About an hour later and 30 miles away, Atlanta police responded to what was described as a robbery at the Gold Massage Spa on Piedmont Road in Atlanta. He had been a customer at the two Atlanta spas that were targeted, the citys deputy police chief said. As protesters coalesce around the movement to defund the police, Democratic congressional leaders emphasized on Sunday that their intent was not to cut off funding for police departments, but to thoroughly overhaul them. And so I think the mayor is right, this did not call for lethal force.. This story has been shared 270,185 times. Keisha Lance Bottoms: (05:20) I do want to add one thing that was not mentioned. ATLANTA Police are investigating a shooting at a gas station in southwest Atlanta. That is the only survivor. Meanwhile, statements from police that Long had declared Tuesdays attack was not racially motivated spurred further outrage and widespread skepticism. Thank you. The Atlanta Police Department (APD) asked the GBI to conduct an independent investigation on April 27, 2023. So, that victim is stable. Kei Diliza, a resident of nearby Gresham Park who is affiliated with the local movement Stop Cop City, told CNN on Wednesday that reports from other members who were near the site conflicted the account that law enforcement gave regarding a protester shooting at them. Officer Brosnan appears to be unsure whether to let Mr. Brooks sleep there or to take further action. (An earlier version of the first item misstated the view Representative James Clyburn, Democrat of South Carolina, in one passage.). We also know that this is an issue thats happening across the country. The suspect, who is white, was identified as Robert Aaron Long, 21, of Woodstock, Ga. A 9-millimeter gun was found in his vehicle, the authorities said. Lieutenant Mark Riley: (03:09) The wounded trooper was transported to Grady Memorial Hospital for treatment, and according to the Georgia Department of Public Safety, was in stable condition Thursday. Atlanta Police Press Conference on Spa Shootings Transcript March 17, Congressional Testimony & Hearing Transcripts. A handgun and shell casings were recovered from the scene, the GBI said. But no, you fire bullets into his back., Appearing on the CNN program State of the Union, Mr. Clyburn continued, That is not what youd call corresponding force. The morning after the Atlanta spa shootings, local law enforcement called a news conference. But it was the only weapon that he fired? VideoOn board the worlds last surviving turntable ferry, I didnt think make-up was made for black girls, Why there is serious money in kitchen fumes. The Hollywood Reporter is a part of Penske Media Corporation. But Mr. Macron said that the French police deserve the support of the public authorities and the gratitude of the nation.. Calculate how much it costs to transcribe, caption, or subtitle your content. Mr. Brooks asks the officers if he can lock his car up under their supervision and walk to his sisters house, which is a short distance away. "Place your order while they last," Baker wrote above the photo of two T-shirts that said, "Covid 19 IMPORTED VIRUS FROM CHY-NA.". Its my understanding he does not live with his parents. An off-duty Atlanta police officer was involved in a shooting outside a nightclub that left one man dead and two injured Sunday morning, police say. put Asian communities across the United States on alert, had been a customer at the two Atlanta spas that were targeted, met with leaders and state lawmakers from the Asian-American and Pacific Islander. These acts of violence are cast as "temporary lapses by these white men," Ms Truong said. Captain Jay Baker: (14:19) For all the good that laws can do, we have to change our hearts, Mr. Biden said. Hes in stable condition at WellStar Kennestone Hospital in Marietta. activists held a march and rally in Hollywood and West Hollywood on Sunday focused on racial injustice and police brutality. What we are saying is the current infrastructure that exists as policing in our city should not exist any more, Ms. Omar said. Transgender people face high rates of violence around the country and the world, and the American Medical Association said last fall that killings of transgender women of color in the U.S. amounted to an epidemic. Captain Jay Baker: (12:52) Once we were able to get our information and gather our information and coordinate with Cherokee County, we immediately put that out metro-wide. Captain Jay Baker: (08:59) An analysis of the videos by The New York Times shows that Officer Garrett Rolfe fired a stun gun at Mr. Brooks as he and another officer, Devin Brosnan, tried to take Mr. Brooks into custody. The body-camera video of the encounter, he said, is disturbing to watch, but Im not sure that its as clear as what weve seen around the country.. All resources immediately started getting involved so that we could bring this to a quick closure. Did he discuss any kind of religious motivation for this or was he just . The events since the killing of George Floyd present us with an opportunity where we can move forward to change those bases, Mr. Gates said in an interview. 2023 Cable News Network. You mentioned Florida. "It's something that he shouldn't be doing," Capt Baker said of the gunman's mindset. Jay Baker wrote above a photo of two T-shirts that said "Covid 19 IMPORTED VIRUS FROM CHY-NA.". Were not sure what his presence was there. Male Reporter: (07:51) According to police, the massage parlours terrorised by the suspect were outlets for his reported sexual addiction. Speaker 1: (00:51) It is unacceptable. To my opinion, that he was acting alone. "Place your order while they last," Capt. Protesters scrawled the Italian words for rapist and racist on the statue of Indro Montanelli, who acknowledged having had a 12-year-old Eritrean bride while he was stationed in Eritrea during Italian colonial rule in the 1930s. By Saturday night, protesters had blocked roads and an interstate near the restaurant and had apparently set the restaurant on fire, according to news reports, with the police firing tear gas and flash grenades to try to disperse the crowd. The police were called to the scene initially because Mr. Brooks had fallen asleep on the drive-through line of the restaurant. 0:06. Atlanta, GA (January 19, 2023) The man who died in yesterdays officer involved shooting has been identified as Manuel Esteban Paez Teran, 26. The film wontwo awards at the Sundance Film Festivalin January, including the NEXT Audience Award and NEXT Innovator Award. CNN . Is there still a threat? Female Reporter: (14:11) And its on all of us all of us together to make it stop.. Keisha Lance Bottoms: (04:12) Captain Jay Baker: (08:13) Mr. Macron also responded to calls to overhaul the French police. And as far as we know in Atlanta, these are legally operating businesses that have not been on our radar, not on the radar of APD. Ms. Polancos death in custody attracted national attention. Atlanta, GA (April 24, 2023) The GBI is investigating an officer involved shooting in Atlanta, GA. ATLANTA Atlanta police are investigating a shooting at a southwest Atlanta hotel. And we know that were hearing the stories. Some cities and states have declared outright bans on such tactics in recent weeks. One person shot and killed at southwest Atlanta gas station, investigation underway, police say. He had previously sought treatment for sex addiction, one of his former roommates at a halfway house said. Captain Jay Baker: (08:27) The most accurate AI-powered transcription on the market. It will not forget any of its works. As the chief indicated, its still early, but the indicators right now are it may not be. The Fulton County medical examiners office confirmed on Sunday that Mr. Brookss death was a homicide and that the cause of death was gunshot wounds of the back. The offices statement said he had been hit by two shots, causing organ injuries and blood loss.. Dean A. Tran, a Republican state senator from Fitchburg, issued a rebuttal to the statement, which he called inflammatory. He argued that Asian-Americans had not contributed to anti-black racism. UPDATED with Altanta PD statement on shootings of three transgender women in the city this year, and details on GoFundMe campaign for Koko Da Doll.. One man was shot and is in stable condition. To clarify, did you say earlier about interviewing the suspect, you said it was not racially motivated? Surveillance cameras. In May, eight protesters were arrested after a Molotov cocktail was thrown at police as authorities tried to remove them from the area, according to CNN affiliate WSB. ATLANTA Atlanta police are investigating two deadly shootings that happened minutes apart within one mile of each other. Add English on-screen subtitles for videos. Reporting was contributed by Peter Baker, Ellen Barry, Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs, Malachy Browne, Julia Carmel, Emily Cochrane, Melina Delkic, Shaila Dewan, Rebecca Halleck, Jack Healy, Andrew Higgins, Christina Kelso, Eric Killelea and Constant Mheut. A Georgia sheriff's spokesperson who came under fire Wednesday for statements he made about the suspect in the Atlanta-area spa shootings, which killed eight people, including six women of Asian descent, previously shared an anti-Asian post on Facebook. Comments made by Cherokee County Sheriffs Office Captain Jay Baker have become the subject of much debate and anger, Reynolds said in the statement. He had visited both of those locations? It may be targets of opportunity. And we were notified by his family, who were fully cooperative, and we are greatly appreciative of their assistance in this matter. While the authorities continue to investigate the shootings, there is still an outstanding amount of information that remains unknown, including a clear motive. Industry-leading accurate legal transcription to ensure you dont miss a statement. But Im sure you asked him was this racially motivated? Nearly 3,800 hate incidents targeting Asian-Americans have been reported nationwide since last March, Stop AAPI Hate said in a report this week. So just dont want to go into that at this time. The suspect, 21-year-old Robert Aaron Long, had confessed to the shooting rampage, police said, in which eight people were killed, six of them Asian women. When I spoke to the investigators, they interviewed him this morning and they got that impression, that, yes, he understood the gravity of it. 2023 The Hollywood Reporter, LLC. Six of the shooting victims were Asian women, police said. Male Reporter: (05:05) One man was killed during the incident. No officers were injured during the incident. "And this is what he did.". Thank you, maam. Prosecutors found that prison officers were not responsible, but Ms. Polancos family has sued the city for wrongful death, saying that the prison staff failed to provide her with timely medical care that could have saved her life after she suffered an epileptic seizure. You mentioned Florida-. One man was killed during the incident. As far as we know in Atlanta, weve not had any calls, 911 calls from that location. Not that Im aware of. After the vehicle was pitted, the suspect was taken into custody without further incident and transported to the Crisp County Jail. Law enforcement and opponents of the project have given differing details on what happened, with Register saying law enforcement personnel returned fire in self-defense, after someone without warning shot a Georgia State Patrol Trooper., 1 person was fatally shot and a state trooper wounded near site of Atlanta's controversial 'Cop City' project. Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms and law enforcement officials They initiated a traffic stop and then immediately pitted the vehicle. "He was attempting to take out that temptation.". I appreciate that. Male Reporter: (12:43) Thank you. Jay Baker said on March 17 that the 21-year-old suspect in the Atlanta-area spa shootings was "at A 'Cop City' activist killed by police was shot 57 times, according to a state autopsy report. ', 'It's a temptation for him that he wants to eliminate. Man dead after attempting to rob gas station, shoot-out with Atlanta police The man fired several shots at officers, but never hit any of them. Male Reporter: (08:29) Neither Georgia nor the federal Department of Justice have said whether they will seek hate crime charges against the suspect. ', 'It's scary just to be an Asian American woman' Video, 00:01:40, 'It's scary just to be an Asian American woman', On board the worlds last surviving turntable ferry. Stacey Abrams, the former minority leader in the Georgia House of Representatives and Democratic gubernatorial candidate, said she saw a direct link to the police-involved killings of black people that have sparked protests demanding an overhaul of policing nationwide. This racist and sexist stereotype that they "were bringing their immorality to the US", Ms Truong explains, has lingered. A Georgia sheriff's spokesperson who came under fire Wednesday for statements he made about the suspect in the Atlanta-area spa shootings, which killed And the issue was that he wanted to destroy what had been tempting him? The Sheriff mentioned he had a sexual addiction. Male Reporter: (09:03) However, Senator Tim Scott, Republican of South Carolina, said on the NBC program Meet the Press that he did not think the case was in the same category as other recent killings by the police that have been widely regarded as clearly unjustified. In the wake of the Atlanta shootings, police offered early explanations for why the deadly rampage had occurred. Anyone can read what you share. Learn about careers at Cox Media Group. About 7.6 percent of residents in Fulton County, which includes Atlanta, are of Asian descent, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. In reality, the law blocked virtually all immigration from Asian women, who were collectively presumed to be sex workers or prostitutes. Senator Tim Scott, Republican of South Carolina, said on Sunday that he had been in conversations with the White House about making Juneteenth, which marks the date, June 19, 1865, when enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, first learned of their freedom, a national holiday. Female Reporter: (09:33) We put out an image of a possible suspect very early on in this incident. So again, it really speaks to the coordination and the quick response from law enforcement. The shooting of Rayshard Brooks in Atlanta adds new fuel to the debate over police use of force. Mr. Brooks admits he has been drinking and says, I dont want to refuse anything. When the test is complete, Officer Rolfe tells Mr. Brooks he has had too much drink to be driving, and begins to handcuff him; only then is Mr. Brooks seen offering any resistance. Now, for any of the law enforcement partners here, is there anything similar as far as strategy and extra support for either the Asian American communities in Metro Atlanta or similar businesses like massage parlors? Because we have not put money into social health and economic issues like homelessness and substance abuse, the police then are left to pick up the pieces. And yesterday was a really bad day for him and this is what he did. Female Reporter: (09:26) Both locations were massage parlors. But some experts say the speculation around motive drew from harmful stereotypes. Theres no indication that anyone was working with him. "I think we should think about the impact, the consequences, and look at the outcome of what happened - that eight people are dead.". Keisha Lance Bottoms: (10:04) Those responses, in the wake of the deadly tragedy, caused anger. Become a freelancer and work on your own terms. So we had a very rapid response. Let me go into a little bit of detail. ATLANTA - A man is dead after Atlanta Police say officers were forced to shoot him after he fired multiple rounds at officers at two different location Thursday Its always puzzled me that we dont have a Fort George Washington, or a Fort Ulysses S. Grant, or a Fort Patton, or a facility named for an African-American Medal of Honor recipient. It must stop. April 24, 2023. My understanding is he moved the date once he understood Juneteenth, Mr. Scott said on Face the Nation. Im not sure that the planners on his inner-circle team thought about June 19, Tulsa, Oklahoma, and race riots., Other Republican allies of Mr. Trump also said in interviews aired Sunday that they had expressed concerns to him about the date of the rally. Anyone with information regarding the incident is asked to contact Atlanta Police or 911. Captain Jay Baker: (07:47) Thats one of the things at this time, were not going to go into details about why they were there. Black trans lives matter! "That word, temptation, points to a long history of the evil within our midst," Prof Wu said. Ali Gostanian is a New York-based senior reporter with NBC News' Social Newsgathering team. HONOLULU (AP) Police officers responding to a report of a temporary restraining order violation on the small and close Male Reporter: (08:56) The date hit the headlines recently when President Trumps re-election campaign scheduled his first rally since the onset of the coronavirus pandemic to be held on June 19 in Tulsa, Okla., the site of an eruption of deadly racist violence in 1921 that destroyed a thriving black business community. We have not seen a significant uptick in formal complaints within the city of Atlanta, but obviously, this is a large metropolitan region. ATLANTA (AP) A man was shot and wounded by an Atlanta police officer near the Greyhound bus station in the citys downtown early Sunday morning, authorities said. Atlanta Police say a 17-year-old is in custody in connection with the killing of the trans woman featured in the Sundance documentary. Some 25 campsites were removed from the site during the clearing operation, the agency said in a release. A RESTful API to access Revs workforce of fast, high quality transcriptionists and captioners. Im not going to go to I dont know if he was remorseful or not. Lawmakers are wrestling with the contours of legislation to overhaul policing and how to reconcile a measure introduced in the House last week with drafts still under discussion in the Senate. 2. A statue in Milan, Italy, of a renowned journalist who died in 2001 attracted the ire of protesters on Sunday. And secondly, there was an indication that the family notified you. Is there any reason to believe that other similar businesses should still be concerned today? Male Reporter: (08:33) When pressed on whether the police department should be abolished permanently, Ms. Omar said, Absolutely not.. Atlanta police say they are investigating the shooting and that it could be On paper, the legislation barred the entry of any woman from China, Japan "or any Oriental country" for "lewd and immoral purposes", including prostitution. Comments made by Cherokee On behalf of the dedicated women and men of the Cherokee County Sheriffs Office, we regret any heartache Captain Bakers words may have cause, he said. So the suspect did take responsibility for the shootings. The Black Lives Matter movement has opened a rift among prominent Asian-Americans in Massachusetts, where members of a state commission disagreed openly about whether their community was complicit in racism against black people. Chief Rodney Bryant: (02:33) Senator James Lankford, Republican of Oklahoma, said he supported a national ban on chokeholds, though the legislation still being drafted in the Senate is not expected to have such a prohibition.
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