NOW WITH THE BREAKING NEWS ALERT THAT BREAKING NEWS COMING TO US FROM DETROIT POLICE HEADQUARTERS
THAT IS WHERE VIDEO HAS JUST
BEEN RELEASED OF OFFICERS
FATALLY SHOOTING A MAN DURING A
MENTAL HEALTH CALL VIDEO JUST
RELEASED IN THE PAST HOUR. GO
STEP BY STEP THROUGH WHAT
HAPPENED DURING THAT CALL EARLY
SUNDAY MORNING ON THE CITY’S
WEST SIDE. WE WANT TO GET RIGHT
OUT TOMORROW. MCDONALD TOMORROW
THE CONFRONTATION STARTED OUT
VERY CALMLY AND THEN IT
ESCALATED FROM THERE. KIMBERLY
THAT’S WHAT THE VIDEO SHOWS. SO
WE JUST GOT OUT OF A BRIEFING
WITH THE POLICE CHIEF AND THE
UPPER COMMAND WHO SAID THAT EVEN
THOUGH THIS WHOLE THING IS ONLY
60 HOURS OLD AT THIS POINT, THEY
WANT TO GET THE VIDEO OUT THERE.
THEY WANT THE COMMUNITY TO SEE
IT BECAUSE THEY WANT TO BE
TRANSPARENT. CHIEF SAYS THERE’S
BEEN A WHOLE LOT OF
MISINFORMATION THAT’S OUT HERE.
LET ME SHOW YOU. THIS IS A
TRAGIC SITUATION. ANYTIME WE USE
FORCE. IT’S NOT THE DESIRED
OUTCOME. ANYTIME WE USE FATAL
FORCE. IT’S THE WORST OUTCOME.
DETROIT POLICE CHIEF JAMES WHITE
SHOWING THE VIDEO OF THE NIGHT
OFFICER SHOT AND KILLED 22 YEAR
OLD PORTER BURKES, THE 22 YEAR
OLD WAS IN THE MIDST OF A MENTAL
HEALTH CRISIS AND ARMED WITH AN
EIGHT INCH KNIFE FAMILY CALLED
POLICE FOR HELP. THEY FOUND THE
22 YEAR OLD WANDERING ON THE
STREET. HERE IS THE BEGINNING OF
THE INTERACTION. DROP THE KNIFE
FOR ME, MAN. COME HERE REAL
QUICK. YOU’RE OKAY. YOU’RE NOT
IN ANY TROUBLE. YOU’RE NOT IN
ANY TROUBLE. CAN YOU JUST TALK
TO ME AND DROPPED THE KNIFE? THE
OFFICER DOING MOST OF THE
TALKING IS TRAINED IN HOW TO
DEAL WITH SOMEONE UNDERGOING A
MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS OFFERING TO
HELP OFFERING TO TALK JUST
ASKING BURKES TO PUT DOWN THE
WEAPON. IT ULTIMATELY DIDN’T
WORK. THIS IS THE POINT IN THE
VIDEO WHERE BURKE’S CHARGES AT
POLICE WERE HERE TO HELP YOU,
MAN. WHATEVER YOU WANT, WE CAN
HELP YOU WITH WE CAN GET YOU
HOME OVER THE STAGING AREA RIGHT
NOW. WE JUST NEED YOU TO DROP
THE KNIFE FOR THE DEPARTMENT.
FIVE OFFICERS ON UNSEEN OPENED
FIRE FIRING 38 SHOTS. 15 HIT HIM
. THEY TOOK HIM TO THE HOSPITAL
IMMEDIATELY. MY COMMITMENT TO
THIS COMMUNITY. SINCE I HAVE
BEEN CHIEF, MY COMMITMENT TO THE
MINIMUM AND OF THIS DEPARTMENT
IS TO BE TO HOLD THEM
ACCOUNTABLE TO ALSO SUPPORT THEM
AND TO ALSO BE TRANSPARENT AND
THE ACTIONS THAT THEY
PARTICIPATE IN AND THE ACTIONS
THAT I PARTICIPATE IN, AND THIS
WAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO JUST
THAT. BACK HERE LIVE SO THE
POLICE DEPARTMENT AS WELL AS MR
BURKE’S FAMILY WHO DID SHOW UP
HERE AT DPD HEADQUARTERS. THEY
DISCUSSED HIS MENTAL HEALTH
PROBLEMS. THEY SAID HE HAD HAD
ISSUES WITH SCHIZOPHRENIA. HE
HAD STABBED FAMILY MEMBERS IN
2020, AT LEAST THREE OF THEM HE
HAD HAD COMMITMENTS AT VARIOUS
HOSPITALS FOR HIS ISSUES, THE
CHIEF SAID. IT IS CLEAR THAT THE
MENTAL HEALTH SYSTEM HAS FAILED
THIS MAN BUT HIS FAMILY WHO
TRIED TO GET INTO THE PRESS
BRIEFING TODAY BUT WAS DENIED
WAITED OUT HERE WATCHED IT
ONLINE. THEY HAVE A VERY
DIFFERENT TAKE ON HOW ALL THIS
WORKED. THEY FEEL LIKE THE
POLICE ARE RESPONSIBLE HERE, NOT
THEIR FAMILY MEMBER. TAKE A
LISTEN. I HATE TO SAY IF ANYONE
OUT HERE THAT HAVE A FAMILY
MEMBER A LOVED ONE OR EVEN
NEVER, THAT’S SUFFERING FROM
MENTAL ILLNESS HELPED THEM
YOURSELF. DON’T CALL NOW WHAT
THEY MIGHT NOT MAKE IT DON’T
CALL FOR HELP NOT CALL. PLEASE
DON’T GO ON YOUR LOVE WATCH
TRYING TO TRY TO HELP YOURSELF.
BACK HERE LIVE. IT WAS A FAMILY
MEMBER WHO HAD INITIALLY CALLED
FOR HELP STATING THAT MR BURKES
WAS HAVING AN EPISODE THAT HE
HAD A KNIFE THAT HE HAD SLASHED
A FAMILY MEMBERS, TIRES AND
LOOKING FOR HELP. THE FAMILY WE
UNDERSTAND HAS RETAINED GEOFFREY
FEIGER TO REPRESENT THEM. WE’RE
LIVE AT DETROIT POLICE
HEADQUARTERS AND MARA MACDONALD.
LOCAL 4 HAVE TO LOOK AT ANY ANY
WAY. YOU LOOK AT IT FROM DIEGO
LAUREN WILL BE WITH MACHINE A
JUDGE HAS DISMISSED CHARGES
AGAINST SEVEN PEOPLE IN THE
FLINT WATER SCANDAL THAT
HAPPENED THREE MONTHS AFTER THE
STATE SUPREME COURT SAID ONE
JUDGE GRAND JURY HAD NO
AUTHORITY TO ISSUE INDICTMENTS.
THE JUDGE’S DECISION TODAY
INCLUDES CHARGES FOR TWO FORMER
STATE HEALTH OFFICIALS BLAMED
FOR LEGIONNAIRE’S DISEASE DEATHS
. IT DOES NOT IMPACT FORMER
GOVERNOR RICK SNYDER HIS HIS
CASE IS BEING HANDLED BY A
DIFFERENT JUDGE ARE HANK
WINCHESTER IS DIGGING INTO THIS
DECISION, AND WE’LL HAVE MORE ON
WHAT IT MEANS GOING FORWARD WHEN
YOU JOIN US AT SIX. I’M
WONDERING RIGHT NOW FROM THE
STATE ABOUT PRODUCE THAT MAY BE
CONTAMINATED WITH HUMAN WASTE.
THE STATE SAYS COUNTRY GARDENS
IN HOMER WAS USING RAW,
UNTREATED HUMAN WASTE IN FIELDS
WHERE IT GREW PRODUCE THAT MAY
BE IN VIOLATION OF STATE AND
FEDERAL LAWS. IT SOLD EVERYTHING
FROM TOMATOES, PEPPERS, ONIONS,
POTATOES TO STORES ALL AROUND
METRO DETROIT STORES INCLUDE
BUSH’S FRESH FOOD MARKETS IN
CANTON, LAVONIA, FARMINGTON
HILLS, NO VIBE. PLYMOUTH
ROCHESTER HILLS, AND MORE PEOPLE
ARE BEING TOLD TO THROW AWAY
THAT PRODUCE WE HAVE A FULL LIST
OF IMPACTED STORES IN OUR AREA
AND THE PRODUCE THAT MAYBE
CONTAMINATED. JUST GO TO THE
HOME PAGE. CLICKONDETROIT.COM
TONIGHT. THERE ARE MULTIPLE NEW
DEVELOPMENTS INVOLVING OXFORD
SCHOOLS. FIRST AN EMAIL TO
PARENTS. THE DISTRICT SAYS THE
SECURITY GUARD’S GUN
ACCIDENTALLY FIRED IN A BATHROOM
AT OXFORD MIDDLE SCHOOL NOW
LUCKILY NO ONE WAS HURT. PARENTS
SENT ME THAT EMAIL THIS MORNING
AND WE STARTED DIGGING. THAT
NEWS COMES AS AN OUTSIDE
INVESTIGATION INTO THE SHOOTING
AT THE HIGH SCHOOL GETS
UNDERWAY, LET’S GET TO
JACQUELINE FRANCIS. SHE’S
FOLLOWING BOTH THOSE STORIES
FORCE TONIGHT JOINS US WITH MORE
JACQUELINE. KIMBERLY AND KAREN A
LOT TO GET TO TONIGHT. LET’S
START WITH THAT CLOSE CALL
YESTERDAY, THE DISTRICT TELLING
PARENTS THAT AN OXFORD MIDDLE
SCHOOL SECURITY GUARD WAS USING
THE BATHROOM WHEN HIS GUN
ACCIDENTALLY WENT OFF.
FORTUNATELY NO ONE WAS HURT.
THAT BULLET WENT STRAIGHT INTO
THE CEMENT SEALING. IT APPEARS
NO ONE EVEN HEARD THE GUNSHOT
OUTSIDE OF THAT BATHROOM AREA,
AND THE SECURITY GUARD REPORTED
THE INCIDENT IMMEDIATELY
AFTERWARDS AND NOW ONTO THE
OUTSIDE INVESTIGATION INTO THE
DEADLY SCHOOL SHOOTING LAST YEAR
AT THE HIGH SCHOOL, THE THIRD BY
JUST SPOKE TO THE THIRD PARTY
INVESTIGATOR, THE HEAD OF THAT
TEAM, AND HE TELLS ME THAT THEY
SIMPLY HAVEN’T TALKED TO ENOUGH
PEOPLE YET. AND THAT THEY CAN’T
DO THEIR JOB UNLESS EVERYONE IS
WILLING TO COOPERATE. AS OXFORD
STUDENTS TRY AND MOVE FORWARD
WITH THE NEW SCHOOL YEAR GUIDE,
POST SOLUTIONS AND OUTSIDE TEAM
HIRED TO INVESTIGATE LAST YEAR’S
DEADLY SCHOOL SHOOTING IS
TURNING TO THE COMMUNITY FOR
ANSWERS THE THIRD PARTY FIRMS,
CREATING A WEBSITE THAT OUTLINES
THE PROCESS. ONE CRUCIAL
COMPONENT INTERVIEWS AS
INVESTIGATORS SPENT THE SUMMER
QUESTIONING DOZENS OF STUDENTS
STAFF AND OTHERS ABOUT THE
EVENTS SURROUNDING THE TRAGEDY.
IN A STATEMENT, GUIDE POSTS,
PRESIDENT OF INVESTIGATIONS SAID
IN PART QUOTE, THESE SESSIONS
HAVE BEEN INVALUABLE. IT’S
IMPORTANT THAT OUR INVESTIGATORS
CONTINUE TO SPEAK WITH ANYONE
WHO WISHES TO SHARE RELEVANT
INFORMATION. EVERY INTERVIEW IS
IMPORTANT. THE TEAM NOW CALLING
ON ANY COMMUNITY MEMBER WITH
RELEVANT INFORMATION TO COME
FORWARD AND SCHEDULE A PRIVATE
INTERVIEW THIS PAST SUMMER,
OXFORD COMMUNITY SCHOOLS SENT
THIS EMAIL TO STAFF. INFORMING
THEM OF THE INTERVIEW PROCESS,
SAYING WELL, THEIR COOPERATION
IS APPRECIATED AND ENCOURAGED.
IT’S NOT MANDATORY OR REQUIRED
FOR THEIR EMPLOYMENT. PARENTS
HAVE BEEN OUTSPOKEN ABOUT THE
LACK OF TRANSPARENCY IN THE
PROCESS, MANY QUESTIONING WHY
THE SCHOOL BOARD CHOSE TO HIRE
AN OUTSIDE FIRM TO CONDUCT THE
INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION AFTER
ATTORNEY GENERAL DANA NESTLES
OFFICE OFFERED TO DO SO FREE OF
CHARGE. THOSE PRIVATE INTERVIEWS
ARE BEING SCHEDULED FOR NEXT
WEEK. WE HAVE THAT INFORMATION
ON HER WEBSITE
CLICKONDETROIT.COM KAREN
ALRIGHT, LET’S TALK TIMELINE,
JACQUELINE. ANY WORD IN TERMS OF
WHEN WE CAN GET SOME RESULTS
FROM THIS FINAL REPORT FROM THIS
OUTSIDE INVESTIGATION? I’M TOLD
THAT ALL DEPENDS ON THE
COMMUNITY’S LEVEL OF COOPERATION
. SO THEY SAY THE SOONER THAT
THEY GET COOPERATION FROM THE
COMMUNITY FROM EVERYBODY. THEN
THE SOONER WE’LL ALL GET THAT
REPORT. DO YOU KNOW A LOT OF
PARENTS WANT TO SHARE THEIR
OPINIONS ON HOW EVERYTHING WAS
HANDLED? THANKS, JACQUELINE. IN
DECISION 2022. WE CONTINUE TO
GET A GOOD LOOK AT THE FEELINGS
OF VOTERS HEADING INTO THE
NOVEMBER ELECTION AND OUR
EXCLUSIVE LOCAL 4 DETROIT NEWS
POLL. WE ASKED A SERIES OF
QUESTIONS ABOUT FORMER PRESIDENT
TRUMP A LITTLE MORE THAN HALF OF
PEOPLE SURVEYED HAVE AN
UNFAVORABLE VIEW OF THE FORMER
PRESIDENT AND MORE THAN HALF
BELIEVE THE FORMER PRESIDENT
BROKE THE LAW BY TAKING
CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS WITH HIM
WHEN HE LEFT THE WHITE HOUSE.
BUT WHEN IT COMES TO CURRENT
PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN, THE POLL
NUMBERS ON HIS JOB PERFORMANCE
ARE POOR ONLY 37% APPROVE. OUR
POLLSTER EXPLAINS VOTERS LOOK AT
DONALD TRUMP AND DON’T LIKE HIS
BEHAVIOR. VOTERS. LOOK AT JOE
BIDEN AND DON’T LIKE HIS
POLICIES. WE HAVE MORE EXCLUSIVE
RESULTS TONIGHT AT 11. WE’RE
LOOKING AT HOW VOTERS FEEL ABOUT
THE PROPOSALS ON THE NOVEMBER
BALLOT, INCLUDING ONE ON
ABORTION RIGHTS. THE NEW
CORONAVIRUS NUMBERS FOR THE WEEK
THE STATE IS REPORTING 12,880
NEW CASES OVER THE PAST SEVEN
DAYS. THAT IS DOWN FROM LAST
WEEK. 140 NEW DEATHS ARE ALSO
BEING REPORTED OVER THAT SAME
SEVEN DAY PERIOD TONIGHT. SEARCH
AND RESCUE CREWS ARE GOING DOOR
TO DOOR IN FLORIDA, SEARCHING
FOR SURVIVORS OF HURRICANE IN
THE DEATH TOLL NOW TAPS 100 IS
EXPECTED TO RISE OVER THE COMING
DAYS. NOW THERE ARE SOME
QUESTIONS ABOUT EVACUATION
ORDERS. AND IF THEY CAME SOON
ENOUGH, CHRIS PALLONE IS IN FORT
MYERS FOR US TONIGHT. THE
OFFICIAL NUMBER OF DEAD FROM IAN
NOW 108 WITH FOUR OF THOSE
DEATHS IN NORTH CAROLINA TONIGHT
, MORE THAN 1000 SEARCH TEAM
MEMBERS FROM 11 STATES ARE STILL
GOING DOOR TO DOOR IN THE
HARDEST HIT AREAS SIX DAYS AFTER
LANDFALL. IN HARD HIT FORT MYERS
BEACH. SEARCH AND RESCUE TEAMS
ARE GOING DOOR TO DOOR. MAKING
SURE EVERYONE WHO CAN BE SAVED
IS THAT REQUIRES VERY EXTENSIVE
, TEDIOUS, VERY SLOW, METHODICAL
, SEARCHING EVERY STRUCTURE,
HOME BUSINESSES, EVEN VEHICLES.
COUNTY SHERIFF SAYS THE
INTENSIVE SEARCH WILL LAST THREE
OR FOUR MORE DAYS, AT LEAST 55
PEOPLE WHO DIDN’T MAKE IT WERE
FOUND IN THIS COUNTY. AND THOSE
NUMBERS COULD GO UP. I PRAY TO
GOD AGAIN THAT THEY DON’T BUT
UNTIL WE GO THROUGH THE RUBBLE
UNTIL WE SEE EXACTLY WHAT WE
HAVE, WHEN NOT CERTAIN WHO IS
MISSING AND WHAT THOSE NUMBERS
WILL BE. THOSE WHO DID STAY HOME
DURING IAN NOW REFLECTING ON
WHAT WAS LOST AND WHAT COULD
HAVE BEEN LOST. BIG MISTAKE. BIG
MISTAKE INLAND EFFECTS STILL
BEING FELT THE SAINT CLOUD
COMMUNITY JUST ONE DEALING WITH
FLOODING FROM RISING RIVERS,
LIKE A LOT OF WATER, BUT I NEVER
SEE SOMETHING LIKE THIS IN MY
LIFE BACK AND FORTH MYERS BEACH
FOR THOSE NOW STARTING OVER
SIMPLE THINGS BRING THE GREATEST
JOY HOUSE AND TURNED THE AIR
AROUND THE POWERS ON CAME UP.
YOU KNOW, I’M HAPPY WE CAN HAVE
MARGARITAS TODAY. BEAUTIFUL. WHO
A LIGHT MOMENT IN A TIME OF
OVERWHELMING DARKNESS, QUESTIONS
ABOUT WHETHER THIS COUNTY LEE
COUNTY WAITED TOO LONG TO ISSUE
MANDATORY EVACUATIONS BEFORE IAN
HIT, STATE AND LOCAL OFFICIALS
INSIST. NO THEY DIDN’T THEY SAY
PEOPLE IN THIS AREA NO TO
PREPARE FOR HURRICANE STARTING
IN JUNE. IN FORT MYERS BEACH,
FLORIDA, CHRIS PALLONE BACK TO
YOU. NICE TO SEE THAT BRIEF