So obviously, whatever the motivation was for this guy, we know that many of the victims, the majority of the victims were Asian. Can you elaborate on that? Create a better, more engaging experience for every student. 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Captain Jay Baker: (12:52) 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. He calls for another police officer, and Officer Rolfe arrives twelve minutes later. "I'm tired of this focus on motivation," Prof Wu said. The identities of the victims have not been released. But some experts say the speculation around motive drew from harmful stereotypes. U.S. news Protester of Cop City near Atlanta was shot by police at least 57 times, autopsy says Wounds were found throughout the body of Manuel Paez Teran, who Local justice groups released a joint statement saying Teran, known as Tortuguita and who identifies as nonbinary, was a sweet, warm, very smart and caring person. He had visited both of those locations? This station is part of Cox Media Group Television. Speaker 3: (00:51) Do you have a sense of how many times he shot, how much ammunition he had on him? All Rights Reserved. Is there any reason to believe that other similar businesses should still be concerned today? Comments made by Cherokee April 23, 2023. The I do have a press release with their names that we will give yall when this is over with. Once we were able to get our information and gather our information and coordinate with Cherokee County, we immediately put that out metro-wide. "Just because someone doesn't come out and say 'I was targeting these women because of their race' - there's still a deeper history of Asian American women being associated with hyper-sexuality, with this kind of immoral or corrupting influence," Ms Truong said. "He apparently has an issue, what he considers a sex addiction, and sees these locations as something that allows him to go to these places, and it's a temptation for him that he wanted to eliminate," Baker told reporters. 3 House Democrat, on the CNN program State of the Union. The fact of the matter is that police have a role to play.. The Sheriff of Cherokee County reached out to his partner down in Crisp County, who reached out to the Georgia State Patrol in Cordele. 0:06. Was he a student? Were the victims employees or patrons? Keisha Lance Bottoms: (10:04) 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. (An earlier version of the first item misstated the view Representative James Clyburn, Democrat of South Carolina, in one passage.). The feature followed each of their experiences living in New York and Atlanta, while exploring the division between the Black community and themselves, as well as the threats they face every day. Could you explain a little bit more about what the locations were that he targeted? The four victims who were killed at two spas in Atlanta were identified on Friday morning. Speaker 3: (00:33) They belong in a museum someplace, so were not celebrating them, were learning from them and the mistakes they made, he said. So, that victim is stable. At 5:47 p.m., the Atlanta police responded to a report of a robbery at Gold Spa in the northeastern part of the city. Rev Blog Transcripts Atlanta Police Press Conference on Spa Shootings Transcript March 17. This briefing has ended. And the other people that were killed at that location, were not going to say whether they were employees or whether they were there just by happenstance. By Derrick Bryson Taylor and Christine Hauser. Speech-to-Text live streaming for live captions, powered by the worlds leading speech recognition API. [crosstalk 00:08:56] How did you get the image, Sheriff? 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. Suncha Kim: Ms. Kim, 69, worked at Gold Spa. Having conversations, again, as I stated with our federal, state, and local partners. Yesterday afternoon, after the two incidents occurred here in Fulton and Cherokee Counties, there was a lookout put out. No, he did not resist. In court, Turner's father argued that his son should not have to go to prison for "20 minutes of action" - referring to the rape of Ms Miller. Both Prof Wu and Ms Truong cited the 1875 Page Act, one of the earliest pieces of federal law restricting immigration to the US. Captain Jay Baker: (12:45) So we had a very rapid response. After the shooting, one of the injured men somehow traveled to a residence on Hope Street SW where police found him. Alyssa Pointer / Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP, Georgia shootings, disturbing surge in anti-Asian attacks leave communities on edge. Some cities and states have declared outright bans on such tactics in recent weeks. At a news conference Wednesday, Capt. The republic will not wipe away any trace, or any name from its history, he said. against members of their community, The Los Angeles Times reported. Georgias Asian-American population has grown in recent decades. The driver was arrested without incident. 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. The car and then, of course, obviously we were able to get in touch with parents who identified it from social media, that was their child. "Beyond processing evidence from the scenes, investigators are taking a hard look at what motivated the shooter. 6 on Clayton County sheriffs top 10 most wanted list arrested while picking kids up, Checks from Georgias $1 BILLION tax rebate are starting to hit bank accounts, Criminals are using this common security feature to access your bank accounts, Man accused of driving drunk, hitting and killing young doctor will only serve 1 year in jail. 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. Female Reporter: (12:50) Neither Georgia nor the federal Department of Justice have said whether they will seek hate crime charges against the suspect. We are not about to get into victim blaming, victim shaming here. In Los Angeles, L.G.B.T.Q. Yesterday, the Atlanta Police Department released bodycam video of their officers who were involved in the joint operation to clear the site of the future City of Atlanta Public Safety Training Center. CNN;s Martin Savidge and Christina Maxouris contributed to this report. A lawyer for Big Woods Goods, a gun shop in Canton, Ga., said Mr. Long bought a gun legally from the shop on Tuesday, before the shooting. Authorities have not said what led to the shooting, although all parties involved know each other. Just on Monday, over one hundred neighbors and organizers gathered at the DeKalb County Courthouse to demand an end to police repression of the movement to stop cop city, the statement said. In as much as his words were taken or construed as insensitive or inappropriate, they were not intended to disrespect any of the victims, the gravity of this tragedy, or express empathy or sympathy for the suspect, Reynolds said. And yesterday was a really bad day for him and this is what he did. So were confident thats not going to be a problem. Build with the best speech-to-text APIs around. No officers were injured. While investigating that location, they received another call at 1907 Piedmont Road where they found another female shot inside that location. 2. Data published Tuesday reported that nearly 3,800 anti-Asian hate incidents were reported in the last year. They initiated a traffic stop and then immediately pitted the vehicle. "It's something that he shouldn't be doing," Capt Baker said of the gunman's mindset. Surveillance cameras. The Sheriff mentioned he had a sexual addiction. Hes 21 years of age. Learn about careers at Cox Media Group. After another black man is shot and killed by police officers, Atlanta erupts in outrage, and discussion swirls around proposals to radically overhaul law enforcement around the country. reports that the department had destroyed rape kits, mounted their own demonstration last week against government attempts to change their practices and discipline officers suspected of racism. Atlanta police told Channel 2 Action News officers received reports of a person shot at an Exxon gas station on Metropolitan Parkway SW around 1:55 a.m. All Rights Reserved. Seven people were arrested and charged with domestic terrorism following the fatal shooting of one person and the shooting of a Georgia state trooper near a proposed Atlanta police training facility, according to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation. I think the time has come, and we have a real opportunity here.. Thats some of the things . In reality, the law blocked virtually all immigration from Asian women, who were collectively presumed to be sex workers or prostitutes. We have not seen a significant uptick in formal complaints within the city of Atlanta, but obviously, this is a large metropolitan region. Mental health issues? I demand that the state be held accountable for our murders, Ianne Fields Stewart, founder of the Okra Project, a support and advocacy group, said at the rally. Its my understanding he does not live with his parents. Captain Jay Baker: (08:19) Here is what three experts in Asian-American studies said they heard. 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. Did he discuss any kind of religious motivation for this or was he just . By WSBTV.com News According to police, the massage parlours terrorised by the suspect were outlets for his reported sexual addiction. This racist and sexist stereotype that they "were bringing their immorality to the US", Ms Truong explains, has lingered. So again, it really speaks to the coordination and the quick response from law enforcement. proposed Atlanta police training facility. Upon arrival, they discovered three females shot inside this location. You mentioned Florida. An arrest has been made in connection to the fatal shooting of Koko Da Doll, star of the hit Sundance documentary Kokomo City. Female Reporter: (06:41) A RESTful API to access Revs workforce of fast, high quality transcriptionists and captioners. Some opponents see it as a response to the 2020 protests sparked by the deaths of Black people while in police custody, while others have concerns about the projects environmental impact and some say the project, which will cost taxpayers about $30 million, has been a largely secretive development with scarce community input. The Atlanta Police Department (APD) asked the GBI to conduct an independent investigation on April 23, 2023. Only two more questions. ATLANTA Atlanta police are investigating a shooting that left two teens injured. Atlanta police announced Thursday that a 17-year-old was taken into custody on April 26 and is being held at Fulton County Jail. At least eight people were found dead at three different spas in the Atlanta area Tuesday. You mentioned Florida-. We had two Asians and two Whites that were killed at our location. No additional details at this time. April 24, 2023. Thats something that investigators, and theyve been working on it, and thats certainly one of the things theyll be doing. Chief Rodney Bryant: (01:56) He was a pretty young guy. IE 11 is not supported. These acts of violence are cast as "temporary lapses by these white men," Ms Truong said. He added that he wanted to see clearer policies on chokeholds, a contentious restraint method that restricts air flow. Our investigation is far from over and we have not ruled anything out," the Atlanta Police Department said in a statement Wednesday night. We need reformation of how police officers do their jobs, how law enforcement does its job, because what happened yesterday to Rayshard Brooks was a function of excessive force, Ms. Abrams said Sunday on the ABC program This Week. The fact that they were either embarrassed or, you know, panicked led them to murder a man who they knew only had a Taser in his hand.. I appreciate that. Atlanta police are investigating an officer involved shooting near the downtown Greyhound bus station. Alexandra Wimley/Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, via Associated Press. Jay Baker, a spokesman for the Cherokee County Sheriff's Office, said that Robert Aaron Long, who has been charged with eight counts of murder, "was pretty much fed up and kind of at the end of his rope" and that Tuesday "was a really bad day for him, and this is what he did.". As details emerged of what happened when the Atlanta police shot and killed Rayshard Brooks as he fled from them outside a Wendys restaurant in Atlanta, political leaders drew parallels and contrasts with the other recent police-involved killings of black people that have ignited protests across the nation. Follow our continuing coverage of Atlanta, Black Lives Matter and police protests here. Female Reporter: (12:50) It may be targets of opportunity. [crosstalk 00:09:26] Im sorry. 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 A Statement about the Atlanta Shooting March 18, 2021 We have witnessed tragedy once again this week. The Atlanta Police Department asked the Georgia Bureau of Investigation to conduct an independent investigation after one man was shot by one of its officers. "The issue is not with him.". Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms and law enforcement officials held a press conference on March 17, 2021 to address the Atlanta-area spa shootings that resulted in the deaths of 8 people. Do you want to speak to that? 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. Jay Bakers remarks during a press conference Wednesday were not intended to disrespect any of the victims, according to a press release posted on Twitter. In a later news release, the GBI said officers located a man inside a tent in the woods at about 9 a.m. Officers gave verbal commands to the man who did not comply and shot a Georgia State Patrol Trooper.