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Police In Michigan Apologize To Black Man Stopped After White Woman Said He Looked At Her Suspiciously
Devin Myers was stopped by the Royal Oak Police Department.
New Orleans TV Reporter Nancy Parker Dies
Police in Royal Oak, Mich., issued an apology Thursday after a viral video showed multiple officers stopping a black man when a white woman said he stared at her from across a street.
The scene transpired Tues- day outside a suburban De- troit cafe where police stopped the man, Devin Myers, Fox affiliate WJBK reported. The stop lasted about 19 minutes, according to the Royal Oak Police De- partment.
The cafe’s manager, Erin Frey, told the Detroit Free Press that the incident began when Myers paused to at- tempt to pull into a parking spot occupied by the white woman, but he kept driving and found another spot when she did not pull out.
The police said the woman reported on a 911 call that the man circled her car and might have been taking pic- tures of her and her son.
Kimiko Adolph went on Facebook Live and captured the end of the stop. The video had been shared more than 19,000 times as of Thursday
evening.
Devin Myers way to stay
cool, calm and collected! Glad I was there. #SidewalkAnnie Posted by Kimiko Adolph on Tuesday, August 13, 2019. At one point in the video, Adolph responds to an offi- cer who says the stop wasn’t a big deal: “It is a big deal when it’s happened consis- tently — this is absurd." He responds, “To who?” She replies, “Black people.”
Royal Oak Police Chief Corrigan O’Donohue de- scribed the stop as “unfortu- nate.”
“On behalf of the police de- partment, I would like to apologize to Mr. Myers for how he was treated,” O’Donohue said in a state- ment. “What should have been a very short encounter was extended when the offi- cer-involved insisted on get- ting Mr. Myers’ identification. The officer had no legal right to demand the identification and should have simply advised Mr. Myers why we were there and allowed him to go on his way."
NANCY PARKER
WDSU. “Details have not been released by authorities, but we can confirm she passed away in a plane crash while covering a story at the New Orleans Lakefront Air- port.”
Parker was remembered as “a joy to work with each and every day” by FOX 8 Vice President and General Man-
“Today we lost a wonder- ful journalist and remarkable friend, the New Orleans tele- vision community lost a true treasure, but beyond that, her family lost a wife, a mother and daughter,” he continued. “Our thoughts and prayers are with them.”
“Nancy was a part of the FOX 8 family for the last 23 years, she put her heart and soul into her work, covering thousands of stories and touching countless lives,” In- gram added. “She made a dif- ference in the lives of those she reported on. She will be sorely missed, and her ab- sence creates a void that can- not be filled.”
Parker is survived by her three kids and husband Glen Boyd, who is a Public Infor- mations Officer at the Jeffer- son Parish Sheriff’s Office.
In Stunt Plane Crash During Filming
Community members in New Orleans are mourning the death of beloved news an- chor Nancy Parker, who died in a plane crash on Fri- day while working on a story. She was 53.
Parker, a journalist with local station WVUE FOX 8 News for 23 years, was shoot- ing a story in a stunt plane with pilot Franklin J.P. Augustus, who also died in the crash, the outlet reported on Friday.
A fire broke out after the plane went down, according to the National Transporta- tion Safety Board, WVUE re- ported, and the Federal Aviation Administration is conducting an investigation into the crash.
“Today we mourn the loss of our longtime colleague and friend Nancy Parker,” the station said in a statement obtained by local NBC station
ager Tim Ingram, WDSU.
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6 Teens Tried To Rob A House, Police Say, After The Homeowner Shot And Killed 1, The Others Were Charged With Murder
Police near Chicago say six teenagers were trying to break into a house when the elderly homeowner told them to leave and fired a gun after they re- fused.
The youngest of the group, 14, was shot and killed.
Now the other five, including four under 18, have been charged with first-degree mur- der as adults, the Lake County Sheriff's Office said in a state- ment on Facebook.
One is legally an adult, 18- year-old Diamond C. Davis, the sheriff's statement says. Three are 17. One is 16. Author- ities did not name the minors.
"Illinois law has long held felons accountable for any fore- seeable deaths that occur dur- ing the commission or attempted commission of a 'forcible felony.' This includes the death of innocent by-
Diamond C. Davis, 18, is charged along with four mi- nors in the death of a 14-year- old who was helping them rob a house, police say.
standers in addition to the deaths of co-felons," State At- torney Michael G. Nerheim said in his statement obtained by CNN on Thursday.
And the homeowner? "We are waiting for the completion of the investigation before mak- ing a final decision on charges surrounding the homeowner," said Nerheim.
A Lake County Judge set bail at $1 million for each of the de- fendants, who are due back in court on September 5. The four juveniles will be housed at the Hulse Juvenile Detention Facil- ity in Vernon Township, while Davis is held in the Lake County Jail, according to the Sheriff's Office statement.
Moira Mercure, an at- torney at Lake County Public Defender Office, represented the teens during their bond hearing. It is unknown whether she will continue to act as their lawyer, the State Attorney's of- fice said.
She could not be reached for comment.
Four Farmers Face Sentencing In U. S.' Largest Organic Fraud Case
Four Midwestern farmers are scheduled to be sentenced for cheating organic food buy- ers—the largest fraud scheme of its kind in U. S. history.
Federal prosecutors say the farmers are responsible for a seven-year scheme that tricked thousands of customers into paying premium prices for
products that were marketed as organic but were not.
Prosecutors are seeking prison sentences for the al- leged leader of the scheme, Missouri farmer Randy Con- stant, and three Nebraska farmers who worked with Constant. All four have pleaded guilty to fraud
charges.
They admitted that they
grew non-organic corn and soybeans, and a small amount of certified organic grains, and falsely marketed them all as organic. Most of the grains were sold as animal feed to companies that marketed or- ganic meat and meat products.
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