>> LIVE FROM DOWNTOWN DETROIT,
HOME OF WDIV AND CLICK ON
DETROIT, LOCAL 4 NEWS AT
11:00 STARTS NOW.
>> CLOUDS KEPT TEMPERATURES LOW,
WE EEKED UP TO 80 TODAY, BUT THE
HEAT COMES ROARING BACK ON
FRIDAY.
HOW MANY 90-DEGREE DAYS LIE
AHEAD.
>> Devin: ALONE IN THE RAIN,
SEVERAL DETROIT PUBLIC SCHOOL
STUDENTS CAUGHT IN THE AFTERMATH
OF SOME PROTESTS.
GLAD YOU’RE WITH US FOR LOCAL 4
NEWS AT 11:00.
NEARLY A DOZEN ARRESTS OF PEOPLE
PROTESTING IN PERSON SUMMER
SCHOOL DISRUPTED THE BUS
SCHEDULE TODAY.
>> Kim: IT LED TO SOME
STUDENTS BEING CAUGHT IN THE
RAIN AND A 9-YEAR-OLD LITTLE
GIRL LEFT ALONE FOR MORE THAN A
HALF-HOUR IN A WEST SIDE NEIGHBORHOOD.
JASON COLTHORP HAS THE STORY.
>> Reporter: THESE PROTESTS
ARE NOW FOUR DAYS STRONG, KIM, AND THE MOTHER I SPOKE TO SAID
AND THE MOTHER I SPOKE TO SAID
THAT THE DPSCD AND THIS BUSING
COMPANY SHOULD HAVE BEEN BETTER
PREPARED BECAUSE OF THAT.
AND INSTEAD IT LED TO HER
9-YEAR-OLD BEING STRANDED AS
WELL AS SOME OTHER KIDS.
>> A TERRIBLE DAY FOR ME.
>> Reporter: A TERRIBLE DAY
FOR TAYLOR DAVIS BECAUSE IT
BEGAN WITH HER STANDING IN THE
RAIN FOR ALMOST 40 MINUTES, ALONE.
>> SO SHE WAS STANDING THERE, BY
HERSELF.
SHE’S 9.
>> Reporter: TO GET TO HER
SCHOOL, TAYLOR IS PICKED UP NEAR
HOME AND MINUTES LATER TRANSFERS TO ANOTHER BUS AT DICKSON
TO ANOTHER BUS AT DICKSON
ELEMENTARY, BUT TODAY THE SECOND
BUS WASN’T THERE.
>> YOU’RE ACROSS THE STREET FROM
A REALLY WELL-KNOWN DRUG AREA.
SO HOW DO I KNOW THAT THEY’RE
NOT GOING TO JUST POSSIBLY SEE
MY CHILD RUNNING AROUND AND TAKE
HER.
ANYTHING COULD HAVE HAPPENED. >> THERE WAS NOBODY THERE SO I
>> THERE WAS NOBODY THERE SO I
GOT SCARED SO I JUST WENT BACK,
LIKE THE GARDEN PLACE IS AN
AREA, I WENT TO THE ROOF PART
AND THEN I SAW BUSES AND THEY
JUST DROVE PAST.
>> SHE’S WANDERING AROUND,
THAT’S NOT OKAY.
>> Reporter: THE SECOND BUS
EVENTUALLY SHOWED UP, BUT
CRYSTAL STILL HASN’T COOLED OFF. >> I’M UPSET.
>> I’M UPSET.
I’M UPSET.
>> Reporter: THE BUSSES ARE
RUN BY ABC STUDENT
TRANSPORTATION.
AFTER AN INITIAL NO COMMENT, THE
COMPANY GAVE US A STATEMENT
SAYING IT WAS PROTESTERS WHO
BLOCKED THE BUSSES AND WERE
EVENTUALLY ARRESTED, THAT THREW
THE TIMING OF THE ROUTES INTO
DISARRAY.
>> THE PROTESTERS DIDN’T STOP
THE BUS DRIVER FROM LETTING MY
CHILD OFF, AT AN UNSUPERVISED
LOCATION.
YOUR LACK OF COMMUNICATION PUT
MY CHILD IN DANGER AND THAT’S
NOT OKAY.
>> Reporter: ABC ALSO TOLD ME
IT GOT SEVERAL CALLS FROM
CONCERNED PARENTS EARLIER TODAY
ABOUT THAT, BUT IT SAYS IT WAS
ABLE TO PICK UP EVERY STUDENT,
MAKE SURE THEY WERE TAKEN TO THE
SCHOOL SO THEY HAD NO ISSUES AS
THE DAY WENT ON.
KIMBERLY?
>> Kim: WHAT DOES THE DISTRICT
HAVE TO SAY ABOUT THIS?
>> Reporter: NOT MUCH.
CERTAINLY NOT TO US ANY WAY, WE
COULDN’T GET A COMMENT.
THEY REFERRED US TO THE BUSING
COMPANY, AND THE SUPERINTENDENT
ON TWITTER INDIRECTLY BLAMED THE
PROTESTERS AS WELL.
BUT CRYSTAL IS ALSO A LITTLE
UPSET THAT SHE COULDN’T EVEN GET
A SIMPLE APOLOGY FROM THE
SUPERINTENDENT’S OFFICE, OR FROM
THE BUSING COMPANY.
AND HER MESSAGE IS PRETTY
SIMPLE.
DO BETTER.
LEARN FROM THIS, SO IT DOESN’T
HAPPEN TO ANOTHER CHILD AND
ANOTHER FAMILY.
>> Kim: AND GLAD THE LITTLE
GIRL IS OKAY TONIGHT.
ALL RIGHT, JASON, WE APPRECIATE
IT.
>> Devin: JASON IS OUT THERE
ON A HUMID NIGHT ACROSS DETROIT.
>> Kim: IT IS.
LET’S CHECK IN WITH BEN ON
WHETHER IT WILL STICK AROUND.
>> THE HUMIDITY IS GOING TO GO
DOWN, THAT’S GOOD NEWS.
BUT THE FLIP SIDE OF THAT IS
TEMPERATURES ARE GOING TO GO UP,
SO ANY WAY YOU CUT IT TOMORROW
IS GOING TO FEEL A LOT HOTTER
THAN TODAY.
WE DID HAVE CLOUDS TO PROTECT
US.
THOSE HAVE GONE AWAY, AND AS THE
CLOUDS EXIT WITH THE MOISTURE
THAT WE HAD TODAY WE’RE STARTING
TO GET SOME FOG, IN FACT
VISIBILITY IS DOWN TO A QUARTER
MILE IN ANN ARBOR, A MILE IN
PORT HURON, AND THREE IN LA
PEER.
SO I DO EXPECT THERE WILL BE
AREAS OF PATCHY FOG HANGING
AROUND AS WE HEAD INTO TOMORROW
MORNING.
IT’S NOT THE JEDI, BUT THE
RETURN OF THE HEAT.
THREE STRAIGHT DAYS IN THE 90’S,
WILL THAT BE IT?
WE’LL HAVE THE FULL FORECAST IN
A FEW MINUTES.
>> Devin: CORNELIUS FRED RICKS
DIED FROM BEING RESTRAINED AT A
KALAMAZOO YOUTH HOME.
NOW THE STATE IS ANNOUNCING NEW
EMERGENCY RULES TO PREVENT
ANOTHER SUCH TRAGEDY.
MARA, FOR STARTERS, NO MORE
PLACING CHILDREN FACE DOWN WHILE
RESTRAINING THEM.
>> Reporter: THAT’S RIGHT.
WHAT WE’RE HEARING OUT OF THE
STATE IS THIS.
AFTER THIS VIDEO THAT YOU’RE
ABOUT TO SEE WENT PUBLIC, STATE
SAYS THAT IT IS GOING TO BE
ANNOUNCING CHANGES TO THE
PROTOCOLS THAT ARE USED ON
CHILDREN WHO ARE IN STATE CARE
FACILITIES.
TAKE A LOOK.
THIS IS THE VIDEO FROM INSIDE
KALAMAZOO’S LAKESIDE ACADEMY.
YOU SEE THE BEGINNING OF WHAT THE MEDICAL EXAMINER SAYS KILLED
THE MEDICAL EXAMINER SAYS KILLED
16-YEAR-OLD CORNELIUS FREDRICKS.
ATTORNEY FIEGER IS REPRESENTING
HIS FAMILY.
>> CORNELIUS FREDRICKS DID NOTHING, HE’S A CHILD.
NOTHING, HE’S A CHILD.
HE THREW A SANDWICH, AND HE WAS
EXECUTED, ON VIDEOTAPE.
>> Reporter: FREDRICKS WAS
APARDONNED THE STATE, HIS MOTHER
WAS DEAD AND HIS FATHER COULDN’T
CARE FOR HIM.
HE THREW A SANDWICH IN THE
CAFETERIA AND YOU CAN SEE STAFF
PILE ON TOP OF HIM, INCLUDING LYING ON TOP OF HIM, FOR AS LONG
LYING ON TOP OF HIM, FOR AS LONG
AS 12 MINUTES.
THE TEEN COULDN’T BREATHE, ENDED
UP AT THE HOSPITAL IN INTENSIVE
CARE AND DIED, ACCORDING TO THE
MEDICAL EXAMINER, FROM RESTRAINT
ASPHYXIA.
TONIGHT THE STATE OF MICHIGAN IS
CHANGING THE RULES FOR
FACILITIES LIKE LAKESIDE, WHICH
ARE PAID BY THE STATE TO CARE
FOR CHILDREN.
WHAT YOU SEE HAPPENING TO
16-YEAR-OLD CORNELIUS WILL NOT
BE ALLOWED ANY MORE.
ANYTHING THAT RESTRAINS
BREATHING OR PLACING A CHILD
FACE DOWN TO RESTRAIN IS A NO
GO.
WITH MORE CHANGES TO CHILD
WELFARE PRACTICES COMING FROM
THE MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES.
BACK HERE LIVE, SO FAR THREE OF
THE WORKERS AT LAKESIDE IN
KALAMAZOO HAVE BEEN CHARGED WITH
INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER.
JEFFREY FIEGER IS GOING AFTER
THE STATE FOR $100 MILLION IN A
WRONGFUL DEATH SUIT.
LIVE IN SOUTH FIELD, I’M MARA
MCDONALD, BACK TO YOU.
>> Kim: BREAKING NEWS JUST IN
FROM DEARBORN WHERE POLICE ARE
INVESTIGATING A SHOOTING AT A
LIQUOR STORE.
THESE ARE LIVE PICTURES FROM
FIVE STAR LIQUOR, POLICE SAY TWO
MEN WERE SHOT, THEY WERE
CUSTOMERS GOING INTO THE STORE
WHEN THEY WERE HIT.
WE’RE TOLD THAT BOTH ARE IN
CRITICAL CONDITION.
POLICE ARE ASKING ANY WITNESSES
TO CALL DEARBORN POLICE.
>> Devin: NOW TO THE LATEST ON
CORONAVIRUS IN MICHIGAN WITH THE
STATE REPORTING ANOTHER 645
CONFIRMED CASES TODAY.
>> Kim: AND WE’VE LOST ANOTHER
16 LIVES, ALTHOUGH THAT NUMBER
INCLUDES 13 DEATHS UNCOVERED
DURING THE STATE’S REVIEW OF
RECORDS.
TODAY’S CASE COUNSEL IS DOWN
ABOUT 250 FROM YESTERDAY.
MEANWHILE TODAY’S HEADLINES,
WEST BLOOMFIELD SCHOOLS
ANNOUNCING WEST BLOOMFIELD HIGH
SCHOOL WILL STICK WITH STRICTLY
ONLINE LEARNING IF THE STATE
REMAINS IN PHASE FOUR.
WHILE STUDENTS IN GRADES K THROUGH 8 WILL HAVE A MIX OF
THROUGH 8 WILL HAVE A MIX OF
ONLINE AND IN PERSON LEARNING.
DESPITE CASES ON THE RISE,
HILLSDALE COLLEGE PLANS TO HOLD
AN IN PERSON GRADUATION CEREMONY
THIS SATURDAY.
MICHIGAN ATTORNEY GENERAL
NESSEL’S OFFICE SAYS THE EVENT
IS AGAINST THE LAW, AS
GATHERINGS OF MORE THAN 100
PEOPLE IN THAT PART OF THE STATE
ARE PROHIBITED.
>> Devin: THE OWNERS OF
HARPER’S BAR IN EAST LANSING
WILL HAVE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS
ABOUT THE CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK
THAT INFECTED SOME 180 PEOPLE.
THE MICHIGAN LIQUOR CONTROL
COMMISSION HAS ORDERED A HEARING
WHERE THE OWNERS.
EARLIER THIS MONTH GOVERNOR
WHITMER ORDERED BARS TO CLOSE,
CITING THE OUTBREAK AT HARPER’S.
NEXT WEEK’S HEARING COULD RESULT
IN THEIR LIQUOR LICENSE BEING SUSPENDED.
WE’LL FOLLOW IT.
ON THE WEST SIDE ONE PERSON IS
SHOT IN AN S.U.V., HAPPENED JUST
BEFORE 3:30 THIS AFTERNOON NEAR
GLADSTONE.
POLICE SAY THREE PEOPLE WERE
INSIDE THIS RED S.U.V. WHEN
ANOTHER CAR PULLED UP AND
SOMEONE BEGAN FIRING SHOTS
INSIDE.
ONE PERSON WAS HIT AND TAKEN TO
THE HOSPITAL WITH NONLIFE
THREATENING INJURIES.
>> Kim: THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT’S $600 A WEEK
UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS SET TO
EXPIRE IN 10 DAYS, THERE’S A NEW
PUSH IN WASHINGTON TO EXTEND THE BENEFITS.
TODAY CONGRESSWOMAN DINGELL AND
TLAIB HELD A PRESS CONFERENCE
CALL FOR AN EXTENSION.
>> THESE ARE OUR NEIGHBORS,
THESE ARE DAUGHTERS, MOTHERS,
FATHERS, PEOPLE THAT ARE TRYING
TO DO THEIR BEST WITH NO FAULT
OF THEIR OWN, THE PANDEMIC HAS
IMPACTED THEM.
WE CAN’T SIT BY AND NOT ALLOW US
TO PROVIDE UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS.
>> ALL OF A SUDDEN WE’RE GOING
TO STOP PAYING UNEMPLOYMENT AND
PEOPLE WHO SHOULDN’T BE AT WORK
WHO NEED TO STAY HOME ARE GOING
TO BE AFRAID THAT THEY CAN’T
STAY HOME, AND THAT IS THE
BIGGEST DANGER TO COMMUNITY
SPREAD IN THE SPIKES WE’RE
SEEING.
>> Kim: THERE’S BEEN A MOVE IN WASHINGTON TO NEGOTIATE AN
WASHINGTON TO NEGOTIATE AN
EXTENSION, BUT MCCONNELL SAID IT
LIKELY WOULDN’T COME BEFORE BENEFITS RUN OUT.
BENEFITS RUN OUT.
DIRP MICHIGAN’S EVICTION --
>> Devin: MIRMT’S EVICTION BAN
HAS BEEN EXTENDED THROUGH AUGUST
YESTERDAY THE MAYOR ANNOUNCED
MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN AID TO
HELP DETROITERS IN NEED.
ANY DETROIT RESIDENTS OF RISK AT
EVICT SHOULD CALL THIS NUMBER.
866-313-2520, TO GET FREE LEGAL
DEFENSE AND RENTAL ASSISTANCE.
>>> THE HISTORIC HAMTRAMCK
STADIUM WILL SOON LOOK
DIFFERENT.
>> Kim: THE BALLPARK THAT WAS
ONCE HOME TO THE DETROIT STARS
IS ONE OF ONLY FIVE REMAINING
NEGRO FIELDS STILL STANDING, I
WENT WAS JUST AWARDED A FEDERAL
GRANT TO REPAIR THE PARK.
THE MONEY WILL GO TOWARD
RENOVATING THE STADIUM WITH
PLANS TO IMPROVE THE SEATS AND
GRAND STAND.
STILL AHEAD, A NEW BOMBSHELL
REPORT ALLEGES DISTURBING
ALLEGATIONS AGAINST AN NFL
FRANCHISE.
>> Devin: WE’LL HAVE A LOOK AT
WHAT MORE THAN A DOZEN FORMER
EMPLOYEES SAY HAPPENED TO THEM
WHILE THEY WERE WORKING FOR THE
TEAM.
>> TRY TO PREPARE YOURSELF FOR
EVERYBODY ELSE’S EMERGENCY,
NEVER REALLY YOUR OWN UNTIL IT
HAPPENS.
>> Kim: HE’S A FIREFIGHTER AND
FATHER OF TWO, HOW HIS LIFE
SAVING TRAINING SAVE HIS OWN
SON’S LIFE.
>> Devin: BUT FIRST, A LEGAL
FIGHT BREWING DOWN SOUTH PITTING GOVERNOR AGAINST MAYOR, ALL OVER
GOVERNOR AGAINST MAYOR, ALL OVER
WHETHER TO ENFORCE A MASK MANDATE, THAT’S NEXT.