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lindsey watts is live with more. lindsey?reporter: shawn and tony if you can believe it, the white house is one of the hubs, the landmarks for people playing this game. all across the country and the best way to describe this is like a virtual scuffjer hunt. that's my avtar. when you see a poke'mon it switches to a real world picture. they're very allusive. this is the game that has millennials going crazy and police issuing warning. at this historic symbol of our democracy, nick and matt are here for the monsters. >> this is like the top guy here. >>reporter: they're among more than seven million people in our country who downloaded poke'mon go thursday. >> most of the people want to play it. maybe 8:00, 9:00, you can see young people my age playing this game. >> reporter: hasn't been all fun for gamers as they rome streets. one hunting for poke'mon in wyoming found a dead body instead. in missouri, they found a feature to lure in victims. >> you have to be aware of your surroundings. of we're finding people playing this gam
lindsey watts is live with more. lindsey?reporter: shawn and tony if you can believe it, the white house is one of the hubs, the landmarks for people playing this game. all across the country and the best way to describe this is like a virtual scuffjer hunt. that's my avtar. when you see a poke'mon it switches to a real world picture. they're very allusive. this is the game that has millennials going crazy and police issuing warning. at this historic symbol of our democracy, nick and matt are...
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fox 5 reporter lindsey watts was there and in her words, this is nothing compared to those images.he body cameras videos won't be released until monday. along with the suspension of one officer, all of the been dropped against the two people arrested that night. he's ordered a review of use of force procedures and areas of implicit bias and diversity for every officer. >> first of all i feel pain as i did the morning i saw the video. it shouldn't have happened this way, we don't often get it wrong. we did here. i stand accountable as chief of police and holding officers accountable. >> there should be a couple more suspensions honestly. some should be fired. you have to get rid of these officers. >> reporter: police were responding to to a call for a fight with weapons at the party. when they arrived,s it turns out that was not the case. all the more reason white police chief says this escalated when it didn't need to. the people who allegedly made the false 911 calls are facing charges. apparently they were upset they weren't let into the party. the body camera footage will be rel
fox 5 reporter lindsey watts was there and in her words, this is nothing compared to those images.he body cameras videos won't be released until monday. along with the suspension of one officer, all of the been dropped against the two people arrested that night. he's ordered a review of use of force procedures and areas of implicit bias and diversity for every officer. >> first of all i feel pain as i did the morning i saw the video. it shouldn't have happened this way, we don't often get...
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footage shows police pepper pepe spraying students.udents fox5's lindsey watt center city live at collegeark now with thee latest. lindsey. >> reporter: well, tony, wel rarely do we see policeolic departments admitting weng w failed here but that is but exactly what we heard todayod from university of maryland'sar police chief. he says there is no excuse foror how his office treatedreat students and no reason thatson t the situation had to escalatesce to one involving pepper spray.rs we'll show you some cell phonelo video now taken by students stu who attended this party.s party i can tell that you whatouha you're seeing here is nothing camera footage that was justus made available today. i was able to view that but it i is not going to be released rela publicly until monday.ly until m the chief says at the request rq of students involved. invol i want to take you back to thehe beginning. this started in may when police got 911 calls about about fight involving weapons at a graduation party attended bydedy predominantly black students. come to find out now these were false 911 calls made
footage shows police pepper pepe spraying students.udents fox5's lindsey watt center city live at collegeark now with thee latest. lindsey. >> reporter: well, tony, wel rarely do we see policeolic departments admitting weng w failed here but that is but exactly what we heard todayod from university of maryland'sar police chief. he says there is no excuse foror how his office treatedreat students and no reason thatson t the situation had to escalatesce to one involving pepper spray.rs...
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body camera footage with members of the media, lindsey watts was there in her words, this is nothing compared to her images. the body camera video won't be released until monday. police chief david mitchell is not mega excuses. along with the suspension of one officer, all of the charges have been dram against the two people arrested that night. and he's ordered a review of use of force procedures and training in areas of implicit bias and diversity for every officer. >> first of all i feel pain did on the morning i saw the video. it shouldn't have happened this way. we don't often get it wrong. we did here. i stand accountable as chief of police and holding the officers accountable. >> there should be a couple more suspensions. of some of them should be fired. you have to get rid of these officers. you can't change their mind. they're grown men. >> reporter: police are originally called out for a fight involving weapons. turns out when they arrived, that was not the case, all the more than re more reason the police chief said it escalated when it didn't need to. the police accused o
body camera footage with members of the media, lindsey watts was there in her words, this is nothing compared to her images. the body camera video won't be released until monday. police chief david mitchell is not mega excuses. along with the suspension of one officer, all of the charges have been dram against the two people arrested that night. and he's ordered a review of use of force procedures and training in areas of implicit bias and diversity for every officer. >> first of all i...
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. >> that's right metro is alsoghs gearing up for the largeing f crowds and fox5's lindsey watts joins us from the national mall with offerin everg you need to know.yo >> reporter: the smith joan smih folk life festival is set up set behind me and we're also seeing preps for the big showpsb on monday. mda obviously this is a huge h weekend for park police and a they are taking a lot of steps s to make sure everybody stays sta safe. sa on monday, they're going to be o eight security access pointssoi where they are going to beo checking all your bags, all your coolers, all your back yr packs and here are some things t that you definitely want to to leave behind.eh alcohol, drugs, weapons, fireworks, grills, tents, leave those drones behind,ind, too. park police say the biggesteiggt thing for people to rememberembe is to report any suspicious activity. >> we are advising the public pb the eyes and ears for laws fola enforcement if they see something, say something. somet. whether you think it's suspicious, out of theicious, o ordinary or just didn't feel right, please notify one of the un
. >> that's right metro is alsoghs gearing up for the largeing f crowds and fox5's lindsey watts joins us from the national mall with offerin everg you need to know.yo >> reporter: the smith joan smih folk life festival is set up set behind me and we're also seeing preps for the big showpsb on monday. mda obviously this is a huge h weekend for park police and a they are taking a lot of steps s to make sure everybody stays sta safe. sa on monday, they're going to be o eight security...
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live in northwest, lindsay watts, fox5 local news. >> hey, lindsey, kind of hard to hear you as they were going by, because they were chanting, but where did they start, where did you say they would ends up tonight? >> the group here, gathered right in front of the justice department building, and they remain here for about an hour. they marched twice around the built willing, and what you saw is the group. what police officers actually told me is that there is a second group of protesters gathered right now in chinatown. we weren't aware of that. and these protesters are meeting up with them, and then the larger group is going to be caring on to the white house. and this group of people has gotten so large really in the last 15 minutes, seems like, others have joined, because now there is another group, in addition to what you saw just go by me, who is coming road here. so this has grown from what was it 5:00, just hand full of people, to now hundreds of people out on the street of dc, and again, eventual goal for this crowd to march to the white house. back to you. >> lindsey in fr
live in northwest, lindsay watts, fox5 local news. >> hey, lindsey, kind of hard to hear you as they were going by, because they were chanting, but where did they start, where did you say they would ends up tonight? >> the group here, gathered right in front of the justice department building, and they remain here for about an hour. they marched twice around the built willing, and what you saw is the group. what police officers actually told me is that there is a second group of...
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watts on how they're doing it. >> my dad, my sister and my husband, their phones stopped working. >> reporter: when lindsey called, she discovered a thief had hijacked her family's account. >> somebody in nebraska had walked into a best buy and >> reporter: three iphone 6 pluses worth about $800 billed to her account. the ftc has received thousands of similar complaints from i a cross the country. impacting all four major carriers. the chief technology officer a victim herself. the growing problem of cell phone hijacking extends far beyond the inconvenience of losing phone service. when crooks transfer your number to the new phones, they may gain access to your critical accounts. >> facebook, google, bank of america, wells fargo, they're using your cell phone as a secondary measure to prove who you say you are. >> reporter: technology writer dan gooden is talking about two factor authentication. a security measure that confirms account passwords. it assumes a person who steals your password doesn't also have access to your phone. >> sudden will i your phone stops working and i now have a phone connected to your y
watts on how they're doing it. >> my dad, my sister and my husband, their phones stopped working. >> reporter: when lindsey called, she discovered a thief had hijacked her family's account. >> somebody in nebraska had walked into a best buy and >> reporter: three iphone 6 pluses worth about $800 billed to her account. the ftc has received thousands of similar complaints from i a cross the country. impacting all four major carriers. the chief technology officer a victim...