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>> ARE YOU READIED FOR SOME
40’S?
THE BACK SIDE OF A COLD FRONT,
AS TEMPERATURES DIP TONIGHT.
BUT WE DO HAVE RAIN IN THE
FORECAST FOR LABOR DAY WEEKEND.
A LOOK AT YOUR HOLIDAY
TEMPERATURES, COMING UP.
>> Kim: A TRAFFIC STOP IN
OAKLAND COUNTY QUICKLY TURNS
INTO A CHASE BEFORE ENDING IN A
CRASH IN THE MIDDLE OF A
FAMILY’S BACK YARD.
>> AND TOUCHDOWN, HIGH SCHOOL
FOOTBALL AND OTHER FALL SPORTS HAVE THEIR HAIL MARY ANSWERED.
HAVE THEIR HAIL MARY ANSWERED.
A BIG REVERSAL TONIGHT FOR THE
MICHIGAN HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC
ASSOCIATION AFTER THE STATE SAYS
IT WILL NOT STAND IN THE WAY OF
ORGANIZED SPORTS.
>> Kim: NOW THERE WILL BE FALL
SPORTS, BUT IT’S GOING TO LOOK A
LOT DIFFERENT.
MARA, THE PLAYERS WERE THRILLED
TO SAY THE LEAST TODAY.
>> Reporter: KIM, I THINK
AROUND 3:00 IN THE AFTERNOON, IF
YOU HEARD A RUMBLE AROUND HERE,
IT WAS THE KIDS ALL, YOU KNOW,
WOOPING IT UP THAT THE GOVERNOR
HAD DECIDED THAT YES FALL SPORTS
COULD GO ON.
AS A MATTER OF FACT SOME WERE SO
EXCITED THEY GOT ON THE FIELD.
>> WE’RE ALL WE GOT RIGHT HERE.
>> Reporter: THE WORD FROM THE
GOVERNOR CAME DOWN AND THE KIDS
WERE ON THE FIELD PRACTICING
IMMEDIATELY.
>> KIDS WERE CALLING ME,
EXCITED, EXCITED AND JUST WE’RE
BACK!
>> Reporter: WHAT THE STATE
SAID TODAY IS THIS.
WHILE IT STILL RECOMMENDS
AGAINST CONTACT SPORTS, IT’S UP
TO THE SCHOOLS AND DISTRICTS
THAT THEY WANT TO PLAY, AND YES,
THEY WANT TO PLAY.
>> I THINK IT MEANS EVERYTHING,
LIKE THE KIDS HAVEN’T HAD A WHOLE LOT OF ANYTHING GOOD OVER
WHOLE LOT OF ANYTHING GOOD OVER
THE COVID, SO THEY’VE JUST BEEN
SITTING AT HOME.
SO I BELIEVE THIS IS A GOOD
START TO SOMETHING BETTER.
>> Reporter: FOOTBALL GAMES
AND OTHER SPORTS ARE GOING TO
LOOK DIFFERENT THIS FALL.
WHAT’S NOT NEGOTIABLE FROM THE
STATE IS THE DENSITY.
AT INDOOR AND OUTDOOR GAMES,
EACH PLAYER CAN HAVE TWO PEOPLE
ATTEND AND THAT’S IT.
NO MORE CROWDED STANDS.
JIMMY MACON, THE HEAD COACH FOR
THE LAST 27 YEARS, SAYS SMALL
ATTENDANCE ISN’T THE ISSUE HERE.
WHAT FOOTBALL PROVIDES THESE
CHILDREN IS.
>> FOOTBALL TEACHES A LOT OF
DISCIPLINE TO A LOT OF KIDS, AND
IT HELPS THEM AS FAR AS
LEADERSHIP, GUIDANCE, AND GIVES
THEM MORE MOTIVATION AND
DEDICATION TO DO THE THINGS THEY
WANT TO TRY FOR IN LIFE.
>> Reporter: BACK HERE LIVE,
MHSAA SAYS THE FALL SEASON BEGINS NEXT WEEK.
BEGINS NEXT WEEK.
LIVE IN MID TOWN, I’M MARA
MCDONALD.
>> Kim: TODAY THE GOVERNOR
ALSO GAVE THE LONG AWAITED GREEN
LIGHT FOR A LIMITED REOPENING OF
GYMS AND POOLS.
>> Anchor: THE GOVERNOR SAYS
GYMS AND POOLS CAN REOPEN NEXT
WEDNESDAY.
MASKS AND 6-FOOT SOCIAL
DISTANCING WILL BE REQUIRED AT
ALL TIMES.
GYMS CAN ONLY OPERATE AT 25%
CAPACITY AS WELL, SOMETHING THAT
GYM OWNERS SAY THEY WERE
PREPARED FOR AND ARE JUST GLAD
THEY CAN FINALLY OPEN UP THEIR
DOORS AGAIN AND LET CUSTOMERS
IN.
>> THIS IS A HUGE SIGH OF RELIEF
TODAY, YES.
THERE WAS A TON OF THOUGHT THAT
WENT INTO THAT REOPENING PLAY
BOOK IN TERMS OF COVERING,
CLEANING AND SANITIZING OF THE
CLUB.
>> Anchor: BUSINESSES THAT
MUST STILL REMAIN CLOSED INCLUDE
MOVIE THEATERS AND BOWLING
ALLEYS.
THE GOVERNOR ALSO EXTENDING
MICHIGAN’S STATE OF EMERGENCY
THROUGH OCTOBER 1st.
MEANWHILE THE STATE TODAY
REPORTING 685 NEW CASES OF
CORONAVIRUS, WITH 10 MORE
MICHIGANDERS DEAD FROM THE VIRUS.
SINCE THE PANDEMIC STARTED THE
STATE HAS REPORTED MORE THAN
104,000 CASES. >> Kim: LET’S CHECK IN WITH
>> Kim: LET’S CHECK IN WITH
BEN ON WHAT TURNED INTO A WINDY
NIGHT, LABOR DAY WEEKEND ONE OF
THE LAST CHANCES TO ENJOY SUMMER
WEATHER.
HOW IS IT LOOKING?
>> YOU WANT IT TO BE COMFORTABLE
BUT YOU WANT TO MOLD ON SO SOME
OF THAT HEAT, KIM.
BUT TEMPERATURES ARE GOING TO BE
CLOSE TO NORMAL ONCE WE GET INTO
THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND.
ALMOST FELT AUTUMN NATURAL THIS
AFTERNOON WITH THE LOW CLOUDS
AND GUSTY WINDS.
GUSTS GOT CLOSE TO 40 MILES PER
HOUR IN SPOTS, 38 AT CITY
AIRPORT, 39 MILES PER HOUR THAT GUST IN LANSING.
GUST IN LANSING.
THINGS HAVE CALMED DOWN
CONSIDERABLY, SUSTAINED WINDS
NOW ABOUT 10 TO 15, MAYBE A
LITTLE LIGHTER IN SOME SPOTS.
BUT IT’S GOING TO GET BREEZY
AGAIN TOMORROW, NOT QUITE AS
GUSTY AS WHAT WE SAW TODAY.
THEN HERE’S YOUR HOLIDAY WEEKEND
AT A GLANCE.
AGAIN THOSE AVERAGE
TEMPERATURES, THAT’S NOT GOING
TO BE THE ISSUE, BUT YOU SEE THE
RAIN DROPS ON THERE FOR SUNDAY AND POSSIBLY EARLY MONDAY, WE’LL
AND POSSIBLY EARLY MONDAY, WE’LL
TALK ABOUT THAT, AND RETURN OF
THE WIND FOR THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND
AS WELL, AND WHERE WE’RE GOING
FROM THERE, IN A FEW MINUTES.
>> Kim: A HOMICIDE
INVESTIGATION UNDER WAY AT A
DETROIT MOTEL AFTER A MAN IS
SHOT AND KILLED.
MULTIPLE SHOTS WERE FIRED
OUTSIDE THE KRANBROOK HOUSE MOTEL, THIS HAPPENED AROUND 7:00
MOTEL, THIS HAPPENED AROUND 7:00
THE SHOOTER DROVE OFF IN A 2006
ACURA.
NO INFORMATION RELEASED YET
ABOUT THE VICTIM.
>> Anchor: TUESDAY NIGHT WE
TOLD YOU ABOUT NEIGHBORS IN CORK
TOWN UNHAPPY ABOUT LATE NIGHT
CONCERTS AT THE CORNER BALLPARK,
THAT ARE JUST NOISY BUT ALSO
PRETTY MESSY.
TONIGHT SOME OF THOSE NEIGHBORS
AND THE POLICE ATHLETIC LEAGUE
WHICH RUNS THE BALLPARK MET TO
SEE IF THEY COULD FIND A WAY TO
COEXIST.
LARRY SPROWL IN CORK TOWN
TONIGHT TO SEE IF THERE WAS ANY
PROGRESS.
>> Reporter: ABOUT A DOZEN OR
SO NEIGHBORS HERE MET WITH
DETROIT POLICE ATHLETIC LEAGUE
FOR A MEETING OF THE MINDS.
AND SOME HOUSEKEEPING ISSUES.
>> THE LIQUOR BOTTLES, THE BEER
CANS I NEED TO PICK UP.
THE LATE MUSIC UNTIL ALL HOURS
OF THE NIGHT.
>> Reporter: SHE LIVES
NEXT-DOOR TO THE STADIUM OFF
MICHIGAN AVENUE IN CORKTOWN AND
SAYS FOR THE MOST PART THEY’RE
GOOD NEIGHBORS.
>> IT’S NOT SHOWCASING WHO WE
ARE AS A COMMUNITY.
>> Reporter: BUT LITLY SHE
SAYS THE LOUD MUSIC, TRASH AND
CRAZY PARKING JOBS OVERLOOK THE
GOOD.
WE OBTAINED THIS VIDEO OF CARS
UP AND DOWN MICHIGAN AVENUE,
CAUSING TRAFFIC BACKUP.
SHE SAYS SHE WANTS SOMETHING TO
BE DONE.
>> IT JUST GETS DISAPPOINTING
OVER YEARS OF ATTEMPTING TO WORK
TOGETHER, AND HEARING YES WE’RE
GOING TO MAKE A CHANGE, WE CARE
ABOUT THE COMMUNITY, AND STILL
HEARING MY NEIGHBORS, MY NEW
NEIGHBORS NOW COMPLAIN ABOUT THE
SAME THINGS I’VE BEEN
COMPLAINING FOR YEARS.
>> Reporter: I SPOKE WITH
ROBERT JAMISON AFTER THURSDAY’S
MEETING, HE SAYS HE UNDERSTANDS
THE NEIGHBORS’ CONCERNS.
>> THERE WILL SOMETIMES BE
NIGHTS WHERE YOU HOPE YOU LIKE
THE MUSIC.
BUT WE’RE TRYING TO DO OUR BEST
TO BE LISTENING TO THE COMMUNITY
AND ADDRESS THOSE CONCERNS IN A
REASONABLE WAY.
>> Reporter: HE SAYS IT’S
IMPORTANT TO WORK TOGETHER.
>> I’M JUST REALLY HOPEFUL THAT
SOMETHING WILL CHANGE, BUT I AM
NOT AS OPTIMISTIC AS I MAYBE
ONCE WAS.
>> Anchor: THEY ALSO DID TALK
TO THE NEIGHBORS ABOUT THE LOUD
MUSIC AND SAID IT WILL MAKE
ANKERS TO MONITOR HOW LOUD IT
GETS AND TRY TO GET THAT TURNED
DOWN AND MAKE SURE THEY END AT
THE PROPER TIME.
>> Kim: AN INTERNAL
INVESTIGATION IS NOW UNDER WAY
AFTER A WAYNE COUNTY DEPUTY
CORPORAL IS KILLED IN AN ATTACK
AT THE COUNTY JAIL.
CORPORAL BRYANT SEARCY WAS
ATTACKED LATE LAST NIGHT AFTER
AN INMATE GOT OUT OF SAYS CELL.
THE INMATE WAS ABLE TO BLOCK HIS
CELL DOOR FROM BEING LOCKED, BUT
IT’S NOT CLEAR HOW HE DID IT.
SEARCY WAS RUSHED TO THE
HOSPITAL WHERE HE DIED FROM HIS
INJURIES, LEAVING BEHIND A WIFE
AND DAUGHTER.
>> MY GOD MOM HAD TO TAKE THE
PHONE AND FINISH THE SENTENCE
FOR HER.
HE ALWAYS MADE SURE THAT THE
GOOD I DID TO OTHERS WOULD
ALWAYS COME BACK TO ME.
>> Kim: SOURCES SAY CORPORAL
SEARCY’S PARTNER WAS NOT WITH
HIM AT THE TIME OF THE ATTACK
AND SHOULD HAVE BEEN.
THE 28-YEAR-OLD INMATE IS BEING
HELD BY DETROIT POLICE.
>> Anchor: A POLICE CHASE IN
WEST BLOOMFIELD ENDS WITH A
CRASH IN THE MIDDLE OF A NEIGHBORHOOD.
NEIGHBORHOOD. >> NORTH END OF McQUEEN.
FLEEING ON FOOT.
>> Kim: POLICE SAY THE DRIVER
WAS GOING 77 MILES PER HOUR IN A
45-MILE PER HOUR ZONE, THEN
REFUSED TO PULL OVER, LEADING TO
THE CHASE ON ORCHARD LAKE ROAD.
VERGE THE OFFICER PENNED HIM IN
AND ARRESTED HIM A SHORT TIME
LATER.
CURTIS SHANNON JR. HAS BEEN
IDENTIFIED AS THE DRIVER, HE’S
BEEN CHARGED WITH FLEEING AND
ELUDING AS WELL AS DRIVING WITH
A SUSPENDED LICENSE.
>> Anchor: DEMOCRATIC
PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE JOE BIDEN
WILL BE VISITING MICHIGAN NEXT
WEEK.
HE’LL BE MAKING A VISION IT NEXT
WEDNESDAY, BUT RELEASED NO OTHER
DETAILS.
THE FORMER VICE PRESIDENT LAST
VISITED MICHIGAN THE NIGHT
BEFORE OUR PRIMARY BACK ON MARCH
THE VERY NEXT DAY THE BIDEN AND
SANDERS CAMPAIGN SUSPENDED
IN-PERSON RALLIES AS CASES OF
THE CORONAVIRUS STARTED TO SPIKE
ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
>> Kim: A BIG TRAFFIC CHANGE
IS TAKING PLACE ON 75 IN OAKLAND
COUNTY.
SOUTHBOUND TRAFFIC ON I-# 5 FROM
ADAMS ROAD TO 13-MILE WILL BE
SHIFTED TO THE NEWLY CONSTRUCTED
SOUTHBOUND LANES.
TWO-WAY TRAFFIC WAS SHARING THE
NORTHBOUND LANES WHILE THE
SOUTHBOUND SIDE WAS REBUILT.
BUT THERE WILL STILL ONLY BE TWO
LANES OPEN.
TO MAKE THE SHIFT, ONE LANE OF
SOUTHBOUND I-75 IS NOW CLOSED.
BUT WILL REOPEN BEFORE THE
COMMUTE TOMORROW MORNING.
MICHIGAN HAS CONFIRMED ITS FIRST
2020 HUMAN INDICATION OF THE
WEST NILE VIRUS.
>> Anchor: WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT
THE FIRST INFECTION THAT WAS
REPORTED HERE IN DETROIT.
>> Kim: AND PROTESTS IN NEW
YORK IN RESPONSE TO THE DEATH OF
A MAN WHO DIED AFTER OFFICERS
PLACED A HOOD OVER HIS HEAD AND
PINNED HIM TO THE GROUND.
WHAT THE CITY IS NOW SAYING
ABOUT THE GRAPHIC ARREST VIDEO.
>> Anchor: BUT FIRST, FIEDZER
ADDRESSES HOW SOON IT COULD HAVE