IMAGINE THIS AT YOUR FRONT DOOR. RABID RACCOON ON THE LOOSE FAMILY CALLED SEVERAL AGENCIES
TO GET IT REMOVED. AND THEY SAY
NO ONE WOULD DO A THING ABOUT IT
. BUT WE’RE GOING TO BEGIN
TONIGHT WITH THREE TEAMS, SAYING
AN ENCOUNTER WITH POLICE LED
THEM INJURED AND TERRIFIED THEY
TREATED ME. KIDS ALL THAT WE’RE
TRYING TO DO IS GO GO HOME.
FAMILY CLAIMS THEIR THREE
CHILDREN WERE ASSAULTED BY EAST
POINT POLICE WHILE THEY WERE
TRYING TO GET INTO AN UBER TO
GET HOME FROM SCHOOL. GLAD
YOU’RE WITH US TONIGHT AT 11 I’M
DEVIN SCILLIAN KIMBERLY GILL
THEY ALSO CLAIMED THEY WERE
STONEWALLED BY THE DEPARTMENT
WHEN THEY TRIED TO FILE A
COMPLAINT. JACQUELINE FRANCIS IS
LIVE TONIGHT. JACQUELINE. THAT
COMPLAINT JUST GOT FILED.
KIMBERLY AND DEVIN. LET ME FIRST
SHOW YOU WHERE WE’RE AT. THAT’S
EAST POINT HIGH SCHOOL, WHICH IS
RIGHT NEXT TO THE SHOPPING PLAZA
AT NINE MILES AND GRATIOT.
YESTERDAY SCHOOL GOT OUT
STUDENTS CAME INTO THE PARKING
LOT AND A FIGHT BROKE OUT,
PROMPTING POLICE TO GET INVOLVED
AS POLICE WERE HANDLING THE
SITUATION. THREE SIBLINGS WERE
TRYING TO GET IN THERE UBER TO
GO HOME FROM SCHOOL, AND THINGS
TOOK A TURN. YOU CAN’T TELL US
TO GO THAT WAY, BECAUSE WE PAY
FOR THE UBER AND WE’RE GETTING
IN IT TO GO HOME. SO THEY
EVENTUALLY STOPPED US. THEY
GRABBED MY SISTER 16 YEAR OLD
DANIEL WILLINGHAM, DESCRIBING AN
INCIDENT WITH EAST POINT POLICE
THURSDAY. DANIEL AND HIS TWO
YOUNGER SISTERS SAY POLICE WERE
DOING CROWD CONTROL AFTER
BREAKING UP A FIGHT THAT THEY
HAD NO PARDON WHEN THEY KEPT
WALKING TO THEIR UBER. DESPITE
THE OFFICER’S INSTRUCTIONS, THEY
SAY THINGS GOT PHYSICAL LIKE
HER, AND I’M SO HURT PHYSICALLY
AND EMOTIONALLY BECAUSE OF WHAT
THEY DID, AND IT WASN’T JUST ONE
POLICEMAN. IT WAS TOO AND I AM
ONLY 15. AND ON THIS SMALL, SO I
DON’T SEE WHY HE HAD TO HAVE TWO
POLICEMEN. OMI SKYLA WAS THE
ONLY ONE OF THE THREE DETAINED.
TAKEN BACK TO THE STATION. SHE
WAS GIVEN A $385 TICKET FOR
PUBLIC NUISANCE. THEIR PARENTS
WERE ON THE PHONE WITH THEIR
KIDS WHEN IT HAPPENED ON THE
OTHER SIDE OF THE LINE HERE IN
MY CHILDREN SCREAM AND UNTIL THE
OFFICERS TO LET THEM GO. AND I’M
NOT RIGHT THERE. PHYSICALLY, I
WAS JUST ANXIETY WAS JUST GOING
THROUGH ME. I JUST WAS DROPPED.
EVERYTHING I DID TO RUN TO WHEN
MY CHILDREN WERE ALL THREE KIDS
SAY THEY WERE PHYSICALLY HANDLED
BY POLICE, THE YOUNGEST OF WHICH
IS JUST 13 TOLD ME TO SIT DOWN.
BUT A DIFFERENT COP CAME AND
TOLD ME TO STAND UP, SO I DIDN’T
KNOW WHAT TO DO. THE FAMILY
ACCUSING OFFICERS OF EXCESSIVE
FORCE THEY ARE GREAT KIDS, GREAT
STUDENTS, HONORABLE STUDENTS, SO
TO KNOW THAT THEY’RE NEVER IN
TROUBLE, NEVER IN FIGHTS. IT WAS
JUST ALL SO SUDDEN. I COULDN’T
BELIEVE IT. ALL THREE KIDS WERE
TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL WITH MINOR
INJURIES. TODAY THE FAMILY WAS
ABLE TO GO TO THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT AND THEY DID FILE A
FORMAL COMPLAINT. THEY’RE ALSO
CONSIDERING A LAWSUIT AT THIS
TIME. WE DID REACH OUT TO EAST
POINT POLICE ASKING THEM WHAT
HAPPENED FOR THEIR COMMENT, AND
IF WE COULD SEE THE OFFICER BODY
WORN CAMERAS FROM THE INCIDENT
YESTERDAY, ALL THEY COULD TELL
US AT THIS TIME IS THAT THEY
RECEIVED THE COMPLAINT FROM THE
FAMILY AND THAT IT IS BEEN
FORWARDED ON TO BE INVESTIGATED
. REPORTING LIVE IN HIS POINT,
JACQUELINE FRANCIS LOCAL 4. WE
WOULD EXPECT THAT VIDEO WOULD
TELL US A LOT. ALL RIGHT,
JACQUELINE. OUR OTHER TOP STORY
TONIGHT AT 11 NEIGHBORS IN TROY
CALLED THE POLICE, ANIMAL
CONTROL AND THE DNA ARE ALL
TRYING TO GET A RABID RACCOON
REMOVED FROM THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD
. WHEN THEY COULDN’T GET HELP.
THEY ENDED UP GROWLING THE POOR
THING BY THEMSELVES. MARK
MCDONALD IS LIVE IN TROY
TONIGHT, MARA. THERE’S ANOTHER
LAYER TO ALL OF THIS. KIMBERLY
THERE IS TAKE A WALK WITH ME.
NUMBER ONE. TAKE A LOOK BEHIND
ME. THAT’S AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
. NOW WE’VE WALKED THREE STEPS.
THAT’S THE SUBDIVISION WHERE
THIS RACCOON WAS REALLY RIGHT
AROUND THE CORNER. CHILDREN WALK
THAT PATH TO SCHOOL EVERY DAY.
IF YOU WERE CONFRONTED WITH THIS
THIS MORNING, YOU LIKELY WOULD
BE WORRIED TO NEIGHBORS IN TROY
CALLED POLICE AND WERE TOLD TO
CALL ANIMAL CONTROL OR THE D N R
D N R SAYS NOT OUR PROBLEM.
OAKLAND COUNTY SAID NOPE. NOT
OUR PROBLEM. MULTIPLE NEIGHBORS
PUSHED BACK ON THAT CLAIM AND
WERE THEN BOUNCED AROUND TO
VARIOUS NUMBERS AND VOICEMAIL IS
FRUSTRATING BECAUSE NO ONE CAN
SEEM TO TELL US WHAT TO DO. IN
FACT, NEIGHBORS WERE TOLD BY
SOMEONE AT ANIMAL CONTROL TO
JUST LET THE RACCOON GO ON ITS
WAY. THAT WASN’T GOING TO HAPPEN
. THEY WERE WORRIED ABOUT THE
KIDS, SO THEY TRAPPED IT
THEMSELVES. WHEN WE INFORMED ONE
OF THE AGENCIES THAT WE HAD, IN
FACT, CONTAIN THE ANIMAL, THEN
WE WERE TOLD THAT THAT IS
AGAINST THE LAW IN TROY TO TRAP
WILD ANIMALS CALLED THE OAKLAND
COUNTY EXECUTIVE’S OFFICE THIS
EVENING TO FIND OUT WHAT IS
GOING ON. TO THEIR CREDIT. THEY
JUMPED ON THIS IMMEDIATELY NOW,
TYPICALLY, THE COUNTY’S ANIMAL
CONTROL DOES NOT RESPOND TO
RACCOONS. HOWEVER IF THERE IS A
DANGER TO PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY
CHILDREN, THEY WILL AND SHOULD.
HOW THIS BALL GOT DROPPED IS
SOMETHING WHICH WILL BE
UNRAVELED THIS WEEKEND. IT’S
FRUSTRATING. IT MAKES ME FEEL A
LOT BETTER THAT THERE WAS AN
ADMISSION THAT THERE IS
SOMETHING THEY COULD DO AND
SHOULD HAVE DONE. SO I FEEL
BETTER ABOUT THAT. BUT IT IS
UNFORTUNATE THAT I MEAN, 10
HOURS LATER, BEFORE WE ACTUALLY
GOT A RESPONSE. BACK HERE ALIVE
AFTER NEIGHBORS GOT THE POOR
THING CORRALLED WITH A RAKE AND
SOMEONE’S DOG’S CAGE THEY CALLED
AN INDEPENDENT CRITTER CONTROL
COMPANY THAT COULD FIT THEM IN
TODAY, WHEN THAT GUY CAME OUT,
SAW THE ANIMAL, HE SAID. THERE’S
NO QUESTION IN HIS MIND THAT IT
WAS RABID. WE’RE LIVE IN TROY
TONIGHT. I’M MARA MACDONALD.
LOCAL 4 FRUSTRATING AND SCARY
FOR ANYBODY WHO LIVES IN THAT
AREA. ARE WE APPRECIATE YOUR
STORY TONIGHT TO WATCH THAT
ANIMAL IS CLEARLY AN AGONY
EXACTLY. POLICE IN GROSSE POINTE
PARK OR INVESTIGATING TONIGHT
AFTER AN 83 YEAR OLD WOMAN WAS
ATTACKED INSIDE A HOME. THIS
ATTACK HAPPENED ON BERKSHIRE
ROAD JUST OFF JEFFERSON. POLICE
SAY THE WOMAN HAS MAJOR INJURIES
, INCLUDING SEVERE HEAD TRAUMA.
OFFICERS LATER ARRESTED A FEMALE
SUSPECT AND RECOVERED A NUMBER
OF STOLEN ITEMS FROM THE HOME TO
DETROIT POLICE OFFICERS IN
ANOTHER WOMAN OR CHARGED IN
CONNECTION WITH A HOME INVASION
IN MACOMB COUNTY. PROSECUTORS
SAY OFFICERS BRIANNA CARBONNEAU
AND DANA SEARS, ALONG WITH
COLLEEN COMPTON, FORCED OUR WAY
INTO ANOTHER OFFICER’S ROSEVILLE
HOME AND DESTROYED AND STOLE HIS
PROPERTY. THE RELATIONSHIP
BETWEEN THE PEOPLE INVOLVED. NOT
CLEAR YET. THE HOME INVASION
HAPPENED IN APRIL. THE TWO
DETROIT OFFICERS ARE SUSPENDED,
THOUGH, WITH PAY RIGHT NOW AND
ALL OUT EFFORT THROUGH THE
WEEKEND TO GET A DETROIT SCHOOL
DISINFECTED BEFORE THE STUDENTS
COME BACK ON MONDAY, MARCUS
GARVEY ACADEMY CLOSED AFTER A
KINDERGARTNER DIED FROM AN
ILLNESS AND SEVERAL OTHERS WERE
SICKENED. THE ILLNESS IS
IDENTIFIED AS HEMOPHILIA C.
INFLUENZA IT’S A BACTERIAL
INFECTION THAT CAN CAUSE A RANGE
OF ILLNESSES. THE HEALTH
DEPARTMENT SAYS THOSE WITH CLOSE
CONTACTS OR SYMPTOMS SHOULD GET
PREVENTIVE MEDICINE. FAMILIES
ARE BEING SENT LETTERS WITH
INSTRUCTIONS. THE SCHOOL WILL
REOPEN MONDAY. ALL RIGHT NOW TO
NEW INFORMATION. WE’RE LEARNING
CHARGES IN THE DEATH OF A MAN IN
CANTON, AND PROSECUTORS SAY IT
WAS A FRIENDSHIP THAT TURNED
DEADLY 50 YEAR OLD JEFFREY LOCK
IS CHARGED IN THE DEATH OF 69
YEAR OLD GLENN MCLEAN. STAY
LOCKED, BEFRIENDED THE OLDER MAN
STAY AT HIS HOME, HELPING REPAIR
MACLEAN’S CARS. BUT ON TUESDAY
REPORTED MCLEAN AND ONE OF HIS
CARS MISSING, POLICE SAY LOCK
WAS DRIVING THAT MISSING CAR.
MCLEAN’S BODY WAS FOUND IN THE
TRUNK. DRIVER IS KILLED IN A
HORRIFYING, WRONG WAY CRASH ON 6
96 POLICE SAY THE AT FAULT
DRIVER WAS DRUNK BEHIND THE
WHEEL. 62 YEAR OLD MAN FROM
HARPER WOODS WAS KILLED WHEN A
JEEP LIBERTY PLOWED INTO
ONCOMING TRAFFIC DRIVING EAST IN
THE WESTBOUND LANES. STATE
POLICE TRYING TO ALERT THE
DRIVER, BUT HE NEVER STOPPED THE
DRIVER OF THE JEEP. AND A
PASSENGER HAVE MINOR INJURIES.
STATE POLICE SUSPECT BOTH WERE
DRUNK AT THE TIME. THAT WASN’T
THE ONLY WRONG WAY ACCIDENT
STATE POLICE DASH CAM FROM THE
BAY CITY POST SHOWS A DRIVER
GOING THE WRONG WAY, AND I 75%
TO USE A PIT MANEUVER TO GET THE
DRIVER TO STOP AND ARREST AREA.
POLICE SAY THE PASSENGER IN THE
CAR HAD BEEN KIDNAPPED AND
CALLED 911 FOR HELP. NO INJURIES
ENDED UP BEING REPORTED DR.
ANTHONY FAUCI, THE MAN WHO
HELPED LEAD THE RESPONSE TO THE
COVID 19 PANDEMIC, SERVED AS
COMMENCEMENT SPEAKER TODAY AT
MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY. IN
HIS SPEECH, THE DOCTOR ADDRESSED
THE SENTIMENT AGAINST HIM AND
THE SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY AS A
WHOLE. THE RISE OF AN ANTI
SCIENCE SENTIMENT IS PART OF A
PERVASIVE AND LARGER, EVEN MORE
TROUBLESOME PROBLEM IN OUR
SOCIETY. WHAT I REFER TO AS THE
NORMALIZATION. AND THE
ACCEPTANCE OF UNTRUTHS. DR FAUCI
WAS AWARDED AN HONORARY
DOCTORATE SHORTLY BEFORE GIVING
THAT SPEECH. ALRIGHT NOW WE TURN
TO THE WEATHER. YOU CAN’T BEAT
THIS SLIGHT LOOK AT THIS
BEAUTIFUL SHOT OF THE DETROIT
SKYLINE FOR OUR WINDSOR SKY CAM.
IT’S A CRYSTAL CLEAR NIGHT AFTER
WHAT TURNED OUT TO BE A REALLY
NICE DAY, BUT THERE ARE SOME
CONCERNS ABOUT RAIN FOR PART OF
THE WEEKEND. LET’S GET OVER TO
KIM ADAMS AND A FIRST LOOK AT
THE 41 FORECAST KIM THIS
AFTERNOON. THE STORM PREDICTION
CENTER DID PUT US IN A MARGINAL
RISK FOR SEVERE WEATHER ON
SUNDAY, NOT TOMORROW, BUT SUNDAY
, SO ANYWHERE YOU PICTURE HERE
IN GREEN IS AT A MARGINAL RISK.
THE RISK LEVEL GOES FROM
MARGINAL ALL THE WAY UP TOO HIGH
. SO THIS IS THE LOWEST RISK
LEVEL, WHICH MEANS THAT WE’RE
NOT EXPECTING WIDESPREAD SEVERE
WEATHER BY ANY MEANS, AND IT
DOES NOT INCLUDE MACOMB COUNTY
IN THE NORTHERN PARTS OF OAKLAND
COUNTY. BUT IT IS SOMETHING THAT
WE WILL CERTAINLY BE KEEPING AN
EYE ON FOR YOU OVER THE NEXT 24
TO 48 HOURS. SO ON SUNDAY
MORNING, MOSTLY SUNDAY MORNING,
WE COULD EXPECT SOME HIGH WINDS
IN SOME OF THESE STORMS. ALSO
THE POSSIBILITY OF HAIL, BUT WE
ARE NOT CONCERNED ABOUT FLOODING
OR TORNADOES. THE MAIN THREAT
REALLY IS GOING TO BE WINDS
GETTING TOO SEVERE THRESHOLDS
WHICH WOULD BE OVER 60 MPH
LITTLE HAIL CAN’T BE ROLLED OUT.
BUT THAT DOES NOT MEAN THAT
WEEKEND IS GOING TO BE AWASH. IN