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>> Priya: THEY WERE JUST SITTING
IN A PARKED CAR OUTSIDE OF
SENIOR CENTER WHEN SOMEONE
WALKED UP AND STARRED SHOOTING
AND NOW DETROIT POLICE ARE LOOKING FOR THE GUNMAN.
LOOKING FOR THE GUNMAN.
>> Paula: IN A MATTER OF
MOMENTS, THE DETROIT SCHOOL
DISTRICT WILL PRESENT ITS
BACK-TO-SCHOOL PLAN, BUT THE
TEACHERS UNION SAID, HOLD ON,
YOU HAVEN’T EVEN TALKED TO US
YET.
I’LL EXPLAIN.
>> Devin: WE BEGIN WITH
BRAND-NEW VIDEO SHOWING THE
DEADLY CONFRONTATION BETWEEN AN EATON COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPUTY
EATON COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPUTY
AND THE SUSPECT WHO KILLED A MAN
OVER NOT WEARING A MASK.
>> Karen: THIS STARTED BECAUSE
THAT MAN WITH THE KNIFE REFUSED
TO WEAR A MASK INSIDE OF A
STORE.
>> Devin: IT HAPPENED AT THE
QUALITY DAIRY IN WINDSOR
TOWNSHIP AND A 77-YEAR-OLD MAN
WAS STABBED.
THEN POLICE CAUGHT UP WITH THE
SUSPECT IN DELTA TOWNSHIP WHERE
HE WAS FATALLY SHOT.
LET’S GET TO SHAWN LEY LIVE AT
THE QUALITY DAIRY TO WALK US
THROUGH THIS.
SHAWN?
>> Shawn: THE EXECUTIVE ORDER
FROM GOVERNOR WHITMER ON MASKS
COMING DOWN 8 MILES AWAY FROM
THE STATEHOUSE FROM WHERE I’M
STANDING.
LOOK AT THE FRONT DOORS HERE.
AT THE STORE, YOU CAN SEE AS SOON AS THIS MAN CAME HERE THIS
SOON AS THIS MAN CAME HERE THIS
MORNING, THERE ARE TWO SIGNS
THAT SAY, "NO MASK, NO SERVICE." HE WAS DENIED SERVICE AND A MAN
HE WAS DENIED SERVICE AND A MAN
IN LINE SAID, HEY, WHERE’S YOUR
MASK, PEOPLE WERE STUNNED BY
WHAT HAPPENED NEXT.
THIS IS THE MANAGER OF THE
QUALITY DAIRY.
THE SHOCKING DAY, ONE CUSTOMERS
STABBING A 77-YEAR-OLD CUSTOMERS
BECAUSE HE ASKED HIM TO PUT ON A
MASK INSIDE THE STORE THIS
MORNING.
>> CAN YOU BELIEVE IT?
OVER A MASK?
>> THIS IS NUTS!
>> DO YOU FEEL IN DANGER IF YOU
FEEL YOU HAVE TO TELL SOMEONE TO
MASK UP?
>> NO.
>> Jason: THE 77-YEAR-OLD WENT INTO SURGERY AND WILL SURVIVE.
INTO SURGERY AND WILL SURVIVE.
THE MAN WITH THE KNIFE IS
43-YEAR-OLD SEAN EARNIST RUIS
FROM GRAND LEDGE.
THE NEXT PART IS CAUGHT ON HOME SECURITY CAMERA.
SECURITY CAMERA.
RUIS WAS DRIVING HOME AFTER THE
STABBING, ON HIS OWN STREET IN
GRAND LEDGE WHEN A SHERIFF’S
DEPUTY PULLED HIM OVER. YOU CAN SEE HIM COMING TOWARD
YOU CAN SEE HIM COMING TOWARD
THE DEPUTY AND NOT STOPPING.
MSP SAID HE HAD THE KNIFE IN HIS
HANDS.
THE DEPUTY HAD BEEN WITH THE DEPARTMENT FOR 23 YEARS.
DEPARTMENT FOR 23 YEARS.
>> DROP YOUR WEAPON!
[GUNFIRE]
>> Shawn: SHE OPENED FIRE AT
LEAST 9 TIMES TO PROTECT
HERSELF, KILLING RUIS.
BACK AT THE STORE WHERE THE
SIGNS TO WEAR A MASK ARE ALL
OVER AND PEOPLE CAN’T BELIEVE IT’S TURNED TO THIS.
IT’S TURNED TO THIS.
>> I’M SAD AND I’M HORRIFIED,
THAT SOMETHING SO TRIVIAL SHOULD
CAUSE THIS TYPE OF ANGUISH.
IT’S JUST A MASK.
>> WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THIS OVER
THE MASK SITUATION?
>> IT’S RIDICULOUS.
JUST PUT IT ON.
>> Shawn: AND LET’S TALK ABOUT
THE 77-YEAR-OLD WHO WAS STABBED.
HIS CONDITION IS SERIOUS, SEAN
RUIS HAS A CRIMINAL RECORD FOR
HOME INVASION AND PEOPLE ARE
STUNNED BY WHAT HAPPENED HERE
OVER A MASK.
>> Devin: MASKS ARE ON SO MANY
PEOPLE’S MINDS AND HAS BEEN
LEADING TO A LOT OF 911 CALLS
BECAUSE OF IT.
>> Shawn: YESTERDAY, GOVERNOR
WHITMER’S DAY ONE OF HER
RAMPED-UP MASK UP CAMPAIGN, AND
DISPATCH CENTERS WERE FLOODED.
WE’LL PLAY SOME OF THE CALLS AT
6:00 AND TELL YOU HOW DIFFERENT
POLICE DEPARTMENTS ARE
RESPONDING OR NOT RESPONDING TO
THE CALLS.
>> Devin: OTHER NEWS, THEY WERE
SITTING IN A PARKED CAR WHEN
SOMEBODY WALKED UP AND JUST
STARTED SHOOTING.
>> Karen: IT HAPPENED ON WEST
GRAND BOULEVARD NOT FAR FROM THE
MOTOWN MUSEUM.
POLICE ON THE SCENE RUSHED THAT
PAIR TO THE HOSPITAL.
PRIYA MANN IS LIVE TONIGHT AS
THE HUNT FOR THE SHOOTER IS
UNDER WAY RIGHT NOW. PRIYA?
>> Priya: YEAH, THAT’S RIGHT,
KAREN.
THE GUNMAN GOT AWAY IN A RED
DURANGO.
HE WALKED UP TO THE VEHICLE AND
OPENED FIRE.
ONE OF THE VICTIMS WAS ABLE TO
GET OUT OF THE VEHICLE SCREAMING
FOR HELP.
AS THAT GUNMAN RAN TO THE RED
DUR RANG GO, HE TURNED BACK AND
KEPT SHOOTING.
>> WE’VE GOT SEVERAL CASINGS ON
THE GROUND.
MULTI-SHOTS WERE FIRED INTO THE
VEHICLE.
>> Priya: A MAN AND WOMAN
SITTING IN A PARKED CAR OUTSIDE
A SENIOR CENTER WERE SHOT
MULTIPLE TIMES BY A GUNMAN WHO WALKED UP AND OPENED FIRE.
WALKED UP AND OPENED FIRE.
DOES IT SEEM THIS IS A TARGETED
SHOOTING?
>> IT’S EARLY.
HOWEVER, JUST TO FOCUS ON THAT,
WE CAN’T RULE IT OUT AT THIS
POINT.
WE DON’T KNOW.
>> Priya: HE WALKED UP TO THE
DRIVER’S SIDE AND STARTED
SHOOTING.
HE THEN WALKED TO THE PASSENGER
SIDE AND CONTINUED TO FIRE.
THE BRAZEN SHOOTING HAPPENED
LESS THAN A MILE AWAY FROM HENRY
FORD HOSPITAL.
>> WE’RE INTERVIEWING WITNESSES
AND IT’S EARLY.
THE INVESTIGATION IS ONGOING.
>> Priya: THE GUNMAN GOT INTO A
RED OLDER MODEL DUR RANG GO.
IT’S NOT CLEAR IF THERE WAS A
GETAWAY DRIVER OR HE DROVE HIMSELF.
A 28-YEAR-OLD MAN AND
22-YEAR-OLD WOMAN WERE RUSHED TO
THE HOSPITAL IN CRITICAL
CONDITION. >> WHATEVER THE GRIEVANCE IS OR
>> WHATEVER THE GRIEVANCE IS OR
ISSUES THEY MAY HAVE HAD,
RESORTING TO VIOLENCE,
ESPECIALLY GUNFIRE IN THIS
HEAVILY POPULATED AREA, THERE’S
A SENIOR HOME IN THE BACK DROP
OF THIS.
TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE.
>> Priya: YOU CAN SEE SENIORS
SITTING IN THE SHADE, RIGHT
WHERE THE SHOOTING HAPPENED.
A BUSINESS ACROSS THE STREET IS
A GREEN LIGHT BUSINESS AND
POLICE WILL LOOK AT THE
SURVEILLANCE VIDEO.
ANYONE WITH INFORMATION IS ASKED
TO CALL DPD.
REPORTING LIVE FROM SOUTHWEST
DETROIT, PRIYA MANN, LOCAL 4.
>> Devin: LET’S MOVE TO
CORONAVIRUS AND THE LATEST ON
COVID-19.
ANOTHER UPTICK.
IN THE PAST 24 HOURS, 584 MORE
PEOPLE HAVE TESTED POSITIVE
ACROSS THE STATE.
AND THE STATE REPORTS 6 MORE
DEATHS FROM THE VIRUS.
THIS AFTERNOON, GOVERNOR
GRETCHEN WHITMER EXTENDED THE
STATE OF EMERGENCY RECORDS AND
NOW RUNS THROUGH AUGUST 11th.
FOR THE FIRST TIME, THE LEADERS OF THE DETROIT TEACHERS UNION
OF THE DETROIT TEACHERS UNION
WITH SPEAKING OUT ABOUT THE
DETROIT PUBLIC SCHOOLS COMMUNITY
DISTRICT PLAN IN THE FALL.
>> Karen: AND IT INCLUDES HAZARD
PAY.
THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE THE
DISTRICT IS LISTENING TO THEIR
CONCERNS.
>> Paula: WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE
BACK-TO-SCHOOL PLAN BEING
PRESENTED THIS EVENING, YOU’LL
SEE A PLAN THAT CALLS FOR HYBRID LEARNING MODELS, LIMITED CLASS
LEARNING MODELS, LIMITED CLASS
SIZES OF 20, NO MORE THAN A
SIX-HOUR SCHOOL DAY AND ROTATING
DAYS.
WHAT YOU DON’T SEE IS THE
UNION’S COLLECTIVE VOICES
THROUGH THE LEADERSHIP OF THE
UNION.
>> WE BELIEVE THE PLAN HAS A
NUMBER OF HOLES IN IT, AND
THAT’S WHAT YOU SEE RELATIVE TO
THE PROTESTS THAT YOU SEE OVER
THE PAST WEEK OR SO. IT’S THE COMMUNITY’S RESPONSE TO
IT’S THE COMMUNITY’S RESPONSE TO
NOT BEING INVOLVED AND BEING
ENGAGED IN THE PLANNING PROCESS
ON THE FRONT END.
>> Paula: THEY’RE NEGOTIATING
THE NEXT THREE-YEAR CONTRACT AND
THERE WILL BE LANGUAGE TO
ADDRESS THE COVID RESPONSE.
BUT IN TERMS OF THE ACTUAL
BACK-TO-SCHOOL DOCUMENT?
>> I’M GOING TO LISTEN TO MY
MEMBERSHIP. WE’LL HAVE SCIENCE GUIDE US IN
WE’LL HAVE SCIENCE GUIDE US IN
THE DECISIONS THAT WE MAKE.
>> Paula: SUPERINTENDENT NIKOLAI
VITTI’S SUGGESTIONS THAT
TEACHERS WHO OPT FOR IN-PERSON
TEACHING SHOULD GET WHAT AMOUNTS TO HAZARD PAY.
TO HAZARD PAY.
>> WE CERTAINLY WELCOME THAT
SORT OF PAY FOR OUR TEACHERS WHO I KNOW ARE GONNA BE ON THE FRONT
I KNOW ARE GONNA BE ON THE FRONT
LINES AND AT A LEVEL OF RISK AND
SHOULD CERTAINLY, AT THE VERY
LEAST, BE DEPEND FOR THAT.
>> Paula: WE’RE 8 WEEKS FROM THE
START OF THE SCHOOL YEAR, 56
DAYS.
AND ONE THING THAT IS CERTAIN IS
DETROIT’S TEACHERS ARE NOT
CERTAIN IN THE LEAST THAT THEY
WILL RETURN TO TEACHING ONLINE OR IN PERSON.
OR IN PERSON.
>> WE CAN’T SAY DEFINITIVELY ONE
WAY OR ANOTHER WHAT’S GOING TO
HAPPEN.
I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT MY
MEMBERSHIP IS GOING TO SPEAK
LOUDLY IF WE ARE NOT SATISFIED
WITH WHAT HAPPENS AT THE
BARGAINING TABLE OR IF WE’RE NOT
SATISFIED WITH WHAT HAPPENS
RELATIVE TO OUR COVID RESPONSE.
>> Paula: THE CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS ARE STILL GOING ON
NEGOTIATIONS ARE STILL GOING ON
AND THEY’RE GOING PRETTY WELL.
THINGS THAT THEY’VE ALREADY COME
TO AGREEMENT ON AND SOME THINGS
THEY HAVEN’T.
OBVIOUSLY TEACHERS WANT A VOICE
IN THIS BACK-TO-SCHOOL PLAN
BEFORE THEY CONSIDER GETTING
BACK INTO THE CLASSROOM
VIRTUALLY OR IN PERSON.
PAULA TUTMAN, LOCAL 4.
>> Devin: LET’S STAY WITH THIS
BECAUSE THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF
PEDIATRICS SPOKE OUT IN FAVOR OF
SENDING CHILDREN BACK TO THE
CLASSROOM THIS FALL.
LAST FRIDAY, THEY ISSUED A
SECOND STATEMENT THAT WALKED THE
FIRST ONE BACK A LITTLE BIT.
>> Karen: SO WE TALKED TO THE
PRESIDENT OF THE MICHIGAN
CHAPTER ABOUT THE KEY THINGS
THAT NEED TO BE CONSIDERED.
OUR DR. FRANK McGEORGE JOINS US
WITH THAT.
DOCTOR?
>> Dr. McGeorge: YEAH, KAREN AND
DEVIN.
THIS IS A COMPLICATED ISSUE.
THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF
PEDIATRICS SAID ALL PLANS SHOULD
BEGIN WITH RETURNING KIDS TO THE
CLASSROOM BUT ACKNOWLEDGE IT
WON’T BE POSSIBLE IN ALL PLACES,
ALL SCHOOLS OR ALL CHILDREN. >> WE THINK IF THE RIGHT SAFETY
>> WE THINK IF THE RIGHT SAFETY
MEASURES ARE IN PLACE, THE VAST
MAJORITY OF CHILDREN WOULD BE
SAFE AND WOULD BENEFIT FROM
BEING PHYSICALLY PRESENT IN THE
SCHOOLS.
>> Dr. McGeorge: BUT THAT WON’T
BE POSSIBLE WITHOUT SUFFICIENT
FUNDING UP FRONT SAYS
DR. SHARON.
>> WE HAVE TO INVEST IN THE
SCHOOLS.
WE CAN’T REQUIRE THEM TO OPEN
WITHOUT THE FUNDING TO DO SO
SAFELY.
>> Dr. McGeorge: AND THE SAFETY
MEASURES MUST PROTECT STAFF AS
WELL.
>> THERE’S STAFF AND TEACHERS IN
THE SCHOOL THAT WILL BE
SUSCEPTIBLE AND WILL BE
SUSCEPTIBLE TO GET QUITE SICK.
>> Dr. McGeorge: THERE ARE THREE
W’S: WASHING HANDS FREQUENTLY,
WEARING MASKS, AND WATCHING YOUR
DISTANCE, 3-6 FEET BETWEEN DESKS
AND 6 FEET FROM THE TEACHER.
YOUNGER CHILDREN MAY NOT NEED TO
WEAR MASKS IF THERE IS
SUFFICIENT SPACE IN A SCHOOL BUT
SHE BELIEVES THEY CAN. >> IF THE ADULTS AROUND THE
>> IF THE ADULTS AROUND THE
CHILDREN HAVE BUY-IN ABOUT CLOTH
FACE COVERINGS, MASKS, AND ARE
WORKING WITH THE CHILDREN TO ACCLIMATE THEM TO WEARING THEM
ACCLIMATE THEM TO WEARING THEM
AND MODEL WEARING THEM, A
5-YEAR-OLD IS PERFECTLY CAPABLE
OF WEARING A MASK FOR A PERIOD
OF TIME. >> Dr. McGeorge: ULTIMATELY
>> Dr. McGeorge: ULTIMATELY
PARENTS WILL NEED TO ASSESS
THEIR CHILD’S SCHOOL’S PLAN.
>> WE KNOW THAT ANYTHING WE DO
IN ANY SETTING WILL MITIGATE THE RISK.
IT WILL NOT ELIMINATE THE RISK.
I THINK FOR EACH CHILD, IT WILL
BE SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT.
FOR EACH FAMILY, IT WILL BE SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT.
SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT.
IN TERMS OF WHAT THAT RISK MIGHT
BE.
>> Dr. McGeorge: NOW, SHE HAS
TWO GROWN SONS AND WE ASKED IF
SHE WOULD SEND THEM TO SCHOOL IF
THEY WERE IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
SHE WOULD, IF SHE WERE
COMFORTABLE WITH THE PLAN AND
OTHERS IN THE COMMUNITY WERE
FOLLOWING GUIDELINES.
ONE OF HER SONS HAD ASTHMA AND
THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN ANOTHER
FACTOR SHE WOULD HAVE CONSULTED
HIS PEDIATRICIAN ABOUT.
>> Karen: THE TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION HAS RESCINDED A
RULE THAT HAS FOREIGN STUDENTS
LEAVE THE COUNTRY IF CLASSES ARE
ENTIRELY ONLINE.
THE RULE SAID FOREIGN STUDENTS
ON F-1 AND N-1 VISAS WOULD NEED
TO TAKE SOME COURSES IN PERSON
TO REMAIN LEGALLY IN THE U.S. IN
THE FALL SEMESTER.
>> Devin: WE ARE AWAITING A BRIEFING FROM THE PRESIDENT
BRIEFING FROM THE PRESIDENT
ADDRESSING THE LATEST ON THE
CORONAVIRUS CRISIS AND PANDEMIC. AS SOON AS IT HAPPENS, WE’LL
AS SOON AS IT HAPPENS, WE’LL
TAKE YOU THERE LIVE.
>> Ben: WE’RE IN THE HOTTEST
PART OF THE YEAR IN DETROIT.
SO WHEN WE GET A DAY LIKE TODAY,
SAVOR IT.
THE HEAT IS COMING BACK QUICK.
WE’LL LOOK AT THAT NEXT.
>> Karen: A DETROIT HIGH SCHOOL
GRAD HAS 2.3 MILLION REASONS TO
BE PROUD OF HIMSELF, THE RECORD
HE SET AND HOW HE CREDITS HIS
LATE PARENTS FOR HELPING HIM DO
IT.
>> Rod: IT IS EXCEPTIONALLY
FRIGHTENING, THE IDEA THAT YOU
COULD BE ARRESTED AND SENT TO
PRISON FOR LIFE FOR SOMETHING
YOU DIDN’T DO.
>> A LOT OF GRIEF AND ANXIETY.
>> Rod: AND IT WAS THE
GOVERNMENT THAT ACTUALLY HELPED