>> Announcer: LIVE FROM DOWNTOWN
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DETROIT, HOME OF WDIV AND CLICK
ON DETROIT.
LOCAL 4 NEWS AT 5:00 STARTS NOW!
>> Shawn: A BELOVED WAYNE COUNTY
SHERIFF’S DEPUTY ATTACKED AND
KILLED INSIDE THE WAYNE COUNTY
JAIL.
HOW HIS DAUGHTER IS REMEMBERING
HIM AND THE "DEFENDERS" ASKING
WHY WAS HE MAKING HIS ROUNDS
ALONE?
>> Jason: MICHIGAN STATE POLICE
ARE INVESTIGATING ANOTHER
FREEWAY SHOOTING, THIS TIME IN
TAYLOR.
HEAR FROM THE VICTIM WHO
SURVIVED.
>> Kim: WE BEGIN WITH MAJOR
BREAKING NEWS FROM LANSING.
AFTER HINTING AT IT FOR WEEKS,
GOVERNOR WHITMER SAID GYMS IN
MICHIGAN WILL BE ALLOWED TO
REOPEN.
>> Jason: THAT ORDER RELEASED
LATE THIS AFTERNOON SAYS GYMS
CAN OPEN NEXT WEDNESDAY AND HIGH
SCHOOL SPORTS CAN RESUME.
>> Kim: IT’S 24 HOURS AFTER THE
GOVERNOR HINTED AT THE DECISION
BUT WOULD NOT COMMIT.
MARA MACDONALD HAS THE KEY
POINTS IN THIS ORDER.
MARA? >> Mara: TWO THINGS FOR
>> Mara: TWO THINGS FOR
EVERYBODY TO KNOW GOING FORWARD.
NUMBER ONE, IF YOU WANT TO GO TO
THE GYM, YOU HAVE TO WEAR A MASK
FOR THE ENTIRETY OF YOUR
WORKOUT.
FRIDAY NIGHT SPORTS ARE BACK BUT
IT WILL LOOK DIFFERENT.
>> A HUGE SIGH OF RELIEF TODAY.
>> Mara: THE OWNER OF PLANET
FITNESS WHO WAS ONE OF THE
DRIVING FORCES BEHIND WHAT GYMS
REOPENING MEANS TO THEM.
>> A TON OF THOUGHT WENT INTO
THAT REOPENING PLAY BOOK IN
TERMS OF CLEANING AND SANITIZING
THE CLUB.
>> Mara: THEY HAVE THE SAFETY
PROTOCOLS, LIKE CLEANING AND
DISTANCED EQUIPMENT.
YOU HAVE TO WEAR A MASK THROUGH
THE DURATION OF YOUR WORKOUT IF
YOU GO.
AS FAR AS HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS, IT
WILL BE UP TO INDIVIDUAL
DISTRICTS AND TEAMS ABOUT
WHETHER TO PLAY THIS FALL.
IF THEY DO, GAMES WILL LOOK MUCH
DIFFERENT.
NO MORE CROWDS.
INDOORS, LIMITED TO 2 GUESTS PER
ATHLETE.
FOR OUTDOOR GAMES, 2 GUESTS PER
PARTICIPANT OR LESS THAN 100
PEOPLE TOTAL.
BACK HERE LIVE.
THE GOVERNOR AS WELL AS THE
MHSAA GOT A LOT OF PUSHBACK.
DR. NIKOLAI VITTI TWEETING OUT
LATE THIS AFTERNOON AFTER THE
DECISION, AND THIS IS WHY I
FOUGHT FOR FOOTBALL THIS SEASON.
HE IS RETWEETING ONE OF HIS
COACHES WHO SAID THE KIDS ARE
CALLING SO HAPPY THAT THEIR
SEASON HAS BEEN REINSTATED.
LIVE DOWNTOWN TONIGHT, BACK TO
YOU.
>> Kim: MARA, WHAT CHANGED
BETWEEN YESTERDAY’S NEWS
CONFERENCE AND TODAY’S
ANNOUNCEMENT, ANY IDEA?
>> Mara: I THINK THE ANSWER IS
THERE’S BEEN NO CHANGE.
WHAT WE’RE SEEING IS AN EXAMPLE
OF LANSING TIMING AND DIDN’T
WANT TO RELEASE IT YESTERDAY
BECAUSE THEY HAD OTHER THINGS
THEY PREFERRED TO RELEASE.
>> Kim: IT MADE A LOT OF PEOPLE
HAPPY, FOR SURE.
>> Jason: AS A RESULT OF THE
GOVERNOR’S ORDER, THE MHSAA SAID
FOOTBALL TEAMS WILL BE ALLOWED
TO GET BACK ON THE FIELD THIS
COMING TUESDAY TO RESUME
PRACTICE WITH GAMES STARTING IN
TWO WEEKS.
>>> HEARTBREAK FOR THE WAYNE
COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT
AFTER A BELOVED CORPORAL WAS
KILLED BY AN INMATE INSIDE THE
COUNTY JAIL.
>> Kim: CORPORAL BRYANT SEARCY
WAS AN 18 YEAR VETERAN AND A
BELOVED HUSBAND AND FATHER AND
BEING REMEMBERED AS ONE OF THE
GOOD GUYS.
>> Shawn: ABSOLUTELY.
AND THIS IS SUCH A TRAGEDY ON SO
MANY LEVELS.
WE’LL GET TO THAT.
FIRST, WE’RE REMEMBERING
CORPORAL SEARCY, SPEAKING TO THE
PASTOR AT THE CHURCH THEY WENT
TO IN DETROIT.
HE SAID, WHEN CORPORAL SEARCY
SMILED, YOU FELT IT.
YOU’LL SEE IT IN THE PHOTOS
WE’LL SHOW YOU.
WE SPOKE TO THE CORPORAL’S
DAUGHTER WHO GOT A CALL FROM HER
MOTHER THAT WAS ABSOLUTELY
CRUSHING.
WHEN THE CORPORAL WAS ATTACKED
BY AN INMATE AND LOST HIS LIFE,
HIS DAUGHTER AT COLLEGE IN NORTH
CAROLINA GOT A CALL FROM HER
MOTHER.
>> MY MOTHER COULDN’T TELL ME.
MY GODMOTHER TOLD ME.
>> Jason: TODAY, A MASSIVE
OUTPOURING OVER THE LOSS OF THE
18-YEAR VETERAN DEPUTY WHO
TOUCHED LIVES EVERYWHERE HE
WENT.
SHE WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER HIS
MESSAGES.
>> HE ALWAYS MADE SURE I KNEW
THAT THE GOOD I DID TO OTHERS
WOULD COME BACK TO ME.
>> Shawn: HIS DEATH ROCKING THE
SHERIFF’S OFFICE.
>> WHAT WAS THE MESSAGE TO THE
WIFE AND DAUGHTER?
>> WE’LL BE HERE FOR YOU ANY WAY
WE CAN.
>> Shawn: HIS PASTOR.
>> THE GREATEST ACHIEVEMENT WAS
THE LOVE HE SHARED WITH HIS WIFE
AND HE IMPARTED IN HIS DAUGHTER.
>> Shawn: HE WORKED WITH HIM FOR YEARS.
>> HE STOOD OUT AS SUCH A
PROFESSIONAL.
>> Shawn: THE QUESTION IS, HOW
DID THIS HAPPEN?
WE’RE DIGGING INTO THAT AT 6:00.
STAY TUNED.
WE’RE LEARNING THIS INMATE
SOMEHOW BLOCKED THE LOCK ON HIS
CELL DOOR.
INVESTIGATORS LOOKING INTO HOW
HE WAS ABLE TO DO THAT, SO THE
DOOR WOULD NOT LOCK.
WE’RE ALSO LOOKING INTO THE FACT
THAT SOURCES ARE TELLING US THAT
CORPORAL SEARCY WAS MAKING HIS
ROUNDS ALONE, A MAJOR PROBLEM!
HIS PARTNER WAS NOT WITH HIM AND
THE ATTACK LASTED 20-30 MINUTES.
MUCH MORE AT 6:00.
>> Kim: IT’S AWFUL!
I KNOW HE DIDN’T ALWAYS WORK IN THE JAIL.
THE JAIL.
HE HAD AN IMPACT AT JUVENILE
COURT AS WELL.
>> Shawn: JUVENILE COURT WHERE
HE WAS WORKING AS A DEPUTY AND
DOING MUCH MORE.
YOU HAVE YOUNG PEOPLE COMING
THROUGH IN CRISIS.
SO HE WOULD TAKE THE TIME TO
TALK TO THEM.
WE HEARD A STORY THAT HE CARRIED
A ROLODEX OF MOTIVATIONAL
QUOTES, AND HE WOULD WHIP IT OUT
AND READ A QUIT RIGHT THEN AND
THERE AND TOUCHED LIVES
EVERYWHERE HE WENT.
WHEN HE SMELLED, YOU FELT IT.
>> Kim: WHAT A LOSS, WHAT A
TRAGEDY!
SHAWN, THANKS.
>> Jason: TODAY, THE STATE
REPORTS 685 NEW CORONAVIRUS
CASES, 161 MORE THAN YESTERDAY.
ALONG WITH THAT, 10 MORE
MICHIGANDERS HAVE DIED FROM THE
VIRUS IN THE PAST DAY.
>> Kim: A DRIVER ON I-94 SAID
MULTIPLE SHOTS FIRED AT HIS CAR
AT I-94 AND TELEGRAPH AND LEFT
THE FREEWAY SHUT DOWN FOR HOURS
FOR POLICE TO INVESTIGATE.
OUR GRANT HERMES SPOKE TO THE
DRIVER WHO SAID HE WAS NEARLY
SHOT.
>> Grant: NO ONE WAS HURT BUT
IT’S ANOTHER FREEWAY SHOOTING IN
METRO DETROIT BEFORE THOUSANDS
TAKE TO THE ROADS FOR LABOR DAY
WEEKEND.
>> ESPECIALLY WHERE MICHIGAN
STATE POLICE SAID IT SHOULD HAVE
BEEN, THAT WAS VERY CLOSE.
I’M LUCKY TO BE ALIVE TODAY.
>> Grant: HE WAS ON HIS WAY TO
WORK AND NOTICED A DRIVER
WEAVING IN AND OUT OF TRAFFIC,
PASSING EACH OTHER SEVERAL TIMES
ON I-94.
I CAUGHT UP TO HIM, SWITCHED
LANES TO GET IN FRONT OF HIM SO
I COULD PASS THE CAR IN FRONT OF
ME AND GOT BACK OVER. I GUESS HE DIDN’T LIKE THAT.
I GUESS HE DIDN’T LIKE THAT.
AND A CASE OF ROAD RAGE
HAPPENED.
>> Grant: THE DRIVER OPENED
FIRE, 5-7 SHOTS, 1 HITTING HIS
WINDSHIELD.
IT SHUT DOWN I-94 AS MORNING
TRAFFIC STARTED TO PICK UP.
THIS COMES ON THE EVE OF ONE OF
THE BUSIEST DRIVING HOLIDAYS OF
THE YEAR.
VAUGHAN IS NOW AMONG THOSE
SHAKEN DRIVERS BUT SAID HE WAS
THANKFUL IT WASN’T WORSE.
>> A LITTLE SHOOKEN UP, BUT IT’S
ANOTHER DAY.
IT COULD HAVE BEEN WORSE.
>> Grant: MICHIGAN STATE POLICE BELIEVES THE SHOOTER IS IN A
BELIEVES THE SHOOTER IS IN A
WHITE PONTIAC AND THE SHOOTING
IS STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION.
>> Kim: MULTIPLE DETROIT
ORGANIZATIONS CALLED FOR CHIEF
JAMES CRAIG TO RESIGN AND THAT’S
NOT ALL.
>> Jason: THEY’RE CALLING FOR
THE DETROIT POLICE DEPARTMENT TO
BE DEFUNDED.
MORE ON THEIR MESSAGE AND THE
RESPONSE FROM THE DPD TONIGHT,
ROD.
>> Rod: YOU KNOW, JASON, THEY
WANT A LOT MORE THAN JUST CHIEF
CRAIG TO PACK UP AND LEAVE
POLICE HEADQUARTERS HERE.
HERE’S A SHEET.
40 DIFFERENT GROUPS ARE SAYING THEY’RE TRYING TO GET THE
THEY’RE TRYING TO GET THE
DEPARTMENT TO CHANGE ITS WAY IN
MANY DIFFERENT WAYS.
>> WE DON’T NEED POLICING.
>> WE DO NOT NEED THE POLICE TO
MAKE OUR COMMUNITY BETTER.
>> POLICE ARE INHERENTLY
VIOLENT.
>> WE DO NOT NEED THE POLICE TO
BE IN OUR COMMUNITY TERRORIZING
US EVERY DAY.
>> Rod: THE GROUPS ARE ANGRY
ABOUT DETROIT POLICE BREAKING UP
THIS DOWNTOWN PROTEST AUGUST
23rd WITH TEAR GAS AND 42
ARRESTS.
[HORNS HONKING]
>> Rod: THEY ALSO BELIEVE THE
SHOOTING OF HAKEEM LITTLETON WAS
EXTREME FORCE. SHE WANTS AN ALTERNATIVE.
SHE WANTS AN ALTERNATIVE.
>> WE NEED SOMEONE WHO CARES
MORE AND ISN’T WILLING TO -- KNOWS WHEN TO BACK DOWN AND
KNOWS WHEN TO BACK DOWN AND
SUPPORT THE NEEDS OF THE PEOPLE.
>> Rod: TRISTAN TAYLOR HAS
JOINED IN.
>> CHIEF JAMES CRAIG HAS FAILED
TO REIN IN HIS POLICE OFFICERS AND BRING TRANSPARAPHERNALIAITY
AND BRING TRANSPARAPHERNALIAITY
AND ACCOUNTABILITY TO THE
DEPARTMENT.
>> Rod: THE CHIEF PUT OUT THIS STATEMENT:
>> Rod: HIS BOSS MAYOR MIKE
>> Rod: HIS BOSS MAYOR MIKE DUGGAN TOLD LOCAL 4...
DUGGAN TOLD LOCAL 4...
>> HE HAS THE KIND OF APPROVAL
RATINGS POLITICIANS ONLY HOPE
FOR.
HE’S BEEN DOING AN OUTSTANDING JOB.
WE HAVEN’T SEEN ANY LOOTING OR
FIRES, UNLIKE MANY OTHER MAJOR
CITIES IN AMERICA.
>> Rod: THE GROUP WANTS MONEY
FUNNELED FROM THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT INTO SOCIAL PROGRAMS
WHERE THEY SAY IT WOULD BE
BETTER USED.
AND THEY WANNA SEE FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OUT OF THE CITY,
ENFORCEMENT OUT OF THE CITY,
THAT THEY SAY CHIEF JAMES CRAIG
WAS VERY SUPPORTIVE OF.
>> Jason: PRESIDENT TRUMP
DRAWING CRITICISM AFTER
SUGGESTING THAT VOTERS CAST
BALLOTS IN PERSON AND BY MAIL TO
TEST THE TIME.
>> Kim: THE PRESIDENT SAYING,
GOING TO YOUR POLLING PLACE TO SEE WHETHER OR NOT YOUR MAIL-IN
SEE WHETHER OR NOT YOUR MAIL-IN
BOAT HAS BEEN TABULATED, AND IF
NOT, THEN VOTE.
TWITTER SLAPPING IT WITH A
WARNING LABEL FOR VIOLATING ITS
RULES.
IT COMES AS FACEBOOK ANNOUNCES IT WILL BAN NEW POLITICAL ADS IN
IT WILL BAN NEW POLITICAL ADS IN
THE WEEK BEFORE ELECTION DAY.
ANALYSTS WARN THERE ARE POSTS
THAT COULD SPREAD
MISINFORMATION.
>> FACEBOOK ISN’T GOING TO
POLICE THIS AS AGGRESSIVELY AS
IT SHOULD.
>> Kim: NORTH CAROLINA WILL BE
THE FIRST TO START VOTING WITH
HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF
ABSENTEE BALLOTS GOING IN THE
MAIL TOMORROW.
>>> AHEAD AT 6:00, LOCAL CLERKS
ARE WEIGHING IN ON WHAT THE
PRESIDENT SAID ABOUT VOTING AND
THE SAFEGUARDS PUT IN PLACE TO
PREVENT FRAUD FROM HAPPENING.
>>> MUCH NOR COME ON A THURSDAY.
LET’S CHECK IN WITH HANK. >> Hank: COLON CANCER, AFFECTING
>> Hank: COLON CANCER, AFFECTING MORE AND MORE YOUNG PEOPLE LIKE
MORE AND MORE YOUNG PEOPLE LIKE
DETROIT RADIO PERSONALITY
SAMUELSSON AND CHADWICK BOSEMAN.
AND I’M GOING FOR THE PROCEDURE.
"HELP ME HANK" TONIGHT.
>> Ben: STORM TRACKER 4 HAS
SHOWERS TO THE NORTH.
WE’LL SEE IF THEY SURVIVE AND
WHAT ELSE IS TO COME, AND THE LABOR DAY WEEKEND AHEAD.
LABOR DAY WEEKEND AHEAD.
>> Jamie: THIS YEAR, IT’S BEEN
DIFFICULT TO BE A BIG 10
FOOTBALL PLAYER.
>> IT’S FRUSTRATING, AN
EMOTIONAL ROLLER COASTER.
>> Jamie: WHAT THE WOLVERINES