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‘Tragedy for everyone involved’: DC police release bodycam footage of fatal police shooting – WTOP News
Newly released bodycam footage shows the moments a D.C. police officer fatally shot a man on Jan. 24 on North Capitol Street.
Newly released body camera footage shows the moments a D.C. police officer fatally shot a man who police said minutes earlier had attacked a paramedic and then escaped an the ambulance taking him to a hospital.
During a Wednesday evening news conference, Executive Assistant Chief of Police Jeff Carroll said 41-year-old Clifford Brooks, of Northeast D.C., charged at the officer with a “metal object” before the officer fired six shots.
Age-restricted video of the shooting, which happened onJan. 24 near the intersection of North Capitol Street and New York Avenue, is below:
“Any death is tragic, especially in a circumstance like this, when the officer spent so much time trying to work with the individual and get them the help that he needed,” Carroll said. “It’s a very difficult situation and obviously the goal is always to try to de-escalate and to safely get that person the help that they need.”
Carroll said the incident started around 6:40 a.m. on Jan. 24 in the 2500 block of Benning Road Northeast, where police encountered Brooks “in crisis.” Officers de-escalated the situation and Brooks got into an ambulance.
On the way to the hospital, around 9:23 a.m., Carroll said Brooks became combative and attacked a paramedic that was riding in the back of the ambulance, pinning the paramedic to a wall. The paramedic was able to slip out the side door of the ambulance, and Carroll said Brooks followed outside into the 1300 block of North Capitol Street Northeast.
That’s when officers who were following the ambulance got out of their squad cars to assist.
“While outside of the ambulance, the individual pushed one of the officers several times in an attempt to resist from being placed back into the ambulance,” Carroll said. “The officer attempted to stop the assaultive behavior by deploying OC spray and giving verbal commands.”
Carroll said the pepper spray “did not take effect,” and Brooks ran from the officers, crawling under a truck that was stopped in traffic and emerging with a “metal object” clutched in his hand.
“The involved officer and the witness officer gave multiple commands to the individual to drop it. The individual refused, and ran toward the involved officer with the object raised,” Carroll said.
That’s when the officer fired six shots, striking Brooks, who fell to the ground and dropped the object, Carroll said.
Brooks was pronounced dead on the scene and the metal object was recovered from the scene. Carroll said the object appears to be some sort of metal gauge or tire gauge.
“I think it’s a very tragic situation. An individual who’s obviously in a mental health crisis, it’s tragic for him, it’s tragic for his family, it’s tragic for the community, the officers that are involved,” Carroll said. “It’s a terrible outcome overall and I think it’s a tragedy for everyone involved.”
The officer who shot Brooks is a 31-year veteran who serves as a crisis intervention officer and a member of the department’s Emergency Response Team’s Auxiliary Negotiator Unit, which Carroll said requires extensive training.
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Tuberville: 'We need to close Washington, D.C. for the next 6 months and save America' – Yellowhammer News
U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) is so frustrated with the Biden administration that he thinks the country would be better off if the federal government just closed up shop for the next few months.
We need to close Washington, D.C. for the next 6 months and save America. #MAGAhttps://t.co/2IHiUKCJo9
— Tommy Tuberville (@TTuberville) May 22, 2024
“We need to close these buildings up there and go home for the next seven, eight months before we really put this country under,” Tuberville said Wednesday on Newsmax.
The senator was reacting to President Joe Biden calling for an increase in the capital gains taxes and corporate income taxes.
“You can’t make this up,” he said. “You don’t do that in an election year, so something’s going wrong out there. Something is kind of fishy with this election coming up when they’re saying, Hey, by the way, we’re going to double your capital gains tax. Makes no sense whatsoever what they’re doing.”
Biden has proposed raising the corporate income tax rate from 21% to 28% and to raise the capital gains tax to 44.5%.
Tuberville also blasted the current state of Social Security.
“No, most people won’t get Social Security,” he said. “It’s just unfortunate. It was a tax that was levied on the American people years ago, sold a bill of goods. Hey, we’re going to take care of your retirement.”
Current estimates say the federal government has $93.1 trillion in unfunded liabilities related to benefit programs like Social Security.
“If you would have taken the money that you put in Social Security and put it in a 401k,” he continued, “it would have been worth 10, 15, 20, 30 times what it is today. It’s unfortunate, this place up here. The federal government does not know how to handle your money, but they want more of it.”
The Social Security Trust Fund will run out in 2035 according to a Social Security & Medicare Trustees report.
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WASHINGTON, DC — The Republican National Committee headquarters in Washington, D.C., was locked down for a time Wednesday morning after an unknown person sent vials of blood to the building, according to news reports.
U.S. Capitol Police responded around 7:45 a.m. to the building located at 310 First St. Southeast for the report of a suspicious package, police told NBC News.
Police cleared the package after determining it contained vials of blood, NBC News reported.
A police source told CNN the package contained two vials of blood, a Korean Bible and two ice packs. An all-clear was issued shortly after 9 a.m. ET.
A hazardous materials team is on site, and US Capitol Police is participating in the investigation.
Patch will update this breaking news story.
HEBRON, Ky. (WXIX) – More than 85 Tri-State veterans and their guardians are heading to Washington D.C. Wednesday on the second Honor Flight of 2024.
Honor Flight allows veterans the opportunity to see their memorials in our nation’s capital for free and to participate in ceremonies that pay tribute to their service to our country.
They will tour the World War II Memorial, Korean War Memorial, Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Iwo Jima Memorial, Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, and U.S. Air Force Memorial.
The other two Honor Flights for 2024 will be on Sept. 17 and Oct. 23.
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