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Friday 21 July 2017

Girl says her mom asked for forgiveness before stabbing her

By KATE BRUMBACK loved her and asked for J o u r n a l - C o n s t i t u t i o n , Martinez behaved bizarrely request.
Associated Press forgiveness before cutting includes a caseworker’s during her first court Diana told the caseworker
ATLANTA (AP) — Everyone her. Martinez told the girl notes from a July 10 interview appearance on July 7, about a recent overnight
was asleep when Isabel she was “going to the sky with Diana Romero, as well waving, smiling and posing trip to Savannah, where
Martinez began stabbing to see Jesus,” and the girl as notes from a jailhouse for news cameras and she said she had fun
her children and then cried and told her mother interview earlier that day telling the judge she didn’t playing in the water. Her
fatally stabbed her she didn’t want to go see with Martinez, who faces need an attorney. The court mother behaved normally
husband as he tried to seek Jesus. charges including murder appointed attorney Robert on the trip and when they
help, her daughter told a A report from the Georgia and aggravated assault Greenwald to represent returned home, and her
child welfare caseworker. Division of Family and in the July 6 deaths of her her. He initially filed a motion parents didn’t get upset
Diana Romero, 9, said Children Services, first husband and four of her for a psychiatric evaluation with each other during the
her mother told her she reported by The Atlanta children. but later withdrew that trip, she said.q

Family of woman shot by Minneapolis police want changes

By AMY FORLITI lice have said they already
STEVE KARNOWSKI were reviewing their body
Associated Press camera policy before Da-
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The mond’s death. Assistant
family of an Australian Chief Medaria Arradondo
woman shot dead by a said police will soon release
Minneapolis police officer changes to body camera
wants changes in police requirements, without elab-
protocols, including a look orating. Arradondo said su-
at how often officers are re- pervisors would work with
quired to turn on their body patrol officers to ensure
cameras, a family attorney the cameras are activated
told local media. more frequently.
Other police shootings In a blog post Thursday,
around the U.S. — particu- Mayor Betsy Hodges said
larly the killings of black low use of body cameras
men by police officers — is “not acceptable,” and
led to calls for changes that said she expects officers to
included everything from activate them the moment
bias training for officers they begin responding to
to upgraded technology. any call. She also said she
Sometimes those changes would push for an immedi-
have been initiated by ate audit of the program.
departments themselves; Joseph Schafer, a crimi-
sometimes they have been Robyn Traxler, a lifelong resident of the Linden Hills neighborhood, places flowers at the memorial for nology and criminal jus-
Justine Damond on the steps of the Lake Harriet Spiritual Community church in south Minneapolis.
ordered by the federal The family of Damond, an Australian woman shot to death by a Minneapolis police officer, has tice professor at Southern
government or through a hired an attorney who represented the family of black motorist Philando Castile, who was also Illinois University, said calls
lawsuit. slain by a Minnesota police officer. for changes are common
In the most recent Minne- (Aaron Lavinsky/Star Tribune via AP) after critical events such as
apolis case, Officer Mo- tors he had been startled Australian woman was no a nearly $3 million settle- police shootings. “The chal-
hamed Noor shot Justine by a loud noise right before threat, and any notion that ment after he was killed lenge can be that a single
Damond, a white 40-year- the shooting. Noor, who is the officers feared an am- by a suburban police of- incident, while horribly
old life coach, once Somali-American, has de- bush is “ludicrous.” ficer last summer, said the tragic and unfortunate ...
through the window of his clined to be interviewed. Authorities said neither offi- Minneapolis department’s doesn’t necessarily estab-
police vehicle after she ap- An attorney for Damond’s cer had turned on his body body camera policy, and lish there is a systemic prob-
proached the car, minutes family, Robert Bennett, told camera. how often the cameras lem that needs to be fixed,”
after she called 911 to re- Minneapolis television sta- Bennett, who helped the are turned on, are among Schafer said, adding that
port a possible rape. Noor’s tion WCCO that the family family of black motor- issues the family wants ex- changes may not always
partner told state investiga- is in disbelief. He said the ist Philando Castile reach amined. Minneapolis po- prevent future mistakes.q

Florida man indicted in brawl on Delta flight to China

By MARTHA BELLISLE Joseph Daniel Hudek IV, a peaceful person who has walked out of the first-class attempted to help the at-
Associated Press 23, was indicted by a fed- flown multiple times with- restroom and tried to open tendants, prosecutors say,
SEATTLE (AP) — A Florida eral grand jury Wednesday out incident. “Obviously, the exit door, prosecutors Hudek hit the man over the
man who fought with flight on one count of interfer- something uncharacteristi- said. There were 210 pas- head with a wine bottle. As
attendants and other pas- ing with the flight crew and cally happened to him on sengers and 11 flight crew passengers struggled with
sengers when he tried to four counts of assault on an the flight,” Flennaugh said. members aboard the Boe- Hudek, who was throwing
open the exit door of a aircraft. A U.S. magistrate “Mr. Hudek is sorry about ing 767 aircraft. Two flight punches, a flight attendant
Delta Air Lines flight bound judge ordered Hudek to what happened.” Flight attendants tried to stop “grabbed two wine bottles
from Seattle to China has remain in detention and 129 left Seattle on July 6 Hudek, prosecutors said, and struck Hudek over the
been indicted on five fed- set his arraignment for July bound for Beijing and was and he threw one to the head with each, breaking
eral charges, prosecutors 27. Hudek’s lawyer, Robert over the Pacific Ocean floor and punched the at least one,” according to
said Thursday. Flennaugh, said his client is when an agitated Hudek other. When a passenger the complaint filed July 7.q