FIRST AND FOR THE DEA TALKS ABOUT A MASSIVE PUSH TO GET DANGEROUS DRUGS OFF OUR STREETS
. WE’LL TALK ABOUT THE BATTLE
HERE IN MICHIGAN. ALSO POLICE
SHOOTING EXAMINED. WE’RE GOING
TO TAKE A LOOK FOR A BETTER
UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT HAPPENS
WHEN LIFE AND DEATH DECISIONS
ARE MADE IN JUST SECONDS AND
HERE’S KIM ADAMS. WHAT A
BEAUTIFUL AFTERNOON HERE IN
METRO DETROIT TEMPERATURES IN
THE UPPER SEVENTIES. BUT OF
COURSE, IT WON’T LAST THE
FORECAST FOR THE WEEKEND COMING
UP IN A FEW MINUTES. LIVE FROM
DOWNTOWN DETROIT. LOCAL 4 NEWS
FIRST AT FOUR STARTS NOW. GOOD
AFTERNOON, EVERYBODY. I’M KAREN
DREW FIRST STOOD FOR WE’RE
GETTING THE RESULTS OF A MAJOR
EFFORT BY FEDERAL AGENTS TO GET
FED NOT OFF OUR STREETS BETWEEN
MAY AND SEPTEMBER, THE D A SEES
10 MILLION FAKE PILLS AND ALMOST
£1000 OF POWDERED FENTANYL
NATIONWIDE. THAT’S THE
EQUIVALENT OF 36 MILLION DEADLY
DOSES IN MICHIGAN AND OHIO ALONE
, FOUR MILLION DOSES WERE TAKEN
. FEDERAL AGENTS ARE ISSUING A
WARNING ABOUT RAINBOW FENTANYL
AHEAD OF HALLOWEEN AND THAT’S
THOSE PILLS THAT LOOK VERY
SIMILAR TO CANDY. THEY SAY DRUG
TRAFFICKERS ARE USING SOCIAL
MEDIA TO MARKET TO A YOUNGER
DEMOGRAPHIC OF USERS. THE OLDER
UM YOUNG ADULTS, YOU CAN HAVE
THAT CONVERSATION WITH AND JUST
MAKING THEM AWARE THAT IF THE
PILLS ARE PRESCRIBED TO YOU, YOU
SHOULD NOT TAKE IT. IT’S
EXTREMELY IMPORTANT. IT’S NOT.
YOU DON’T HAVE TO HAVE, UH, AN
ADDICTION ISSUE TO ACTUALLY
OVERDOSE SORT OF ACTUALLY GET
POISONED BY FENTANYL. THE FACT
IS THE MAJORITY OF THEIR
MAJORITY OF PEOPLE WHO ARE
TAKING FENTANYL HAVE NO OR NOT
SEEKING FENTANYL AND HAVE NO
IDEA WHAT THEY’RE INGESTING. THE
D. A REPORTS 129 INVESTIGATIONS
WERE LINKED TO SOCIAL MEDIA.
PROSECUTOR KIM WORTHY SAYS THE
FIGHT FOR JUSTICE IN THE FLINT
WATER CRISIS IS NOT OVER QUITE
YET. SHE SAYS HER TEAM IS STILL
ASSESSING ITS NEXT STEP. IF
REMEMBER, IT WAS YESTERDAY, A
JUDGE DISMISSED CHARGES AGAINST
SEVEN PEOPLE. THE RULING CAME
AFTER THE STATE SUPREME COURT
DETERMINED TO JUDGE ACTING AS A
ONE PERSON GRAND JURY. COULD NOT
ISSUE INDICTMENTS TODAY OR THEY
SAID THAT PROCEDURE HAS BEEN
PART OF MICHIGAN LAW FOR MORE
THAN 100 YEARS, SHE SAYS THE
FLINT PROSECUTION TEAM IS
ASSESSING ITS NEXT MOVE AND
WORTHY BELIEVES IT MAY BE ABLE
TO STILL PURSUE CHARGES BASED ON
THE WARRANTS ALREADY ISSUED.
PLUS SHE HAD THIS MESSAGE FOR
THE PEOPLE OF FLINT. IS THAT WE
STILL CARE. WE’RE GOING TO HANG
IN THERE. WE’RE GOING TO
CONTINUE TO FIGHT FOR YOU. WHAT
HAPPENED WAS ABOMINABLE AND
AFFORDABLE THAT NO ONE SHOULD
HAVE TO GO THROUGH. THIS IS A
TEAM THAT IS SUPREMELY COMMITTED
TO THIS CASE. SO IT LOOKS LIKE
THE LEGAL WRANGLING OVER THE
CHARGES AGAINST SEVEN DEFENDANTS
MAY CONTINUE. WE’RE GOING TO
FOLLOW THIS CLOSELY. OF COURSE,
WE’LL KEEP YOU POSTED ON THE
PROSECUTION TEAMS NEXT STEP.
WELL IT IS NOW BEEN 24 HOURS
SINCE THE DETROIT POLICE
DEPARTMENT RELEASED THE BODY CAM
VIDEO OF THAT SHOOTING THAT LEFT
A YOUNG MAN DEAD LAST WEEKEND.
OFFICERS WERE CALLED TO THE WEST
SIDE SUNDAY BECAUSE 22 YEAR OLD
PORTER BIRKS WAS HAVING A MENTAL
HEALTH CRISIS WALKING AROUND
WITH A KNIFE ON THE STREET. THE
VIDEO SHOWED OFFICERS BEGGING
HIM TO DROP THE KNIFE. POLICE
SAY HE DID NOT AND THEN CHARGED
AT THE OFFICERS. FIVE OF THEM
OPENED FIRE SHOOTING 38 BULLETS
TODAY WE’RE TRYING TO UNDERSTAND
WHAT HAPPENED TO PORTER BROOKS,
OUR POLITICS WOMAN HAS BEEN
TALKING TO EXPERTS ABOUT A VERY
COMPLICATED EQUATION WITH THE
LIFE AND DEATH CONSEQUENCES.
PAULA. HI, KAREN. HI EVERYBODY.
FIRST OF ALL, I WANT YOU TO KNOW
THAT THIS INVESTIGATION IS NOT
OVER. I JUST GOT BACK DOWNSTAIRS
FROM AN EXCLUSIVE ONE ON ONE
INTERVIEW WITH THE CHIEF OF
POLICE ARE STILL UNCOVERING
THINGS. THE FIRST THING THAT WAS
UNCOVERED IS THAT PERHAPS NOT
ALL FIVE OFFICERS EVEN FIRED
THEIR WEAPONS. SO THAT WAS THE
FIRST THING THAT CAME OUT OF OUR
CONVERSATION. HOWEVER 38 SHOTS
WERE INDEED FIRED A YOUNG MAN
WITH NO MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES IS
DEAD, AND IT RAISES A WHOLE LOT
OF OTHER QUESTIONS. HE WAS
MENTALLY YOU SCARED? FRANEK
ACCORDING TO HIS FAMILY WAS
SICK. HE HAD A DISEASE CALLED
MENTAL ILLNESS. YOU HAVE IT ON
THE RECORD ON DOCUMENTATION FROM
THE DOCTOR WHEN POLICE ARRIVE ON
THE SCENE SUNDAY, OCTOBER 2ND AT
FIVE IN THE MORNING, THE FRANTIC
BROTHER OF PORTER BURKE’S
APPROACHES THEM LITTLE BROTHER.
HE KILLED EACH FOR SOME FRANTIC
AND YOU HAVE A KNIFE. POLICE HIS
BROTHER IS HAVING A MENTAL
EPISODE IS ARMED WITH A KNIFE
AND IS DANGEROUS, HE SAYS. THOSE
WORDS IT SETS OFF A CHAIN OF
EVENTS WITH AN EQUATION PERSON
IN ACUTE MENTAL CRISIS PLUS
POLICE OFFICERS IN AN ACUTE
CRISIS. CONFRONTATION EQUALS BUT
THE MATH. ISN’T THAT EASY. WHAT
WOULD YOU DO? WHAT WOULD YOU DO?
WHAT WOULD I UNTIL YOU’RE
CONFRONTED WITH THAT SITUATION?
YOU COME UP AND YOU’RE LIKE, HEY
, GOTTA COOL IT. PUT THE KNIFE
DOWN. PLEASE. PLEASE PLEASE,
PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE. OH,
OKAY. YOU LISTEN TO ME. CAN YOU
JUST SET THAT KNIFE DOWN AND
WE’LL TALK? I PROMISE HERE,
WE’LL PUT EVERYTHING AWAY. WE
JUST NEED YOU TO DROP THE KNIFE.
STEVE DOLAN, RETIRED DPD,
ASSISTANT POLICE CHIEF IN LOCAL
4 ANALYSTS, EXPLAINS S O PS
STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES IN
THE CASE OF AN EMINENT THREAT
OFFICES ARE TRAINED TO STOP THE
THREAT, WHETHER THAT’S ONE SHOT
OR MORE ASSESS, BUT STOP THE
THREAT. IN THIS CASE, A TOTAL OF
FOUR OFFICERS POSSIBLY FIFTH
OFFICER, ACCORDING TO THE CHIEF
OF POLICE TODAY FIRED A TOTAL OF
38 SHOTS STRIKING PORTER BERKS
NUMEROUS TIMES. A TOTAL OF 15
WOUNDS COUNTED BUT STILL UNDER
INVESTIGATION IS HOW MANY WERE
INDIVIDUAL BULLET WOUNDS THAT
SAID THE 22 YEAR OLD WAS FATALLY
SHOT BY DETROIT POLICE
SYMPATHETIC FIRE. YOU FIRE YOUR
WEAPON, AND YOU DON’T REALIZE
YOU’RE STILL FIRING. PEOPLE FIND
THAT IT’S NO WAY THAT COULD
HAPPEN. BUT NUMEROUS INTERVIEWS
BECAUSE I’VE DONE IT. I’VE ASKED
THE OFFICER HOW MANY TIMES YOU
FIRE TWICE. THAT’S WEIRD CLIP IS
EMPTY. NO, I ONLY FIRED TWICE.
BECAUSE THEY’RE IN THE MINDSET
JUST KEEP PULLING THE TRIGGER
NOW CREATES ANOTHER
UNCOMFORTABLE CALCULATION. IS IT
SAFE TO CALL POLICE WHEN SOMEONE
IS MENTALLY ILL? BECAUSE EVEN
WITH CRISIS INTERVENTION
TRAINING, OR C I T OF WHICH ONE
OF THOSE OFFICERS HAD 48 HOURS
WORTH OF TRAINING WHAT HAPPENS
IN ADRENALINE INDUCED FOG AND
WHAT IS A FRANTIC FAMILY TO DO?
I HATE TO SAY IF ANYONE OUT HERE
THAT HAVE A FAMILY MEMBER
ALLOWED ONE OR EVEN NEVER,
THAT’S SUFFERING FROM MENTAL
ILLNESS. HELP THEM YOURSELF.
NOT MAKING. DON’T CALL FOR HELP.
AND THAT REALLY IS THE GREAT BIG
ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM RIGHT NOW.
AS I MENTIONED, I JUST SPOKE TO
CHIEF WHITE AND I ASKED HIM THAT
QUESTION POINT BLANK. NO PUN
INTENDED POINT BLANK. IS IT SAFE
TO CALL POLICE IF YOU HAVE
SOMEONE WHO’S IN AN ACUTE MENTAL
ILLNESS EPISODE AND THEY COULD
BE CONSIDERED DANGEROUS. THAT
STORY IS COMING UP AT FIVE,
KAREN, BUT WE LOOK FORWARD TO
HEAR WHAT THE CHIEF HAS TO SAY
ABOUT THAT, PAULA THANKS SO
MUCH. WELL OTHER NEWS MORE
ELECTRIC VEHICLES NEED MORE
BATTERIES. WE KNOW THAT AND THEN
TO DETROIT IS GOING TO BE AN
EVEN BIGGER PART OF THAT
TRANSITION. TODAY, GOVERNOR
WHITMER ANNOUNCED. MICHIGAN
BASED OUR NEXT ENERGY WILL
INVEST $1.6 BILLION IN WAYNE
COUNTY, THE COMPANY WILL BUILD
HIS FIRST EVER MANUFACTURING
CAMPUS OVER IN VAN BUREN
TOWNSHIP. THAT INVESTMENT WILL
CREATE MORE THAN 2100 JOBS
COMING UP AT SIX BUSINESS EDITOR
ROB BOLOGNA IS GOING TO DIG INTO
THOSE DEVELOPMENTS AND SEE WHAT
COMES NEXT. TONIGHT MIGHT BE
THAT PERFECT NIGHT. HAVE DINNER
OUTSIDE. YOU’LL DEFINITELY WANT
TO ENJOY THIS MIDWEEK WARMUP
BEFORE ANOTHER CHANGE ARRIVES.
HERE’S BOTTOMS WITH OUR GORGEOUS
EVENING FORECAST. KAREN WHEN
IT’S LIKE THIS, YOU CAN’T PUT
THINGS LIKE THAT OFF. YOU NEED
TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT.
ESPECIALLY TONIGHT BECAUSE
TOMORROW NIGHT WE WILL ALREADY
BE STARTING TO SEE SOME CHANGES
. SO GET OUT THERE TONIGHT.
ENJOY IT. TAKE A WALK, WHATEVER
YOU WANT TO DO, JUST TRY TO DO
IT OUTSIDE 77 CITY AIRPORT. IT
IS 78 DEGREES. CAN YOU BELIEVE
THAT IN OCTOBER 78 DEGREES AT
FOUR O’CLOCK IN THE AFTERNOON 73
PONTIAC UPPER SEVENTIES EVEN AS
FAR NORTH AS PORTS HURON THIS
EVENING ONCE THE SUNSET IT DOES
COOL DOWN RATHER QUICKLY. 68
DEGREES AT EIGHT O’CLOCK 63 BY
10 O’CLOCK TONIGHT, AND WE’LL BE
IN THE UPPER FIFTIES BY
MIDNIGHT, NOT AS COLD. IT LOOKS
LIKE OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS
, AS IT USUALLY IS. ONCE THE SUN
SETS ITS DELIMIT CHILLY OUT
THERE. WE’VE GOT ONE MORE DAY OF
WARM WEATHER AND THEN WE’LL TALK
ABOUT THAT WEEKEND FORECAST WITH
SOME BIG CHANGES IN A MINUTE.
KIM PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN AND THE
FIRST LADY ARE IN FLORIDA RIGHT
NOW TO GET A STATUS UPDATE ON
RECOVERY EFFORTS AFTER HURRICANE
IAN HIT THE GULF COAST NOW THE
STORM MADE LANDFALL ONE WEEK AGO
TODAY. SANDRA ALI JOINS US FROM
THE NEWSROOM WITH THE LATEST ON
THE PRESIDENT’S VISIT SANDRA
AFTERNOON TO YOU, KAREN. GOOD
AFTERNOON, EVERYONE THE EFFORTS
TO HELP HURRICANE VICTIMS IN
FLORIDA. HAVE NOW BECOME
BIPARTISAN FOR NOW. AS THE
PRESIDENT IS WORKING WITH
FLORIDA’S REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR,
RHONDA SANTIS TO ASSESS EXACTLY
WHERE HELP IS NEEDED AND AS
QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. HERE’S THE
VERY LATEST, THE PRESIDENT HAS
BEEN SERVING THE DAMAGE TO
SOUTHWEST FLORIDA ON THE LAND ON
LAND AND BY AIR. THE FIRST
COUPLE, THEY GOT A BIRD’S EYE
VIEW OF THE DEVASTATION LEFT BY
THE HURRICANE IN THE FOURTH
MYERS AREA MORE THAN 100 PEOPLE
DIED BECAUSE OF THE STORM. AND
TODAY, FLORIDA’S GOVERNOR SAYS
97% OF POWER HAS BEEN RESTORED
THERE IN THE STATE GOVERNOR.
SANTIS. IS A POSSIBLE
PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE IN 2024,
AS YOU MAY KNOW, BUT EVERYONE IS
OBVIOUSLY PUTTING POLITICS ASIDE
TO DEAL WITH THE DISASTER. WE
ARE CUTTING THROUGH THE
BUREAUCRACY. WE’RE CUTTING
THROUGH THE RED TAPE, AND THAT’S
FROM LOCAL GOVERNMENT STATE
GOVERNMENT ALL THE WAY UP TO THE
PRESIDENT, SO WE APPRECIATE THE
TEAM EFFORT WERE ONE OF THE FEW
NATIONS IN THE WORLD THAT ON THE
BASIS OF CRISIS WE FACE WE’RE
THE ONLY NATION THAT COMES OUT
OF IT BETTER THAN WE WENT INTO
IT, AND THAT’S WE’RE GOING TO DO
THIS TIME AROUND. COME OUT OF IT
BETTER BECAUSE WE’RE THIS IS THE
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND I
EMPHASIZE UNITED THE PRESIDENT
IS PROMISING. THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT WILL BE WORKING IN
FLORIDA UNTIL THE JOB IS
FINISHED. OF COURSE, WE’RE GONNA
HAVE MUCH MORE ON HIS VISIT WHEN