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>> Kim: GUILTY ON ALL COUNTS IN
THE DEATH OF GEORGE FLOYD.
>> Devin: THAT’S THE JURY’S
VERDICT IN THE CASE OF FORMER
POLICE OFFICER DEREK CHAUVIN.
LET’S GET YOU CAUGHT UP HERE.
IT’S A CASE THAT SO MANY HAVE BEEN WATCHING.
BEEN WATCHING.
>> Kim: IT ONLY TOOK 10 HOURS
SPLIT OVER 2 DAYS.
THEY FOUND CHAUVIN GUILTY ON ALL
COUNTS AND HE WAS TAKEN INTO
CUSTODY AFTER THE VERDICT.
SENTENCING WILL TAKE PLACE 8
WEEKS FROM NOW AND FACES UP TO
40 YEARS IN PRISON.
PRESIDENT BIDEN IS EXPECTED TO
ADDRESS THE NATION THIS EVENING
IN THE AFTERMATH OF TODAY’S
VERDICT.
THIS, OF COURSE, IS A CASE
THAT’S DEEPLY AFFECTED A GREAT
MANY PEOPLE AND THE REACTION HAS
INDEED BEEN EMOTIONAL.
>> Devin: PAULA TUTMAN LIVE WITH
MORE ON WHAT SHE’S BEEN HEARING
FROM LOCAL LEADERS AND OTHERS ON
THE VERDICTS, GUILTY ON ALL
COUNTS, PAULA.
>> Paula: I’VE BEEN TALKING TO
RELIGIOUS LEADERS, THOUGHT
LEADERS, LEADERS IN LAW
ENFORCEMENT.
THIS ISN’T SOMETHING THAT
HAPPENED WAY OVER THERE IN
MINNEAPOLIS.
IT WAS PART OF OUR COMMUNITY.
WE HAD PROTESTS.
WE HAVE PEOPLE SAYING THERE
NEEDS TO BE CHANGE.
AND THERE WAS A LOT OF STRESS AND STRAIN.
AND STRAIN.
I TALK TO BISHOP PERRY AND SHE
WAS NERVOUS AND EMOTIONAL.
SHE SAID, I DON’T KNOW IF
THEY’LL GET THIS RIGHT AND LO
AND BEHOLD, THE VERDICT CAME IN,
GUILTY ON ALL COUNTS.
AND WE’RE HEARING A SENSE OF
RELIEF, THAT THIS IS AN
ACCOUNTING AND THIS IS JUST.
>> AMERICA CAN TAKE A SIGH OF
RELIEF.
I COULD NOT IMAGINE WHAT WOULD
HAPPEN IF THIS OFFICER WALKED
TOTALLY FREE TODAY.
WE’VE GONE THROUGH SO MANY OF
THESE INSTANCES WHERE OUR EYES
TELL US ONE THING AND THE JURY
SAYS SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
SO I THINK IT WAS DESERVING.
I WAS SHARING WITH A FRIEND OF
MINE IN ATLANTA ABOUT HOW
NONCHALANT HE WAS WITH HIS KNEE
ON THAT MAN’S NEXT, NOT EVEN
MOVING OR FLINCHING.
>> IT WASN’T GOOD POLICING AND
THIS JUST, YOU KNOW, KIND OF
REINFORCES IN OUR PROFESSION OF
SOME OF THE THINGS WE NEED TO
FIX.
AND WE HAVE TO LOOK AT OTHER
OFFICERS AROUND THERE.
THERE ARE TIMES WHEN, YOU KNOW,
OFFICERS, WHATEVER THE ISSUE MAY
BE GET INVOLVED IN SOMETHING AND
MAY BE TAKING IT A LITTLE TOO
FAR.
THERE’S INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE
AROUND THERE THAT NEED TO STEP
IN AND THIS WOULDN’T HAVE
HAPPENED.
>> I HEARD THE WORDS, GUILTY,
GUILTY, GUILTY, MY HEART SAYS
YES, YES, YES.
FINALLY THEY GOT IT RIGHT.
WE CAN LEAN AND LOOK TOWARD OUR
JUDICIAL SYSTEM AND OUR
CONSTITUTION TO UPHOLD THE
SANCTITY OF LIFE THAT THIS
COUNTRY TODAY RESPECTED
AFRICAN-AMERICAN LIFE IN THE
HANDS OF SOMEONE WHO HOLDS THE
SEAT OF AUTHORITY AND TOOK
MATTERS IN HIS OWN HANDS.
AND TODAY, OUR COMMUNITY CAN BE
AT REST AS FAR AS PROTESTS AND
AS FAR AS ANY CIVIL UNREST AND
NOW USE PEACE AND WISDOM AND
CALM TO MAKE SURE THE LAWS AND
POLICIES ARE CHANGED TO PROTECT
OUR PEOPLE.
>> Paula: I’VE BEEN TALKING TO
LEADERS EVER SINCE THE VERDICT
CAME IN FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE
AND ALL PROFESSIONS.
NOT A SINGLE PERSON I SPOKE TO
TODAY SAID THEY BELIEVE IN
DEFUNDING OR DEPOLICING OR ANY
NON-POLICING OF ANYTHING, BUT
THEY SAY WHILE THIS VERDICT MAY
WORK, THERE IS STILL MORE WORK
TO BE DONE, AND THAT INCLUDES
TRAINING AND BETTER POLICING,
BUT THEY BELIEVE THIS IS A STEP
IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION AND THAT
IS ACROSS THE BOARD FROM
EVERYONE I’VE SPOKEN TO FOR THE
LAST, I DON’T KNOW, LESS THAN AN
HOUR OR SO.
BUT RUNNING THEM THROUGH,
RUNNING PEOPLE THROUGH, TALKING
TO THEM, GETTING THEIR REACTION.
AND EVERYONE SAYS THIS IS A JUST
DECISION BUT NOT JUST OVER JUST
YET.
>> Kim: JUSTICE IS INDEED A
PRACTICE, NOT AN END. WE APPRECIATE IT VACH.
WE APPRECIATE IT VACH.
WE SPOKE WITH WAYNE COUNTY
PROSECUTOR KYM WORTHY AND MORE
ON WHAT IT MEANS IN POLICING IN
THE UNITED STATES.
>> AT THIS TIME, AT THIS MOMENT,
I THINK THIS VERDICT WILL CHANGE
THE WORLD AND THE WAY WE LOOK AT
POLICING.
BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, AND IT
CANNOT BE OVERSTATED: THIS IS
ABOUT ONE POLICE OFFICER.
I LIKE THE ARGUMENT THAT THE
POLICE OFFICER MADE.
THIS ISN’T PUTTING THE POLICE ON
TRIAL, THIS IS PUTTING NOT
FOLLOWING THE RULES ON TRIAL,
THIS IS PUTTING A BAD POLICE
OFFICER ON TRIAL.
AND I HOPE THIS CASE TURNS THE
TIDE.
>> Devin: COVERAGE CONTINUES.
LESS THAN 30 MINUTES FROM NOW,
MORE FROM LESTER HOLT AND "NBC
NIGHTLY NEWS."
SO KEEP IT RIGHT HERE ON LOCAL
4.
>>> WE HAVE OTHER BREAKING NEWS
WE’RE FOLLOWING, AND THIS IS
FROM DETROIT’S EAST SIDE WHERE A
POLICE OFFICER HAS BEEN SHOT.
>> Kim: THIS HAPPENED THIS
AFTERNOON ON HANNAH STREET NEAR
8 MILE AND I-75.
WE’RE TOLD OFFICERS HAD SOME
SORT OF CONFRONTATION WITH THE
SUSPECT.
SHOTS WERE FIRED AND AN OFFICER
WAS HIT, POSSIBLY IN THE HAND.
THAT OFFICER WAS RUSHED TO THE
HOSPITAL.
HE IS EXPECTED TO BE OKAY.
SOURCES TELL LOCAL 4 THE SUSPECT
DIED FROM HIS INJURIES.
STAY WITH LOCAL 4 AND
CLICKONDETROIT.COM FOR MORE
UPDATES.
>>> ALL RIGHT, A COLD DAY WITH
SOME LIGHT SNOWFALL THESE PAST
FEW HOURS AND THERE’S MORE TO
COME AS WE COME INTO THE
EVENING.
>> Devin: BEN IS TRACKING
UNSEASONAL WEATHER AND NOT
ADDING UP TO MUCH.
>> Ben: THE BARK IS WORSE THAN
ITS BITE.
IF IT WERE WINTER, WE WOULD BE
RUNNING FOR THE SHOVELS.
THIS WILL START ACCUMULATING NOW
THAT AIR TEMPERATURES ARE MOVING
BELOW 32.
MOST OF THIS IS LIGHT.
METRO AIRPORT REPORTING LIGHT TO
HEAVY SNOW.
AND SNOW SQUALLS HAVE DROPPED
VISIBILITIES BELOW HALF A MILE.
AND THE AIR TEMPERATURES, 32, A
LITTLE BIT WARMER HERE.
SOME OF THE PLACES HAVE COME UP
A DEGREE OR TWO.
CITY AIRPORT 34.
YES, THERE WILL BE ACCUMULATION,
WE’LL KEEP THE THREE-INCH TOTALS
SOUTH OF US BUT COULD SEE 1-2
AND WE’LL LOOK AT WHO GETS WHAT
OUT OF THIS AND SHOULD BE DONE
BEFORE THE SUN COMES UP TOMORROW
MORNING.
THE COLD WILL LAST LONGER.
AND WE’LL TALK ABOUT ALL OF IT
IN A FEW MINUTES.
>> Devin: AND CONTINUING
OVERNIGHT, WAKE UP WITH "LOCAL 4
NEWS TODAY," THE ONLY STATION IN
TOWN WITH TWO METEOROLOGISTS IN
THE MORNING.
BRANDON ROUX AND PAUL GROSS WILL
HAVE THE UPDATED FORECAST AND
KIM DeGIULIO WILL BE WATCHING
THE ROADS BEGINNING AT 4:30 A.M.
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>> Kim: IT’S A STORY THE LOCAL 4
"DEFENDERS" BROKE THAT SHOCKED
THE CITY.
ADULTS GET OUT OF A HOUSE FIRE
ON THE CITY’S EAST SIDE AND DID
NOT TELL FIREFIGHTERS THAT A
BABY WAS INSIDE THE HOME.
FAMILY MEMBERS OF THE ADOPTED
MOTHER WHO SAID EVERYONE IS OUT
OF THE HOME ARE SPEAKING OUT AND
THEY’RE OUTRAGED OVER WHAT
HAPPENED!
>> Shawn: I’M GONNA REPEAT WHAT
YOU SAID.
FAMILY MEMBERS OF THE WOMAN WHO
WAS THERE STANDING WITH
FIREFIGHTERS SAYING EVERYONE WAS
OUT OF THE HOME WHEN INDEED AN
18-MONTH-OLD BABY WAS STILL IN
THE HOME.
HER OWN FAMILY MEMBERS SAID SHE
SHOULD HAVE BEEN ARRESTED AT THE
SCENE AND OTHER ADULTS RIGHT
THERE.
THE LOCAL 4 "DEFENDERS" SHOWING
YOU THE SHOCKING INCIDENT APRIL
5th, A HOUSE FIRE.
AN ADOPTED MOTHER SAYING
EVERYBODY GOT OUT.
BUT FIREFIGHTER WILLIAMS FOUND
AN 18-MONTH-OLD BABY INSIDE THE
HOME.
>> I’M A FATHER AND HAVE A
3-YEAR-OLD.
IT JUST STUNNED ME!
I COULDN’T BELIEVE IT, HONESTLY.
I GRABBED HER AND FELT LIKE A
FATHER AT THAT MOMENT.
>> Shawn: HOW AND WHY WOULD
ADULTS WHO GOT OUT OF THAT HOUSE
FIRE NOT TELL FIREFIGHTERS A
BABY WAS INSIDE.
THAT SISTER OF THE ADOPTIVE
MOTHER WANTS TO KNOW.
>> THERE’S NO WAY IN THE WORLD YOU’RE GONNA LET A BABY BURN AND
YOU’RE GONNA LET A BABY BURN AND
NOT SAY ANYTHING AND SEND THE
FIREFIGHTERS DOWNSTAIRS WHEN YOU
KNOW THE BABY IS UPSTAIRS.
THE HOUSE IS FILLED WITH BIG
BLACK SMOKE.
>> Shawn: WE’RE NOT IDENTIFYING
THE UPSET FAMILY MEMBERS OR THE
BABY BECAUSE CPS IS INVOLVED AND
WHEN THE BABY WAS PULLED FROM
THE FIRE SHE HAD BLACK EYES AND
BRUISES ALL OVER HER, A POSSIBLE
VICTIM OF ABUSE.
>> HOW DID THEY WALK AWAY?
IF THEY KNEW THERE WAS A BABY IN
THERE, THEY SHOULD BE HELD
ACCOUNTABLE.
>> Shawn: THIS IS THE COUSIN, SO
GLAD THE DETROIT FIREFIGHTERS
SEARCHED EVERY INCH OF THAT
BURNING HOME.
>> THANK YOU.
WITHOUT THEM WE NEVER WOULD HAVE
HAD [BLEEP].
I’M GLAD THERE’S NO MORE SECRETS
AND DON’T HAVE TO SUFFER.
>> Shawn: WE’RE BEEPING OUT THE
BABY’S NAME, BRUISED AND
BATTERED BUT DOING MUCH BETTER
AND SAVED BY THE DETROIT
FIREFIGHTERS.
WE COULD STILL SEE ARRESTS HERE.
TALKED TO DETROIT POLICE AND
THEY’RE INVESTIGATING EVERY
ANGLE OF THIS AND NOT DONE WITH
THE INVESTIGATION YET.
>> Kim: THANK YOU.
>> Devin: MICHIGAN REPORTING THE
LOWEST SINGLE NUMBER OF NEW
CASES IN TWO WEEKS. ON THE VACCINE FRONT, MORE THAN
ON THE VACCINE FRONT, MORE THAN
3 IN 10 MICHIGANDERS ARE FULLY
VACCINATED.
>>> INFORMATION IS KEY TO
GETTING THE VACCINES AND THOSE
STILL THINKING ABOUT IT.
DR. McGEORGE BACK TO ANSWER MORE
VIEWER VACCINE QUESTIONS THAT
HAVE COME IN THROUGH
CLICKONDETROIT.COM.
DOC?
>> Dr. McGeorge: YEAH, DEVIN.
SO LIZ ASKS: AT THIS POINT IN
TIME, IS THERE ANY INFORMATION
ON WHICH VACCINE, PFIZER OR
MODERNA, MAY BE MORE EFFECTIVE
IN PEOPLE BETWEEN THE AGES OF
28-38 YEARS OLD.
SO LIZ, BASED ON THE STUDY DATA,
BOTH ARE EQUALLY EFFECTIVE
ACROSS ALL AGE GROUPS.
NOTABLY, THE PFIZER IS FOR THOSE
AGED TO 16. >>
.
>> Dr. McGeorge: THE PFIZER AND
MODERNA MRNA VACCINES ARE MADE
NOT USING ANY FETAL LINE.
WITH REGARD TO THE JOHNSON &
JOHNSON VACCINE, THE PRODUCTION
DOES USE FETAL CELL LINES AND
GUIDANCE FROM THE CATHOLIC
CHURCH IS THAT IT IS ACCEPTABLE
IF THERE’S NO ALTERNATIVE
AVAILABLE.
IT MIGHT ALSO HELP TO UNDERSTAND
WHILE FETAL CELL LINES MIGHT
HAVE USED TO MANUFACTURE THE
JOHNSON & JOHNSON VACCINE, IT DOES NOT CONTAIN ANY FETAL CELLS
DOES NOT CONTAIN ANY FETAL CELLS
FROM ABORTED TISSUE.
IT HASN’T BEEN CONCLUDED THAT A
BOOSTER WOULD BE NECESSARY BUT
IT MIGHT.
THE LOGIC IS TWO-FOLD.
FIRST, WE DON’T KNOW HOW LONG
THE IMMUNITY FROM THE FIRST
VACCINE DOSES WILL LAST.
IT IS POSSIBLE IT MIGHT BE
EXTREMELY LONG LASTING OR MIGHT
DECREASE SIGNIFICANTLY IN TIME.
THE OTHER REASON A BOOSTER MAY BE NEEDED IS IF VIRUS VARIANTS
BE NEEDED IS IF VIRUS VARIANTS DEVELOP THAT EVADE OUR IMMUNITY.
>> I’VE HEARD THE VACCINE CAN BE
GIVEN 90 DAYS FROM POSITIVE
TEST.
YOU DO NOT NEED A NEGATIVE TEST
BEFORE GETTING VACCINATED AND
YOU NO LONGER NEED TO WAIT 90
DAYS FROM THE TIME OF YOUR
INFECTION TO GET VACCINATED.
AS SOON AS YOU’RE OUT OF
ISOLATION, GO GET THE SHOT.
>> Devin: A LOT OF GOOD
QUESTIONS.
KEEP THEM COMING AND DR.
McGEORGE WILL KEEP WORKING ON
THEM.
>> Kim: MANY WHO STAND AGAINST
THE 39 ELECTION BILLS PROPOSED
BY STATE REPUBLICANS RAISED
THEIR VOICES IN LANSING TODAY.
THE PACKAGE OF BILLS IS SEEN BY
MANY AS AN EFFORT TO SUPPRESS
THE VOTE BY REQUIRING FORMS OF
I.D. AND MAKING IT TOUGHER TO
VOTE ABSENTEE.
WE LOOK AT THE ARGUMENTS ON BOTH
SIDES.
>> Priya: WARREN EVANS AND
JANICE WINFREY WERE IN LANSING
TODAY.
>> THERE’S NO WAY IN HELL THAT
WE WILL STAND BY AND ALLOW THESE
BILLS TO BE PASSED.
>> Priya: ON THE STEPS OF THE
STATE CAPITOL, ELECTED OFFICIALS
DENOUNCED A GROUP OF G.O.P.
ELECTION BILLS.
>> I WAS ELECTED THE FIRST
AFRICAN-AMERICAN MAYOR IN 2019.
LAWS LIKE THIS WOULD HAVE
STOPPED ME FROM BEING HERE
TODAY.
>> Priya: SOME SAY IT’S VOTER
SUPPRESSION.
>> THIS IS UNAMERICAN AND LACED
WITH RACISM.
>> AN ATTEMPT TO SUPPRESS THE
VOTE AND CHANGE THE WILL OF THE
PEOPLE BY OPPRESSION THROUGH
LEGISLATION.
>> Priya: THE COMMUNICATIONS
DIRECTOR ACCUSED DEMOCRATS OF
PLAYING THE RACE CARD.
>> IT MAKES IT EASIER TO VOTE
AND HARDER TO CHEAT.
>> Priya: THERE ARE ALLEGATIONS
OF FRAUD IN THE LAST ELECTION.
>> VOTERS OVERWHELMINGLY SUPPORT
VOTER I.D., INCLUDING THE BLACK
COMMUNITY.
>> I KNOW BLACK PEOPLE WHO WENT
TO VOTE DIDN’T SEE DEAD PEOPLE
IN LINE WITH THEM, RIGHT?
[LAUGHTER]
>> I’M MORE CONCERNED WITHOUTING
THE MOTIVATIONS FOR DOING IT
BECAUSE THEY’RE BEING
DISINGENUOUS IF IT’S ABOUT
MAKING OUR ELECTIONS SAFER.
WHAT IS IMPORTANT NOW THAT
WASN’T IMPORTANT LAST YEAR?
AND I’LL TELL YOU WHAT IT WAS,
IT’S LOSING AN ELECTION.
>> Priya: IT’S MORE THAN LIKELY
IT WILL PASS THE LEGISLATURE
CONTROLLED BY THE G.O.P. IN AN
INTERVIEW, GOVERNOR WHITMER SAID
IF THEY COME ACROSS HER DESK,
SHE WILL VETO THEM.
IN LANSING, PRIYA MANN, LOCAL 4.
>> Devin: WE’VE GOT MORE TO COME