LIVE FROM DOWNTOWN DETROIT. LOCAL 4 NEWS AT SIX STARTS NOW. CALLING FOR TRANSPARENCY.
TONIGHT ACTIVISTS TAKE THEIR
FIGHT TO DETROIT CITY COUNCIL AS
THEY PUSH FOR ANSWERS INTO THE
SHOOTING DEATH OF PORTER BERKS
20 YEAR OLD DETROIT MAN WAS SHOT
AND KILLED BY OFFICERS LAST
MONTH DURING WHAT WAS CLEARLY A
MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS. EVER SINCE
HIS DEATH ACTIVISTS HAVE BEEN
CALLING FOR THE DEPARTMENT TO
RELEASE THE NAMES OF THE
OFFICERS INVOLVED IN HIS DEATH.
SHAWN LEY IS LIVE TONIGHT WITH
REACTION FROM BOTH CITY COUNCIL.
AND POLICE CHIEF JAMES WHITE,
SEAN. INTERESTING YOU BRING UP
CITY COUNCIL, KIMBERLY BECAUSE
SOME MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL AS
CHIEF WHITE WHEN HE WAS GOING TO
RELEASE THE NAMES OF THE
OFFICERS INVOLVED IN THIS
TERRIBLE INCIDENT, CHIEF WHITE
SENT A LETTER TO COUNCIL TODAY.
WE HAVE DETAILS OF THAT LETTER.
PLUS WE WERE JUST ABLE TO ASK
THE CHIEF WHERE THE
INVESTIGATION STANDS ABOUT AN
HOUR AGO. THE FACT THAT THOSE
NAMES HAVE NOT BEEN RELEASED YET
THE FACT THAT POLICE DEPARTMENT
IS SITTING ON THEM, IT JUST
SMELLS AND LOOKS SO MUCH LIKE A
COVER UP. IT IS NOT TRANSPARENT
TO RELEASE THE VIDEO WITH ITS
SELF SERVING NARRATIVE THAT IS
NOT TRANSPARENCY. CITIZENS
CALLING FOR DETROIT CITY COUNCIL
TO DEMAND DETROIT POLICE AND
CHIEF WHITE TO RELEASE THE
OFFICERS NAMES INVOLVED IN THE
PORTER BURKE SHOOTING LAST MONTH
. BURKE’S SUFFERING FROM A
MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS HAD A KNIFE
IN HIS HAND HIS FAMILY CALLING
DPD FOR HELP. DROP THE KNIFE FOR
ME, MAN. COME HERE REAL QUICK.
YOU’RE OKAY. YOU’RE NOT IN ANY
TROUBLE. POLICE SAY THEY TRIED
TO DE ESCALATE THE SITUATION
THAT ENDED UP SHOOTING BIRDS
MULTIPLE TIMES, KILLING HIM.
COUNCIL PRESIDENT MARY SHIFT
FIELD READING A NEW LETTER FROM
CHIEF WHITE TO COUNSEL, SAYING
THOSE NAMES WILL NOT BE MADE
PUBLIC RIGHT NOW CONSISTENT WITH
PAST PRACTICE THAT HE TRAINED
POLICE DEPARTMENT CANNOT RELEASE
THE NAMES OF THE OFFICERS AT
THIS TIME. THIS PRACTICE IS IN
PLACE TO HELP ENSURE THE
INTEGRITY OF THE INVESTIGATION.
I AM FULLY COMMITTED TO
RELEASING THE NAMES OF THE
OFFICERS, ONCE A CHARGING
DECISION HAS BEEN MADE. MOMENTS
AGO, WE ASKED CHIEF WHITE WEAR
THE PORTER BERG’S INVESTIGATION
STANDS WILL CONTINUE TO BE
TRANSPARENT. WE’RE GOING TO TURN
OVER INVESTIGATION ONCE IT’S
COMPLETED, UH, IT’S BEING LED BY
THE MICHIGAN STATE POLICE WHEN
THAT INVESTIGATION IS CONCLUDED.
AS WHAT ALL OFFICER INVOLVED
SHOOTINGS, IT’LL BE TURNED OVER
TO THE PROSECUTOR’S OFFICE. BACK
HERE LIVE. THE CHIEF WENT ON TO
TELL ME THAT HE’S IN TOUCH WITH
PROSECUTOR KIM WORTHY THROUGHOUT
THIS INVESTIGATIVE PROCESS, AND
IN THE LETTER AGAIN, HE SAYS.
ONCE THERE’S A CHARGING DECISION
MADE, HE WILL RELEASE THE NAMES
OF THE OFFICERS INVOLVED WERE
LIVE DOWNTOWN TONIGHT. SHAWN LEY
LOCAL 4 BACK TO YOU BE FOLLOWING
IT, SEAN, WE APPRECIATE IT.
DECISION 2022 A SWEEPING WIND
FROM MICHIGAN DEMOCRATS AS THEY
WIN FULL CONTROL OF THE STATE
LEGISLATURE FOR THE FIRST TIME
SINCE 1983 GOVERNOR GRETCHEN
WHITMER HAS WON A SECOND TERM,
THE LATEST DATA SHOWING HER WITH
A 10 POINT MARGIN OVER
REPUBLICAN TUTOR DIXON, WHO HAS
CONCEDED WHITMER TODAY
OPTIMISTIC HEADING INTO ANOTHER
FOUR YEAR TERM. I WON’T MAKE ANY
PREDICTIONS FOR THE NEXT FOUR
YEARS, BUT I CAN PROMISE YOU
THIS. WE WILL MAKE MICHIGAN A
PLACE WHERE YOU CAN ENVISION
YOUR FUTURE. A STATE WHERE
ANYONE, NO MATTER WHO THEY ARE,
WHERE THEY COME FROM, HOW MUCH
MONEY THEY HAVE IN THEIR POCKETS
WHO THEY LOVE OR HOW THEY
IDENTIFY CAN THRIVE RIGHT HERE.
AGAIN TUTOR DIXON CONCEDED THIS
MORNING WISHING WHITMER WELL,
BUT ALSO SAYING QUOTE MICHIGAN’S
FUTURE SUCCESS RESTS NOT AN
ELECTED OFFICIALS OR GOVERNMENT
. BUT ALL OF US IT IS INCUMBENT
UPON ALL OF US TO HELP OUR
CHILDREN READ, SUPPORT LAW
ENFORCEMENT AND GROW OUR ECONOMY
. SHE ALSO THANKED ALL OF HER
SUPPORTERS. NEWLY REELECTED
SECRETARY OF STATE JOCELYN
BENSON SAYS TUESDAY’S ELECTION
SET A NEW RECORD FOR A STATE
MIDTERM AROUND 4.5 MILLION
MICHIGANDERS CAST A BALLOT IN
TUESDAY’S MIDTERM ELECTION THAT
REPRESENTS A 55% VOTER TURNOUT.
IN 2018. BY COMPARISON,
STATEWIDE, TURNOUT WAS 28%
RECORD TWO MILLION VOTERS
STATEWIDE HAD REQUESTED ABSENTEE
BALLOTS FOR THE MIDTERM 1.8
MILLION OF THEM WERE RETURNED
THE OTHER BIG STORY LINE FROM
LAST NIGHT. MICHIGAN PROP THREE
COURSE THE MEASURE ENSURES
ABORTION RIGHTS IN THE STATE WAS
APPROVED WITH 57% OF THE VOTE.
WHEN DOES IT TAKE EFFECT AND
WHAT HAPPENS TO THE ONGOING
LEGAL CHALLENGES? JACQUELINE
FRANCIS FOLLOWING THAT STORY,
AND SHE’S WITH US LIVE NOW
TONIGHT, JACQUELINE. YEAH AS FOR
THAT, I’M TOLD THE
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT WILL GO
INTO EFFECT AT THE END OF NEXT
MONTH, AS WERE THOSE ONGOING
LEGAL CHALLENGES THAT’S FOR THE
COURTS TO DECIDE. TAKE A LISTEN.
ABORTION RIGHTS ADVOCATES ARE
COUNTING DOWN THE DAYS AND
CELEBRATING THEIR VICTORY.
MICHIGAN LAW HOLDS THAT ONCE
VOTERS HAVE VOTED TO APPROVE A
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT THAT
WILL TAKE EFFECT 45 DAYS AFTER
THE ELECTION, SO FOR US THAT’S
GOING TO BE DECEMBER 23RD
PROPOSAL THREE ALSO KNOWN AS THE
REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM FOR ALL
INITIATIVE PASSED BY A WIDE
MARGIN. THE MEASURE WILL
LEGALIZE ABORTION IN THE STATE,
ESSENTIALLY GIVING PEOPLE THE
SAME RIGHTS THEY HAD UNDER ROE
V. WADE BETWEEN NOW AND DECEMBER
, 23RD ACCESS TO CARE WILL GO
UNINTERRUPTED. WOMEN STILL CAN
GET AN ABORTION HERE IN MICHIGAN
ABORTION WILL BE LEGAL AND
ACCESSIBLE HERE IN MICHIGAN, AND
THAT’S DUE TO COURT ORDERS BY
THE MICHIGAN COURT OF CLAIMS AS
FOR THE ONGOING LEGAL CHALLENGES
THAT’S FOR THE COURTS TO DECIDE
. IN THE MEANTIME, WE ARE GOING
TO BE CELEBRATING TODAY WITH
VOTERS. WHO HAVE REALLY MADE
THEIR VOICES HEARD BY USING
THEIR TOOLS OF DEMOCRACY IN THIS
CASE, COMING OUT TO MAKE THEIR
VOICES HEARD ABOUT REPRODUCTIVE
FREEDOM AND ACCESS TO ABORTION
AND RESTORING THE RIGHTS THAT
WE’VE HAD UNDER ROE V. WADE.
ANTI ABORTION ACTIVISTS ARE NOT
GIVING UP IN THEIR FIGHT RIGHT
TO LIFE MICHIGAN, RELEASING A
STATEMENT TODAY, SAYING THEY
WILL REDOUBLE THEIR EFFORTS TO
WORK ACROSS MICHIGAN COMMUNITIES
TO PROTECT THE DIGNITY OF ALL
HUMAN LIFE REPORTING LIVE.
JACQUELINE FRANCIS LOCAL 4. ALL
RIGHT, JACQUELINE. THE CITY
COUNCIL HAS APPROVED RAISES FOR
THE POLICE DEPARTMENT COUNCIL
TODAY, BOOSTING DPD S BUDGET
WITHIN A ADDITIONAL $22.6
MILLION TO COVER A NEW FIVE YEAR
LABOR AGREEMENT. THE DEAL MAKES
STARTING PAY MORE COMPETITIVE
WITH OTHER CITIES, INCREASING IT
FROM $43,000 TO $53,000. THE
DETROIT POLICE UNION HAS BEEN
URGING CITY COUNCIL TO PASS THE
PAY RAISES, SAYING THE
DEPARTMENT CONTINUES TO LOSE
GOOD OFFICERS TO OTHER
DEPARTMENTS. THIS WILL ALLOW US
TO DEPLOY MORE TO THE FIELD MORE
TO THE STREETS MORE TO THE
NEIGHBORHOODS ADDRESS OUR
TRAFFIC PROBLEM. WE HAVE A
NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT ARE SIMPLY
DRIVING TOO FAST, SO WE WANT TO
GET THE OFFICERS IN THE
NEIGHBORHOODS TO BRING THE
STARTING OFFICERS PAY FROM 43 TO
53 TO BRING THE FOUR YEAR
OFFICERS PAY FROM 136,000. WE
ARE NOW COMPETITIVE, NOT JUST
WITH THE SURROUNDING SUBURBS.
BUT WITH MANY OF THE MIDWESTERN
CITIES MAYOR DUGGAN WENT ON TO
SAY DETROIT WILL NOW TRAVEL TO
OTHER MIDWESTERN CITIES TO
RECRUIT NEW OFFICERS. WE’VE GOT
MICHIGAN’S LATEST CORONAVIRUS
NUMBERS FOR THE WEAK STATE
REPORTING TODAY, 9919 92 NEW
CASES OVER THE PAST SEVEN DAYS
AVERAGE RIGHT NOW AT 1400
REPORTED CASES PER DAY ABOUT
1700 FEWER CASES THAN LAST WEEK.
168 MORE DEATHS BEING REPORTED
OVER THE SAME TIME PERIOD. WE
KNOW THE COST OF ALMOST
EVERYTHING HAS BEEN GOING UP.
IT’S HITTING EVERYONE HARD AND
RESTAURANTS HAVE NOT BEEN AN
EXCEPTION. YOU’RE RIGHT, AND
IT’S GOTTEN SO BAD THAT ONE
DINING SPOT IS TAKING A STAPLE
OFFICE MENU. CONSUMER
INVESTIGATOR HANK WINCHESTER IS
IN CANTON WITH THIS SURPRISE
MOVE. TAKE A LOOK. THIS IS A
REAL SIGN OF THE TIMES THE HIGH
COST OF LETTUCE, FORCING THIS
RESTAURANT CHAIN TO MAKE SOME
BIG CHANGES TO THE MENU. IT’S A
SIGN TAKING SOME HEADING OUT TO
LUNCH TODAY BY SURPRISE.
UNBELIEVABLE ISN’T IT ANTONIO’S
RESTAURANT AND CAN’T LETTING
CUSTOMERS KNOW BECAUSE OF THE
EXTREMELY HIGH PRICE OF ROMAINE
LETTUCE. THEY’LL NO LONGER BE
OFFERING SALADS. AT THIS TIME. I
WAS SLIGHTLY DISAPPOINTED
BECAUSE I LIKED THEIR SALADS. I
WONDER IF THEY HAVE ICEBERG THIS
RESTAURANT, LIKE MANY OTHER
BUSINESSES NOW FACED WITH MAKING
CUTS BECAUSE OF THE HIGH COST OF
ALMOST EVERYTHING RESTAURANT
MANAGEMENT, TELLING US THEY’D
RATHER CUT LETTUCE, THEN
EMPLOYEES IF SOMETHING BECOMES
COST PROHIBITIVE. THEN IT’S
PROBABLY A GOOD BUSINESS MOVE TO
NOT OFFER SOMETHING THAT YOU
REALLY CAN’T DELIVER ON DOOBIE.
STEPHAN CEO OF GREAT LAKES
WEALTH, SAYS THE RESTAURANTS
MAKING THE RIGHT MOVE BEING
HONEST AND OPEN CUSTOMERS GET IT
IF IT’S $25 FOR A SIDE SALAD
NUMBER ONE. YOU’RE PROBABLY NOT
GOING TO PAY IT AND NUMBER TWO.
YOU’RE ACTUALLY GONNA BE
OFFENDED THAT THEY WOULD OFFER
AT THAT PRICE, AND YOU MIGHT
ACTUALLY HAVE SOME BUYER’S
REMORSE OR SOME JUST, YOU KNOW,
USE SOME VOTING TO WHERE YOU
WOULD NOT GO TO THE RESTAURANT
ANYMORE. KIND OF BLAME IT ON
THEM. MAYBE GET THE SOUP. YEAH
THE RESTAURANT SAYING THEY
POSTED THE MESSAGE HERE RIGHT AT
THE ENTRANCE BECAUSE THEY WANT
TO BE OPEN AND HONEST WITH THEIR
CUSTOMERS. THEY ALSO WANT THEM
TO KNOW THEY HOPE THIS MOVE. IS
ONLY TEMPORARY. WE’RE HERE IN
CANTON, HANK WINCHESTER. HELP ME
HANK FOR LOCAL ALRIGHT, HANK.
LET’S HOPE SO. ANOTHER REALLY
PERFECT FALL DAY AND MORE 70
DEGREE DAYS IN THE FORECAST.
LET’S CHECK IN WITH KIM WITH THE
HOW MUCH LONGER WE CAN EXPECT
THESE MILD TEMPERATURES. KIM
EVERY TIME I THINK IT’LL BE THE
LAST TIME WE HAD 70 SURE ENOUGH
, WE GET ANOTHER DAY AND
TOMORROW COULD BE THAT OTHER DAY
. WE’VE GOT A BEAUTIFUL SHOT OF
OUR DOWNTOWN SKYLINE TONIGHT
FROM OUR WINDSOR SKY CAM
TEMPERATURES ARE DROPPING,
THOUGH, BECAUSE THE SUN HAS SETS
OR INTO THE UPPER FIFTIES IN
DETROIT HOUSE AT 61 60 IN BOTH
PONTIAC AND IN ADRIAN. COOL SPOT
RIGHT NOW. MOUNT CLEMENS AT 54
DEGREES 53 IN AN ARBOR. IT IS
WARMER THAN IT WAS YESTERDAY BY
ABOUT 10 TO 15 DEGREES IN MOST
SPOTS, AND WE’RE NOT DONE THERE
. TOMORROW WILL BE AT LEAST TWO
OR THREE DEGREES WARMER THAN IT
WAS TODAY. 49 IN THE MORNING. 65
AT NOON, AND 70 SHOULD BE THE
HIGH IN THE CITY. SOME OF THE
SUBURBS STAYING FOR THE MOST
PART IN THE UPPER SIXTIES, BUT
IT’S STILL NOT BAD. I WANT YOU
TO TAKE A LOOK AT THIS
TEMPERATURE TREND, THOUGH,
BECAUSE OF COURSE IT’S NOT GOING
TO LAST FOREVER ADVERTISED 52.
WE HIT 70 THURSDAY, 61 FRIDAY
AND THEN A VERY STRONG COLD
FRONT COMES THROUGH FRIDAY
EVENING PUSHES OUR HIGHS BACK TO
THE LOW 40 SATURDAY. THESE ARE
HIGHS UPPER THIRTIES ON SUNDAY.
IT WILL ALSO BE WINDY THIS
WEEKEND. SO WE’RE TALKING
WINDCHILLS IN THE TWENTIES. I’LL
HAVE THE LATEST ON WHAT WILL
BECOME HURRICANE NICOLE JUST NOW