIS
PROCESS IS KEPT SAFE.
LIVE HERE THIS NOON IN
STERLING HEIGHTS, RHONDA,
BACK TO YOU.
>> DEFINITELY, A HAPPY DAY
WHEN A LOT OF THOSE FOLKS
ARE HAPPY TO BE BACK OPEN
FOR BUSINESS.
OF COURSE ALL OF THE
CUSTOMERS ARE HAPPY TO GET
THEIR HAIR STYLES BACK.
THANK YOU, HANK.
DAY CAMPS, OVERNIGHT CAMPS
AND K-12 SCHOOL SPORTS,
ALONG WITH OTHER
EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
CAN ALSO RESUME TODAY.
THERE IS GOOD NEWS IF YOU
HAVE THAT STOCKPILE OF
RETURNABLE BOTTLES AND CANS.
YOU CAN RETURN THEM TO GET
YOUR REFUNDS TODAY TO PLACES
LIKE MEIJERS STORES.
THERE IS A $25 MAXIMUM FOR
RETURNS PER VISIT AT MEIJERS
SO YOU MIGHT WANT TO CHECK
AHEAD BEFORE YOU PILE TOO
MANY BOTTLES IN YOUR CAR.
BECAUSE YOU MAY NOT BE ABLE
TO GET RID OF THEM ALL AT
ONCE.
MEANWHILE ALL EYES ON THE
STOCK MARKET.
THAT’S WHERE STOCK PRICES
ARE DROPPING ONCE AGAIN
TODAY LIKE THEY WERE ON
FRIDAY.
LIVE LOOK AT THE DOW JONES
INDUSTRIAL AVERAGE WHICH
ONCE AGAIN IS THERE THE DEEP
NEGATIVE TERRITORY.
THE DOW OPENED WITH LOSS OF
MORE THAN 600 POINTS AT THE
START OF TRADING BUT HAS
SINCE THEN TRIMMED THOSE
LOSSES.
INVESTORS ARE REACTING TO
SPIKES IN CORONAVIRUS CASES
IN SEVERAL STATES THAT ARE
SEEING THAT SECOND SURGE
AFTER LIFTING LOCKDOWNS
EARLY.
THERE’S ALSO NEGATIVE NEWS
THAT THE RESTAURANT INDUSTRY
LOST $120 BILLION FROM MARCH
TO MAY BECAUSE OF THOSE
FORCED CLOSURES.
>>> AS OUR ECONOMY SLOWLY
CONTINUES TO REOPEN, LET’S
TAKE A LOOK AT THE IMPACT OF
THE CORONAVIRUS HERE AT
HOME.
HERE’S A VERY LATEST NUMBERS
AS OF SUNDAY AFTERNOON.
THERE WERE THREE CONFIRM
DEATHS FROM COVID-19.
THAT’S ACTUALLY THE LOWEST
DAILY DEATH COUNT SINCE
MARCH.
SO WE ARE HEADED DOWN AND
HOPEFULLY TO ZERO.
NO DEATHS.
WE WOULD LOVE TO BE ABLE TO
REPORT THAT TO YOU DAY AFTER
DAY.
WE VERY ALSO LOST MORE THAN
5700 PEOPLE TO THIS VIRUS
SINCE MARCH.
>>> MICHIGAN HAS ALMOST
60,000 CONFIRMED CORONAVIRUS
CASES UP BY 189 CASES SINCE
SUNDAY. AS OF SATURDAY AFTERNOON,
AS OF SATURDAY AFTERNOON,
THE OFFICIAL RECOVERY TOTAL
44,964.
THAT UPDATE COMING ON
SATURDAYS EVERY WEEK WE GET THE RECOVERY NUMBERS.
THE RECOVERY NUMBERS.
>>> TAKING A LOOK OUTSIDE.
BEAUTIFUL SUNSHINE IT JUST
FEELS GREAT, LOOKS GREAT.
BRANDON ROUX STANDING BY IN
GROSSE POINTE WOODS WITH A
LOOK AT OUR FORECAST FOR
TODAY.
THIS SEEMS PRETTY CLOSE TO
PERFECT.
>> IT IS SO EASY TO
FORECAST.
ANYBODY CAN STEP OUTSIDE AND SAY YOU KNOW WHAT IT’S GOING
SAY YOU KNOW WHAT IT’S GOING
TO BE SUNNY, IT’S GOING TO
BE COMFORTABLE AND THAT’S
WHAT WE’VE GOT FOR YOU.
RIGHT AT 70° METRO, ANN
ARBOR AND ADRIAN AND 69° FOR
YOU IN PONTIAC.
A LITTLE EAST WIND FIVE TO
13 BUT SINCE THE SALONS ARE OPEN TODAY GOOD DAY TO GET A
OPEN TODAY GOOD DAY TO GET A
HAIRCUT OR JUST GET IT
STYLED.
WE HAVE LOW HUMIDITY AND
FAIRLY LIGHT WINDS.
SO ALL IN ALL JUST IDEAL.
70° NOW ON OUR WAY TO 76°.
ONLY REALLY A COUPLE OF
CLOUDS.
WE HAVE A LITTLE STORM TO
OUR SOUTHEST THAT IS TRYING
TO SPIN A COUPLE OF CLOUDS
OUR WAY.
THAT’S ALL WE HAVE FOR YOU.
SO WE ARE GOING TO BUILD THE
HEAT, RHONDA, MOVING
FORWARD.
WHAT ABOUT THE HUMIDITY?
TRACKING 80s AND 90s IN THE
SEVEN DAY. COMING UP.
COMING UP.
>> ALL RIGHT, WE’LL BE HERE.
>>> MEANWHILE STILL TO COME
ON YOUR MONDAY A POLICE
SHOOTING IN ATLANTA IS
SPARKING CIVIL UNREST THERE.
COULD CHARGES BE COMING FOR
THE OFFICER WHO TOOK THE LIFE OF RASHARD BROOKS.