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today from civil rights attorney john burruss. he says there are new findings video and medical findings that will make this a federal civil rights lawsuit justified. we have already seen a couple of video clips taken by witnesses with cell phones showing officers surrounding mario woods in the bayview on december 2. he is armed with a kitchen knife accused of stabbing someone earlier in the day. officers say he came at one of them with a knife and that they had no choice but to open fire. now, the police department has faced criticism. people were outraged at a public hearing last week. the chief is asking for permission to arm his officers with tasers. it with obviously another option before using deadly force. but some city supervisors say there may be a more systemic problem. >> >> i think the question here for me is not about whether we need to have taser in sfpd. the question is what are the programs in place.
today from civil rights attorney john burruss. he says there are new findings video and medical findings that will make this a federal civil rights lawsuit justified. we have already seen a couple of video clips taken by witnesses with cell phones showing officers surrounding mario woods in the bayview on december 2. he is armed with a kitchen knife accused of stabbing someone earlier in the day. officers say he came at one of them with a knife and that they had no choice but to open fire. now,...
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attorney john burruss. he says there are new findings video and medical findings that will make this a federal civil rights lawsuit justified. we have already seen a couple of video clips taken by witnesses with cell phones showing officers surrounding mario woods in the bayview on december 2. he is armed with a kitchen knife accused of stabbing someone earlier in the day. officers say he came at one of them with a knife and that they had no choice but to open fire. now, the police department has faced criticism. people were outraged at a public hearing last week. the chief is asking for permission to arm his officers with tasers. it would have been another option before using deadly force but some city supervisors say there may be a more systemic problem. >> >> i think the question here for me is not about whether we need to have taser in sfpd. the question is what are the tactical training programs in place. even without tasers was there a better thing to do? i believe there is a better way to address the
attorney john burruss. he says there are new findings video and medical findings that will make this a federal civil rights lawsuit justified. we have already seen a couple of video clips taken by witnesses with cell phones showing officers surrounding mario woods in the bayview on december 2. he is armed with a kitchen knife accused of stabbing someone earlier in the day. officers say he came at one of them with a knife and that they had no choice but to open fire. now, the police department...
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information on how many bullets did hit woods but burruss said that civil rights -- civil rights lawyer john burruss said officers shot woods 20 times as he walked away. >> i just think it's an affront and an insult for the african- american community that that much fire power was being used and against a relatively small person at a time when that person was not committing any crime. >> reporter: woods' mother was at this morning's announcement. obviously, distraught, she said the police handled the shooting poorly all the way through. she actually found out about her son's death through facebook. the san francisco police department has been using this as a call at least the chief has to, um, try to get tasers in the hands of his officers saying it would be another option rather than using deadly force. live in san francisco, anne makovec, kpix 5. >>> a couple behind that mass shooting in san bernardino apparently had a hard time reaching out to islamic extremists abroad. a government source says it appears that many of sayed farook and tashfeen malik's overtures were refused because they were afra
information on how many bullets did hit woods but burruss said that civil rights -- civil rights lawyer john burruss said officers shot woods 20 times as he walked away. >> i just think it's an affront and an insult for the african- american community that that much fire power was being used and against a relatively small person at a time when that person was not committing any crime. >> reporter: woods' mother was at this morning's announcement. obviously, distraught, she said the...
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. >> reporter: earlier today civil rights attorney john burruss filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of the family. he showed what he called new video of the shooting. he claims it proves woods had his hands down at the time of the shooting. now, coming up on kpix 5 at 6:00, we'll have more details on the family's federal lawsuit. we'll also give you a look at that new video. live from san francisco, cate caugiran, kpix 5. >>> new at 5:00, just into our newsroom, an incredible photo. check this thing out. a freak accident. a metal beam comes crashing through the windshield of a bmw on a busy south bay freeway. it was posted on twitter. this happened at noon on 280 near the saratoga exit. the driver escaped with only a scratch. we have a reporter trying to track down some more information on that. we'll have more coming up tonight at 6:00. >>> a break in the rain at least for now. but it was another wet commute for many this morning. our cameras caught a downpour on 3rd street in san francisco about 5 a.m. the rain, thunderstorms last night left behind a mess around parts of the bay area
. >> reporter: earlier today civil rights attorney john burruss filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of the family. he showed what he called new video of the shooting. he claims it proves woods had his hands down at the time of the shooting. now, coming up on kpix 5 at 6:00, we'll have more details on the family's federal lawsuit. we'll also give you a look at that new video. live from san francisco, cate caugiran, kpix 5. >>> new at 5:00, just into our newsroom, an incredible...