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>> Kimberly: THE LOCAL FBI
SHARING WITH THE DEFENDERS
LESSONS LEARNED FROM 9/11.
HOW THEY CHANGED HOW AND WHAT
THEY COMMUNICATED TO PREVENT IT
HERE AT HOME. WE BEGIN WITH ALLEGATIONS OF
WE BEGIN WITH ALLEGATIONS OF
EXCESSIVE FORCE IN ELLEN RIVER.
AND THOSE ALLEGATIONS A SOME
VERY FAMILIAR.
AT THE CENTER OF A NEW LAWSUIT
FIVE TAYLOR POLICE OFFICERS IN
THE ARREST OF A BLACK MOTORIST. >> Devin: THE ALLEGATIONS
>> Devin: THE ALLEGATIONS
EXCESSIVE FORCE, UNLAWFUL ARREST AND MORE.
AND MORE.
IT COMES WEEKS AFTER ANOTHER
INCIDENT CAME TO LIGHT IN 2020.
JASON COLTHORP WITH THE VIDEO.
>> Reporter: IN READING THIS
LAWSUIT IT IS NOT BEGIN IN
LEGALESE AS YOU MIGHT THINK. IT IS TOLD IN STORY FORM FROM
IT IS TOLD IN STORY FORM FROM
THE POINT OF VIEW OF A THREE
YEAR-OLD GIRL WHO WAS IN THE
BACKSEAT OF THAT VIDEO LISTENING
TO HER FATHER BEING ARRESTED.
ALMOST TWO YEARS AGO TO THE DAY
TAYLOR OFFICERS INITIATED A STOP
OF AN AUDI SUV THAT HAD NO
LICENSE PLATES. WHAT HAPPENED NEXT LITTLE
WHAT HAPPENED NEXT LITTLE
LAWSUIT FILED FRIDAY ALLEGING
TAYLOR POLICE OFFICERS ASSAULTED
THE DRIVER.
BECAUSE HE IS BLACK. >> Man: GET ON THE GROUND NOW!
>> Man: GET ON THE GROUND NOW!
GET ON THE GROUND NOW!
>> IT ALLEGES IT WAS A PAPERWORK
SNAFU.
THE MAN HAD A TEMPORARY ILLINOIS
AND IS TEMPORARY MICHIGAN
LICENSE PLATE CAME OFF AT THE
CARWASH.
BUT POLICE IN THE VIDEO SAID THE
MAN SIMPLY REFUSED TO FOLLOW
DIRECTIONS EVEN AFTER REPEATED
COMMANDS INCLUDING TO EXIT THE CAR AND PUT OUT A CIGARETTE.
CAR AND PUT OUT A CIGARETTE.
THIS IS WHAT THE LAWSUIT CLAIMS
OFFICERS ESCALATE THE ENCOUNTER
WITH NO PROVOCATION.
BUT POLICE CAN BE HEARD IN THE
VIDEO SAYING HE IS NOT GIVING HIM HIS HANDS AND SWIPING AT
HIM HIS HANDS AND SWIPING AT
THEIR TASER.
>> PUT YOUR ARM BEHIND YOUR
BACK.
PUT YOUR HANDS BEHIND YOUR BACK. STOP GRABBING MY TASER.
STOP GRABBING MY TASER.
>> Man: HE IS GRABBING MY HAND.
>> IN THE BACKGROUND SCREAMING
IS THE MAN’S GIRLFRIEND
SCREAMING AND IN THE BACKSEAT
THEIR THREE-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER.
>> MY DAUGHTER IS IN THE CAR STOP!
WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU.
>> Man: WHAT IS WRONG WITH HIM FOR NOT LISTENING.
FOR NOT LISTENING. >> SHOULD ALSO POINT OUT ONE OF
>> SHOULD ALSO POINT OUT ONE OF
THE OFFICERS THAT WAS THERE FOR
TAYLOR.
IS A BLACK OFFICER.
I WAS ABLE TO SPEAK TO THE
TAYLOR POLICE CHIEF OFF THE
RECORD ONLY HE IS NOT ALLOWED TO
SAY ANYTHING REGARDING THIS BECAUSE OF THE LAWSUIT.
BECAUSE OF THE LAWSUIT. THE LAW FIRM THAT FILED THE SUIT
THE LAW FIRM THAT FILED THE SUIT
ALSO DECLINING ALL INTERVIEWS
TODAY.
SO, IF AND WHEN THIS CASE GOES
BEFORE A JUDGE AND A JURY.
ONLY THEN WILL WE PROBABLY GET
THE FULL CONTEXT THAT THIS VIDEO
REALLY NEEDS.
DEVON? >> Devin: JASON, ANY REASON WHY
>> Devin: JASON, ANY REASON WHY
THIS IS BEING FILED NOW?
>> Jason: THERE’S A SECTION
CALLED WELCOME TO TAYLOR WHICH
IS A REFERENCE TO THE MOST
RECENT STORY WE DID IN THE MOST
RECENT ALLEGATION. FOR OFFICERS SAID THAT TO
FOR OFFICERS SAID THAT TO
SOMEONE WHO WAS A VICTIM.
WHO WAS ARRESTED I SHOULD SAY.
AND THAT IT DETAILS A LOT OF THE
PAST TAYLOR INTERACTIONS. THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED WITH
THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED WITH
THE DEPARTMENT AND OFFICERS.
WE WERE NOT ABLE TO TALK TO
ANYONE.
WE DO NOT KNOW WHY BUT WE THINK THAT WOULD FOLLOW ALONG OF WHEN
THAT WOULD FOLLOW ALONG OF WHEN
IT RAINS IT POURS.
>> LEADERS AROUND THE STATE ARE
WAITING TO LEARN MORE BEFORE
ACTING ON PRESIDENT BIDEN’S
VACCINE MANDATE.
STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS,
SCHOOLS AND SPORTS VENUES SAY
WAITING FOR GUIDANCE FROM OSHA.
LAWMAKERS INCLUDING MICHIGAN MIKE SHARKEY ARE PUSHING BACK
MIKE SHARKEY ARE PUSHING BACK
AGAINST THE VACCINE REQUIREMENT.
MEANWHILE PFIZER BIOTECH WILL
ASK FOR APPROVAL FOR ITS
VACCINE.
WILL SUBMIT DATA TO HELP IN THE COMING WEEKS.
COMING WEEKS.
TODAY MICHIGAN REPORTS AN
AVERAGE 3047 CASES THE LAST TWO
DAYS AND 59 DEATHS.
IT IS THE HIGHEST CASE COUNT
SINCE LATE APRIL. >> Devin: A GRASS ROOTS EFFORT
>> Devin: A GRASS ROOTS EFFORT
GOT ABUSES AFTERNOON.
>> Kimberly: LET’S GET TO MARA
MCDONALD SHE IS LIVE IN DOWNTOWN
TONIGHT.
THE PREPARATION ISSUE WILL NOT
BE ON THE BALLOT BUT A PRECURSOR
TO IT WILL BE? >> Mara: KIMBERLY, EXACTLY.
>> Mara: KIMBERLY, EXACTLY.
DETROIT VOTERS WILL BE ASKED IF
THEY WANT TO CHANGE A SMALL
PORTION.
A LANGUAGE CHANGE IN THE DETROIT
CHARTER.
LATE TODAY AND WHEN COUNTY JUDGE
SET BALLOT LANGUAGE ASKING DETROITERS IF THEY WANT TO
DETROITERS IF THEY WANT TO
CHANGE A SECTION OF THE CHARTER.
IS AGO AFTER THE DETROIT
ELECTION COMMITTEE AND CITY
CLERK HAD ORIGINALLY SAID NO. >> Man: THIS WHAT I BELIEVE TO
>> Man: THIS WHAT I BELIEVE TO
BE INCOMPETENT AT THE HIGHEST
LEVEL.
ALWAYS HAS BEEN.
I REALLY DO.
YOU CAN SAY THAT WHATEVER YOU
WANT TO DO WITH IT THAT IS WHAT
IT IS.
>> HERE IS WHAT DETROITERS WILL
BE VOTING YES OR NO FOR.
QUOTE THE VOTERS RESERVE THE POWER TO NEXT CITY ORDINANCES.
POWER TO NEXT CITY ORDINANCES.
CALLED THE INITIATIVE AND THE
POWER TO NULLIFY ORDINANCES
ENACTED BY THE CITY CALLED THE
REFERENDUM.
HOWEVER THESE POWERS DO NOT
EXTEND TO THE BUDGET.
AND THE REFERENDUM POWER DOES
NOT EXTEND TO EMERGENCY
ORDINANCE.
WHICH LEAVES THE DOOR OPEN FOR
DETROITERS TO VOTE ON REPARATION
ORDINANCE.
BUT WITH NO MONETARY TEETH TO
IT, WHAT REALLY HAPPENS NEXT? >> Man: THIS IS ONE STEP.
>> Man: THIS IS ONE STEP.
IT IS THE GROUND . WE TAKE THE VICTORIES WE HAVE TO
WE TAKE THE VICTORIES WE HAVE TO
ENERGIZE US TO MOVE TO THE NEXT
LEVEL.
>> BACK HERE’S LIVE A SPOKESMAN
FOR THE CITY OF DETROIT DECLINED
COMMENT.
WE ARE LIVE DOWNTOWN I AM MARA
MCDONALD. >> MARA, THANK YOU.
>> MARA, THANK YOU.
>> FRIDAY NIGHT IN SEPTEMBER.
IT WILL GET WARM SATURDAY AND
SUNDAY.
>> WITH MORE IMPORTANT FOOTBALL
GAMES AROUND.
SUMMER IS BACK.
IT IS ONE MORE COMFORTABLE NIGHT
FOR US. WE HAVE 60s CLOSER TO THE CITY.
WE HAVE 60s CLOSER TO THE CITY.
BUT PLENTY OF 50s IN MANY
SUBURBS. 53 AND LAPEER AND ANN ARBOR.
53 AND LAPEER AND ANN ARBOR.
53 HOWELL RIGHT NOW.
LOWS OVERNIGHT TO THE LOW AND
MIDDLE 50s. IS LITTLE BIT COOLER OUTSIDE OF
IS LITTLE BIT COOLER OUTSIDE OF
THE CITY BUT NO HARM NO FOUL.
NOTHING GOING ON IN THE SKIES
THERE GOES THE WARM WEATHER.
83 E. LANSING.
FOR YOUNGSTOWN STATE, MICHIGAN
STATE.
WHEREVER YOU ARE HANGING TOO. COULD BE A HICCUP FOR SUNDAY.
COULD BE A HICCUP FOR SUNDAY.
I CAN TELL YOU WHEN COMING UP.
>> Reporter: AFTER A THREE-WEEK
EXTENSION JACK MORRIS RETURNED TO THE BOOTH.
TO THE BOOTH.
BUT BEFORE TONIGHT’S GAME HE
READ FROM A STATEMENT APOLOGIZING FOR HIS COMMENT
APOLOGIZING FOR HIS COMMENT
ABOUT ANGEL STAR.
>> I’M SORRY IT OFFENDED SO
MANY IN THE ASIAN COMMUNITY.
I NEVER INTENDED FOR IT TO BE HURTFUL OR OFFENSIVE.
HURTFUL OR OFFENSIVE.
I UNDERSTAND IT WAS IT WAS
PERCEIVED THAT WAY BY MANY AND I
AM TRULY SORRY.
>> Devin: MORRIS WAS TAKEN OFF THE AIR AFTER MOCKING AN ASIAN
THE AIR AFTER MOCKING AN ASIAN ACCENT WHEN SHOHEI OHTANI .
ACCENT WHEN SHOHEI OHTANI .
>> THEY HAVE SHUT DOWN THE FUEL
SYSTEM AT FORT BLACKROCK PLAN.
IT POSES AN IMMEDIATE HAZARD AND
CLOSE THE SYSTEM.
MEANWHILE THE MAN WHO INSTALLED
THE FUEL TANK STILL MEANWHILE THE MAN WHO INSTALLED
MEANWHILE THE MAN WHO INSTALLED
THE FUEL TANK STILL THE LOCAL 4
DEFENDERS AND ALARM SHOULD’VE
GONE OFF.
TESTING CONTINUES TODAY.
TESTING THE AIR QUALITIES AND HOMES IS NEXT.
HOMES IS NEXT.
1100 HOMES REMAINED EVACUATED.
>>> AND ORANGE TERRELL REPORT FOR LIONS AND TIGERS FANS.
FOR LIONS AND TIGERS FANS.
>> I 75 CLOSED IN BOTH
DIRECTIONS BETWEEN EIGHT MILE
AND SQUARED LAKE FOR BRIDGEWORK.
ALL TRAFFIC BEING DETOURED TO
WOODWARD AVENUE.
NOW THE SOUTHBOUND LANES WILL
REOPEN BY EIGHT AM SUNDAY IN
TIME FOR THE GAMES. NORTHBOUND LANES WILL REOPEN
NORTHBOUND LANES WILL REOPEN
UNTIL NINE AM ON MONDAY. >> Kimberly: STILL AHEAD A
>> Kimberly: STILL AHEAD A
TRAFFIC STOP QUICKLY TURNS
VIOLENT.
>> Devin: AN AMBUSH SHOOTING THE TWO DEPUTIES IN A GUN BATTLE FOR
TWO DEPUTIES IN A GUN BATTLE FOR
THEIR LIVES.
KAREN?
>> Devin: AFTER 9/11 THE FBI
CHANGED HOW IT INVESTIGATES.
>> Man: AND 11 WAS OBVIOUSLY A
WATERSHED MOMENT FOR THE
ORGANIZATION’S 15 AS WE APPROACH
20 YEARS WE TAKE A LOOK AT HOW THE FBI TRACKS DOWN THE THREAT