>> LIVE FROM DOWNTOWN DETROIT,
HOME OF WDIV AND CLICK ON
DETROIT, LOCAL 4 NEWS AT 6:00 STARTS NOW.
STARTS NOW.
>> SOME DOCTOR’S OFFICES,
DENTISTS AND VETERINARIANS
ALLOWING NONESSENTIAL PATIENTS
FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MONTHS.
COMING UP, WE’LL TELL YOU WHAT THE CHANGES WILL LOOK LIKE FOR
THE CHANGES WILL LOOK LIKE FOR
PATIENTS AND ANIMALS ALIKE AT
YOUR NEXT VISIT.
>> UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS PUT ON
HOLD FOR THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ALL
BECAUSE OF A HUGE PROBLEM
INVOLVING SCAMMERS AND YOUR
PERSONAL INFORMATION.
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW IN MY HELP
ME HANK REPORT.
>> KIMBERLY: OKAY, AND PEOPLE IN DOWNTOWN DETROIT ARE JOINING
DOWNTOWN DETROIT ARE JOINING
WITH OTHERS. PEOPLE IN DOWNTOWN DETROIT ARE
PEOPLE IN DOWNTOWN DETROIT ARE
JOINING WITH OTHERS ACROSS THE
NATION AND PROTESTING INCIDENTS
OF POLICE BRUTALITY AS THE
FORMER OFFICER IN THE GEORGE
FLOYD CASE IS TAKEN INTO
CUSTODY.
FORMER MINNEAPOLIS POLICE
OFFICER DEREK CHAUVIN A FACING
CHARGES INCLUDING THIRD DEGREE
MURDER AND MANSLAUGHTER IN THE
DEATH OF GEORGE FLOYD.
>> DEVIN: FOR MANY THAT DECISION
HAS COME TOO LATE.
JASON COLTHORP HAS BEEN
FOLLOWING ALONG, WHAT STARTED AS
A PEACEFUL PROTEST.
I UNDERSTAND THERES’ BEEN AT
LEAST ONE ARREST IN DETROIT?
>> YEAH, DEVIN, THAT SET OFF
SOME UNREST HERE.
THINGS GOT VERY CLOSE MOMENTS
AGO OF GETTING WAY OUT OF HAND.
YOU SEE A CROWD HERE CHASING
DOWN THE STREET.
THOSE FOUR OFFICERS ON HORSEBACK
MOMENTS AGO WERE TRYING TO CLEAR
THE CROWD AWAY FROM A POLICE CAR
AFTER IT HAD MADE AN ARREST AND
JUST A FEW SECONDS AGO, THEY
NEARLY PULLED AN OFFICER AND HIS
HORSE OVER.
IT REALLY GOT DANGEROUS HERE AND
YOU COULD PROBABLY HEAR A
HELICOPTER CLOSE OVERHEAD.
A FEW MINUTES AGO, POLICE
CLEARLY MADE THE DECISION IT WAS
TIME TO DISPERSE THIS CROWD WHICH IS NOW THROUGH CORKTOWN AT
WHICH IS NOW THROUGH CORKTOWN AT
THE CORNER OF MICHIGAN AND ROSA
PARKS.
AND WHEN THEY MADE THAT
DECISION, THEY BROUGHT IN THE CHOPPER VERY LOW, SIRENS VERY
CHOPPER VERY LOW, SIRENS VERY
LOUD, SQUAD CARS MOVED IN
AGGRESSIVELY AND THE CROWD,
WHICH HAD JUST HAD ITS HIGH
POINT MARCHING THROUGH CORKTOWN CHANTING GEORGE FLOYD’S NAME.
CHANTING GEORGE FLOYD’S NAME.
YES, A LITTLE BIT OF ANTI-POLICE
RHETORIC, BUT THEN, IT WAS
QUICKLY FOLLOWED WITH AN ARREST
OF ONE PROTESTER AND THAT SET
OFF A HUGE BARRAGE OF PROTESTERS
CROWDING THAT SQUAD CAR, NOT
LETTING THEM LEAVE.
NOW, IT’S NOW JUST RIGHT NOW
CALMING DOWN, WHICH IS THE GOOD
THING AND THIS WAS A GOOD
PEACEFUL PROTEST FOR QUITE A
WHILE.
I WANT YOU TO TAKE A LISTEN FROM
ONE OF THE PROTESTERS WE TALKED TO A LITTLE BIT EARLIER.
TO A LITTLE BIT EARLIER.
>> WE WANT JUSTICE AND WE WANT
PEACE.
WE WANT HIM PROSECUTED TO THE
FULLEST EXTENT.
THE JUSTICE SYSTEM NEEDS TO
SERVE US AND WE WANT JUSTICE
NOW.
>> IT’S NOT FAIR TO SEE MY SONS
WITH TEARS IN THEIR EYES BECAUSE
THEY WORRY IF THEY’RE GOING TO BE NEXT.
BE NEXT.
IT’S NOT FAIR.
>> JASON: NOW, AGAIN, PROTESTERS
ARE STARTING TO KIND OF-- IT’S FIZZLING OUT NOW GOING BACK
IT’S FIZZLING OUT NOW GOING BACK
TOWARD CORKTOWN ON MICHIGAN HERE
AT THE CORNER OF ROSA PARKS AND
THEY’D MARCHED A LONG WAY, IT
STARTED AT POLICE HEADQUARTERS
AND WENT DOWNTOWN TO CAMPUS
MARTIUS, UP WOODWARD TO CASS AND
THEN TO MICHIGAN AND ALL THE WAY
OUT HERE.
GOOD CHANTING GOING ON.
A LOT OF PEACEFULNESS.
THERE WAS NOTHING VIOLENT UNTIL
THAT PROFESSOR WAS ARRESTED.
NO, NO, NO, I DON’T NEED IT,
THANK YOU.
AND THEN, NOW, IT’S JUST
STARTING TO BREAK UP A LITTLE
BIT AS WE SEE EVERYBODY STARTING
TO MAKE THEIR WAY BACK TO POLICE
HEADQUARTERS.
BUT WE’RE GOING TO STAY WITH
THIS AND SEE HOW LONG IT GOES,
I’M GOING TO SEND IT BACK TO YOU
IN THE STUDIO.
>> KIMBERLY: OKAY, WE’LL CHECK
ON YOU LATER AND ON THE NEWS AT
11:00.
JASON, WE APPRECIATE IT.
AND HERE IS THE LATEST ON THE
GEORGE FLOYD CASE, A PROSECUTOR
CHARGES THE FORMER MINNEAPOLIS
POLICE OFFICER WITH THIRD DEGREE
MURDER AND MANSLAUGHTER.
THE NEWLY RELEASED CRIMINAL
COMPLAINT SAYS THAT DEREK
CHAUVIN HAD HIS KNEE ON FLOYD’S
NECK MORE THAN EIGHT MINUTES AND
INCLUDING THREE MINUTES WHEN
FLOYD WAS UNRESPONSIVE.
RIGHT NOW THREE OTHER OFFICERS
INVOLVED ARE NOT CHARGED.
THE PROSECUTOR SAYS MORE CHARGES
COULD BE COMING.
>> MEANWHILE, IT WAS A SECOND
DAY OF PROTESTS TODAY OUTSIDE
THE WASHTENAW COUNTY SHERIFF’S
OFFICE AFTER VIDEO OF A BEATING
HIT SOCIAL MEDIA EARLY TUESDAY
MORNING.
>> KIMBERLY: BUT THERE’S IN YOU
INFORMATION TONIGHT THAT MAY
CHANGE THE WAY THIS CASE IS
VIEWED.
LOCAL 4’S ROD MELONI IS IN ANN
ARBOR TONIGHT WITH THE LATEST.
ROD.
>> YEAH, KIMBERLY, IT’S A SIMPLE
QUESTION, WHAT IS THE PROPER
RESPONSE FOR A POLICE OFFICER IF
HE GETS BITTEN DURING AN ARREST.
THAT WAS THE SPECTER THAT WAS
RAISED THIS AFTERNOON IN A NEWS
CONFERENCE WITH THE WASHTENAW
COUNTY SHERIFF WHICH CAME
SHORTLY AFTER A PROTEST THAT WAS HELD RIGHT HERE BEHIND ME.
HELD RIGHT HERE BEHIND ME.
THIS IS THE ENMATANIMATING VIDEO
THROWING PUNCHES AT SHANITA
GRADY EL. THE RALLY BROUGHT IN PEOPLE,
THE RALLY BROUGHT IN PEOPLE,
DOZENS OF SIGNS DECRYING RACE
AND POLICE BRUTALITY.
>> THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF HOW THE
POLICE CAN BE SO AGGRESSIVE EVEN
WHEN WE’RE NOT TRYING TO BE.
THAT WAS NOT A GOOD LOOK,
ESPECIALLY AT THIS TIME, BUT
WHAT I WILL SAY IF WE’RE--
>> AN UNEXPECTED SURPRISE CAME
WHEN SHANITA GRADY EL AND HER
HUSBAND SHOWED UP.
SHE HAD JUST LEFT THE JAIL AFTER
AN OUTSTANDING ARREST WARRANT
FROM TAYLOR PUTTING HER BEHIND
BARS.
I’VE HAD A CONVERSATION WITH THE
SERGEANT OR TWO, I’M NOT SAYING
EVERYBODY IS BAD THAT’S IN LAW
ENFORCEMENT, BUT THOSE BAD
APPLES MAKE THE WHOLE BAG SEEM
ROTTEN.
>> THIS IS THE SCUFFLE FROM THE
ARRESTING OFFICER’S BODY CAM.
THE SHERIFF SAYS IT WAS HERE
THAT THE DEPUTY WAS BITTEN.
WE ASKED SHERIFF JERRY CLAYTON
IF THESE PUNCHES ARE THE PROPER
RESPONSE.
>> I’M GOING TO RESIST
COMMENTARY ON THAT BECAUSE I
WANT TO MAKE SURE I DON’T DO ANYTHING AND NOTHING THAT I SAY
ANYTHING AND NOTHING THAT I SAY
SWAYS OR INTERFERES WITH THE
INVESTIGATOR’S INVESTIGATION OR
ANY OF THE DECISIONS MADE BY THE
ATTORNEY GENERAL.
>> WHAT HE’S TALKING ABOUT THERE
IS THE ATTORNEY GENERAL WILL
MAKE CHARGING DECISION, WHETHER
OR NOT TO MAKE CHARGES IN THIS
CASE WITH THAT OFFICER.
AND IT’S THE MICHIGAN SHERIFF’S
ASSOCIATION THAT IS CONDUCTING
THE INVESTIGATION INTO THAT.
BACK TO YOU.
>> DEVIN: AND WHAT IS THE STATUS
WITH THE OFFICER RIGHT NOW, ROD?
>> THE OFFICER IS OFF DUTY ON
ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE AWAITING
THE DECISIONS IN THIS CASE.
>> DEVIN: AS WE DO AS WELL.
ALL RIGHT, ROD.
>> KIMBERLY: ALL RIGHT, MOVING
NOW TO THE LATEST ON THE CROHN’S CRISIS AND MICHIGAN’S RESPONSE.
CRISIS AND MICHIGAN’S RESPONSE.
WE’VE LOST 34 MORE MICHIGAN
RESIDENTS TO THE VIRUS AND THE
STATE IS REPORTING 607 NEW
CASES.
>> DEVIN: GOVERNOR WHITMER IS
GOING TO TESTIFY IN A HEARING
NEXT WEEK.
IT WILL BE DONE REMOTELY, BUT IT
WILL BE BEFORE A CONGRESSIONAL
SUBCOMMITTEE ABOUT MICHIGAN’S
RESPONSE TO THE VIRUS AND WHAT
STATES NEED RIGHT NOW FROM
WASHINGTON.
WHITMER WILL JOIN THE GOVERNORS
OF ARKANSAS AND COLORADO AND ASK
CONGRESS TO PASS A FOURTH
STIMULUS PACKAGE TO HELP STATES
THAT ARE ALL FACING LARGE BUDGET
CRISIS NOW.
>> KIMBERLY: GOVERNOR WHITMER
SAYS SHE’S CONFIDENT IN THE
COMING DAYS SHE’LL BE ABLE TO ANNOUNCE MORE AND SHE AND HER
ANNOUNCE MORE AND SHE AND HER
TEAM WILL LOOK AT MORE THAN THE
NUMBERS.
>> DEVIN: THE GOVERNOR STRESSED
THE IMPORTANCE OF KNOWING WHERE
THE NEW CASES ARE MAKING TESTING
SO IMPORTANT.
>> THAT’S WHY CONTEXT MATTERS.
IF IT ALL HAPPENS AT ONE POINT,
YOU KNOW, A CONGREGATE CARE
FACILITY OR A WORKPLACE, THAT’S
DIFFERENT THAN IF IT IS
RANDOMIZED SPREAD ACROSS THE
COMMUNITY.
THE LATTER IS MUCH MORE
CONCERNING AND SO, CONTEXT IS A
PART OF THE CALCULATION AS WELL
AND I KNOW THAT THAT’S AN
UNSATISFACTORY ANSWER FOR
PEOPLE, THAT JUST WANT TO SEE
NUMBERS ON A DASHBOARD AND KNOW
THAT SOMETHING AUTOMATICALLY
HAPPENS, BUT THAT IS THE
IMPORTANT ASPECT OF WHAT PUBLIC
HEALTH IS AND HOW PUBLIC HEALTH
WORKS.
>> KIMBERLY: AND PATIENTS
WATING FOR NONESSENTIAL
TREATMENT FROM THEIR DOCTORS OR
DENTISTS CAN BREATHE A SIGH OF
RELIEF.
>> DEVIN: AS OF TODAY, DOCTORS, DENTISTS AND VETERINARIANS CAN
DENTISTS AND VETERINARIANS CAN
START ACCEPTING THE PATIENTS
AGAIN.
AS GRANT FOUND OUT THINGS CAN
LOOK DIFFERENT ON THE NEXT
VISIT.
>> WHETHER IT’S FOR HUMANS OR
ANIMALS, THERE WILL BE MORE
SAFETY PROVISIONS IN PLACE,
ESPECIALLY IN CLOSE QUARTERS.
>> COME ON IN.
>> IT’S A BIG STEP IN REOPENING
MICHIGAN, NONESSENTIAL
OUTPATIENT CARE ALLOWED TO
CONTINUE FOR DOCTORS, DENTISTS
AND VETERINARIANS.
BUT IT’S NOT WITHOUT STRICT
GUIDELINES FROM MIOSHA,
INCLUDING THESTANDARD SOCIAL
DISTANCING RULES AND SUBSIDE
WAITING.
IN PLACES LIKE DOCTORS OR
DENTISTS OFFICE WHEN PATIENT AND
CARE GIVERS HAVE TO BE INCHES
APART, THE RULES CHANGE FROM LOW RISK CHECKUPS WHERE MASKS WILL
RISK CHECKUPS WHERE MASKS WILL
DO, WHERE HIGH RISK PROCEDURES
WHERE DROPLETS CAN BE SPREAD
WHERE FULL FACE SHIELDS AND
SANITIZING ARE EXPECTED.
>> WE ARE GOING TO HAVE SOME
MORE SPECIAL EQUIPMENT, SOME
HIGH VOLUME EVACUATION TYPE
EVACUATIONS AT THE SOURCE TO
REALLY REDUCE AS MUCH OF THAT AS POSSIBLE.
I CAN’T QUITE SAY ZERO AND ON
TOP OF THAT, ANOTHER LAYER OF
AIR FILTRATION AND STERILIZATION
AS WELL.
>> YOU WERE VERY GOOD.
>> THE VETERINARIAN OFFICES
FAMILY PETS WILL ONCE AGAIN BE
ABLE TO GET THEIR CHECKUPS, TOO,
GOOD LUCK GETTING AN APPOINTMENT
UNLESS IT’S URGENT.
>> RIGHT NOW, IF YOU CALL, I
THINK OUR NEXT AVAILABLE APPOINTMENT IS EITHER THE 22ND
APPOINTMENT IS EITHER THE 22ND
OR THE 23RD OF JUNE.
>> AND THAT WAIT INTERNET JUST
FOR FOUR-LEGGED PATIENTS.
DOCTORS AND DENTIST OFFICES SAY THEY’VE GOT LONG BACK LOGS AND
THEY’VE GOT LONG BACK LOGS AND
WAITING PERIODS, TOO, FOR THOSE
ANXIOUS TO GO BACK IN FOR A
VISIT, THE BEST ADVICE IS TO
GIVE THEM A CALL AHEAD OF TIME
TO EASE ANY OF THOSE FEARS.
IN DETROIT, LOCAL 4.
>> DEVIN: ALL RIGHT, GRANT.
NOW TO A HELP ME HANK SCAM ALERT
YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT.
THIS IS AFFECTING THOUSANDS WHO
HAVE FILED FOR UNEMPLOYMENT AND
EVEN MANY WHO HAVEN’T.
>> KIMBERLY: THAT’S RIGHT, AS
CONSUMER INVESTIGATOR HANK
WINCHESTER SHOWS US, EVEN SOME
WDIV EMPLOYEES HAVE BEEN
TARGETED AS PART OF THE SCAM.
>> THIS IS A HUGE PROBLEM
AFFECTING PEOPLE NOT ONLY HERE
IN MICHIGAN, BUT ALL OVER THE
COUNTRY.
SCAMMERS TRYING TO MAKE THEIR
MOVE, TRYING TO GET YOUR
PERSONAL INFORMATION AND YOUR
MONEY MONEY.
SCAMMERS MOVING IN ON THE
UNEMPLOYMENT SYSTEM AND THE
PROBLEM SO BIG NOW, SOME WHO
HAVE FILED LEGITIMATELY ARE
HAVING THEIR ACCOUNTS PUT ON HOLD AS UIA INVESTIGATES.
HOLD AS UIA INVESTIGATES.
>> MY CLAIM HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED
AS REQUIRED ADDITIONAL VER IF
ICATION STEPS SO I DON’T KNOW
WHAT THAT MEANS.
SOMEONE ELSE USED MY INFORMATION
TO TRY AND OPEN AN ACCOUNT? I DON’T KNOW.
I DON’T KNOW.
>> IT HAPPENED TO JENNIFER FROM
BERKLEY.
>> I’M IN A LUCKY POSITION IN
THIS MY HUSBAND IS STILL WORKING
FULL-TIME.
BUT FOR PEOPLE WHO THIS IS THEIR
ONLY SOURCE OF INCOME, THIS HAS
TO BE TERRIFYING.
>> RIGHT NOW JENNIFER IS NOT
RECEIVING HER BENEFITS AND LIKE
THOUSANDS OF OTHERS HAS NO IDEA
WHEN HER HOLD WILL BE LIFTED.
ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THING,
SCAMMERS ARE WORKING TO STEAL
THE IDENTITIES OF THOSE WHO
HAVEN’T FILED.
FORMER LT. GOVERNOR CALLIE ON
TWITTER ANNOUNCING HE WAS
TARGETED AND SO, TOO, WERE WDIV
EMPLOYEES LIKE JAMIE KAY
WALTERS.
>> AND NOW IN OUR HUMAN
RESOURCES DEPARTMENT CALLED ME
AND SAID DID YOU APPLY FOR
UNEMPLOYMENT? AND I SAID NO.
AND I SAID NO.
>> OUR WDIV HR TEAM RECEIVING
LETTERS THAT APPEAR TO BE FROM
THE UNEMPLOYMENT AGENCY ABOUT
EMPLOYEES WHO NEVER FILED.
JAMIE’S NOW CONCERNED HER
PERSONAL INFORMATION IS IN THE
WRONG HANDS.
>> YOU JUST WONDER HOW PEOPLE
GOT YOUR INFORMATION, WHY THEY
CHOSE YOU AND WHETHER OR NOT,
LIKE WHAT IT ALL MEANS.
>> AND IF YOU’VE BEEN TARGETED, IT’S IMPORTANT THAT YOU CONTACT
IT’S IMPORTANT THAT YOU CONTACT
THE UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE
AGENCY, ALSO YOUR LOCAL POLICE
AND THE ATTORNEY GENERAL.
MAKE SURE EVERYONE IS AWARE AND DOING EVERYTHING THAT CAN BE
DOING EVERYTHING THAT CAN BE
DONE TO PROTECT YOUR PERSONAL
INFORMATION.
I’M HANK WINCHESTER, HELP ME
BANK.
>> KIMBERLY: OKAY, HANK, THANKS.
THIS DAY HAS HAD QUITE A
TURN-AROUND IN THE WEATHER
DEPARTMENT.
HI THERE, BEN.
>> BEN: YEAH, KIM AND DEVIN, IT
LOOKS LIKE WE’RE SAILING INTO
THE WEEKEND WITH THE SUNSHINE
AND THE DRIER AIR, BUT WE’RE NOT
DONE WITH THE STORM CHANCES JUST
YET.
WE’LL CHECK 4 LIVE RADAR FOR YOU
NEXT.
>> WE’LL CHECK WITH YOU IN A BIT
AND WE WILL BE RIGHT BACK WITH A
LIVE UPDATE ON THE PROTESTS THAT
STARTED IN DOWNTOWN DETROIT AND
SPILLED INTO CORKTOWN, THAT HAS
LED TO AT LEAST ONE ARREST. STAY WITH US.