>> taser. taser. >> (indiscernible) crowd control and traffic control -- >> drop the knife! drop it! or you will get it again. drop the knife! drop it. drop the knife! >> (indiscernible) >> you are going to get the taser again, drop the knife. [bleep] now, drop it. you're going to get another taser round. drop the knife. drop it. drop it. drop it. (indiscernible) >> (indiscernible) >> go, go, go, go. >> both hands. (indiscernible) >> render aid. are the medics coming? >> (indiscernible) >> ambulance is coming? >> we got him, we got him. >> truck one is northbound -- >> (indiscernible) >> [crying sounds] >> hey, someone take his legs -- [crying sounds] >> inside his right knee. inside his right knee. [painful crying sounds] >> go, go, go. here goes. >> we're taking the cameras. >> 213, copy. [painful sounds] >> i got another one. >> [sirens] >> what about his left arm? >> i got it. >> he got it. >> got it. >> his right leg. calm down, dude. stay down. >> tourniquet. we've got one there. >> we got one already, it's okay. >> tourniquet, tourniquet. >> i got three -- i got two r

tasers remain controversial. critics say officers tend to deploy them too quickly, sometimes with deadly results. but the data in san jose shows actual injuries are down. bob: so, we were seeing fewer fractures and serious bodily injuries because they were using the taser rather than a baton. stephen: the data also shows san jose pd saw use of force incidents drop 13.4% from 2015 to 2019, the time the tracking has been taking place. and some racial disparities are disappearing. five years ago, when san jose police arrested a hispanic man, there was an 11% greater chance they would use force on him than when they arrested a white man. today, that hispanic person has a 2% lower chance than a white person of seeing force used against him. eddie: we have a lot more work to do, but i think the expectation is that we are moving that needle in that, you know, that this tool absolutely helps us do that. stephen: the use of force project agrees with those numbers, but still gives san jose an f grade for its deadly use of

police say the tasers are an essential less lethal tool and say the current tasers are reaching theireven-year shelf life and are breaking down on a regular basis. >>> smoking will be off limits in most condo buildings and apartments in san francisco. cannabis is exempt. the anti-smoking policy applies to buildings with three or more units. violators could face fines up to a million. >>> san jose county is buying the pacific inn hotel and the towne place suites owe hell in redwood city to provide 170 rooms for people of need. the community development is funding that project. >>> one of the oldest tech giants is moving out of the state. hewlett-packard is moving to houston. anser hassan spoke to some leaders about whether this is a sign of a silicon valley exodus. >> reporter: when an icon that built silicon valley decides to leave silicon valley it may not be that big of a deal. >> companies come and go. what is important is that we continue to build a pipeline of the next addition of builders who will create the amazing brands. >> reporter: he's the chairman of the entrepreneurship

>> taser over a mask. tucker: noticed the other men in the stands did anything to stop that. try to suspend judgment in moments like that, people make mistakes under pressure, we give the benefit of the doubt particularly to law enforcement but there is no way to look at that video and not be appalled because it is disgusting. and yet here's the amazing thing. authorities and elected leaders in the state of ohio were not embarrassed when the video came to light. in fact they went ahead and pressed charges against alicia kit for the crime of watching a football game sitting alone without wearing a mask. she had a pretrial hearing last month. to her great credit she refused a plea deal. she knows she did nothing wrong, she didn't topple a statue. she didn't lose a store, she didn't towards wendy's. she believes in this country are to be allowed to watch your kid play football and be free from attack for doing so. her trials in january. i hope she will come on the show. the prosecutors in ohio will enjoy every minute of pain-and-suffering they inflict upon her all while continui

true in september when the school resource officer tasered a woman ohio for the crime of watching herdle school football game in the stands. she wasn't wearing a mask, now she wasn't sitting near anyone. if she hurting anyone. but the authorities decided the safest course of action was to assault her violently in front of her child. >> get off of me! it off of me! i'm not doing anything wrong! get off of me! what the [bleep] is wrong with you! get off of me! you're not arresting me for nothing! >> come on! >> taser, wow. >> teasing this lady over and over. >> tucker: noticed none of the other men in the stands did anything to stop it. now we try to suspend judgment in moments like this, people make mistakes under pressure and week of the benefit of the doubt particular to malt law enforcement but there's no way to watch the video and be appalled because it's disgustin. authorities elected leaders in the state of ohio were not embarrassed when the video came to light and in fact they went ahead and pressed charges against alicia kit. the crime of watching a football game sitting alone

. >>> and caught on camera the native american man tasered by a park ranger speaks out as outrage erupts >>> and just out, the first ever u.s. guidelines on children and food allergies what every parent needs to know. >> announcer: this is nbc "nightly news" with lester holt >>> good tuesday evening, everyone. i'm craig melvin in for lester with more than 337,000 americans dead from coronavirus and hospitalizations at record levels in most states, more troubling news tonight that mutant, very contagious covid strain many worried would find its way from the uk to america is here. this as the federal government's response, dubbed operation warp speed, isn't moving nearly fast enough to get out the vaccines we start tonight in california with meagan fitzgerald >> reporter: tonight in colorado the highly contagious strain of the virus from the uk has been detected. the patient, a man in his 20s with no travel history, now recovering in isolation. >> it's more contagious and therefore it is more dangerous in that regard however, once -- if you do get it, it's no more serious >> reporter: this

. >>> a man tasered by a park ranger speaks out on camera. >>> a major storm barreling down on millions of us. >>> plus a look back at the heroes and some of those we lost during the pandemic. "early today" starts right now good morning i'm phillip mena. >> i'm paul gehrke thanks for joining us. >>> a republican congressman who wasset to take office next month has lost his battle with covid-19 according to his spokesman, the congressman-elect from louisiana has died on december 18th he announced in a tweet he had tested positive for the virus. in a facebook post his rep said he was placed in intensive care on the 22nd. john bel edwards expressed his condolences as well as josh edwards and nancy pelosi the louisiana governor has ordered the flags to be swosh half-staff he's survived by his wife and two young children. >>> so far more than 11 million doses have been delivered but ohm about 2 million people have gotten vaccinated. mr. biden is expecting to have 100 million vaccinated by the time of his first day in office. >>> senate majority leader mitch mcconnell shot down a democratic b

the wells fargo foundation donated 2900 bottles of hand in a taser. 200 set of gloves and masks to protect volunteers and staff. the group also surprised the nonprofit food bank with a $100,000 check. the money will provide 200,000 meals to help feed the hungry. >>> turning our attention to the weather. you may have noticed it is chilly out tonight. temperatures are running 5 to 10th degrees cooler. we have the clear skies and that helps us to cool down quickly. we go throughout the evening and we are going to see her niece. right now we are at 50 degrees in a san francisco. we are getting close to the 30s in santa rosa and livermore. we will be there quickly. will see a few low 30s out there tonight. we are clear skies across the bay area. as we zoom out you can see we had dried out and we have the nice rainfall. left some snow in the sierra and is leaving us with a little bit of a cooler scenario. looking at a low 31 in santa rosa. 33 in morgan hill. the 30s will be in vallejo and livermore. the low pressure system brought the rain. now we are seeing high pressure built back in. it will

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he shows his hands the entire time but yet this force is used on him by the taser.right to use force? they said we're looking into it. >> investigating, of course. >>> okay, you've seen these robots help doctors and remind folks to social distance in public parks. we could do a little bit of the robot maybe. they're better dancers, take a look. ♪ ♪ >> watch me now! they're there getting down to "do you love me" by the contours. boston dynamics released this video to ring in the new year. it features their two machines atlas and spot. >>> we'll be right back with senator chris coons. ♪ but come ye back when su-- mom, dad. why's jamie here? it's sunday. sunday sing along. and he helped us get a home and auto bundle. he's been our insurance guy for five years now. he makes us feel like we're worth protecting. [ gasps ] why didn't you tell us about these savings, flo? i've literally told you a thousand times. ♪ oh, danny boy, the pipes, the pipes are calling ♪ i'm just gonna... ♪ from glen to glen your happy place.... find your breaking point. then break it. every emerg

when police tried to arrest him, he fights back, appearing to try to use the officer's taser againstofficers while running away. he is shot and killed. the shooting added fuel to ongoing nationwide protests against systemic racism and police brutality. the police chief resigned, criminal charges sought against the two officers. the cases one after another prompted calls of dismantling police. but that idea doesn't stick. >> no justice, no peace. defund the police. >> reporter: what does get traction is defunding the police. at least a dozen cities plan to cut or did cut some political director fundi-- police departm funding to put it towards other systems, including those involving mental healthcare. in september calls for a different approach exploded after this rochester, new york police body camera video is released from a march incident. police are seen putting a spit hood on daniel prude who said he had coronavirus, prude was naked and clearly in distress, he was later declared brain dead as a result of officers holding him down even after he vomited into the spit hood. >> no on

it was true in september when a school resource officer tasered a woman into ohio for the crime of watchingon's middle school football game in the stands. the woman is called alicia and she wasn't wearing a mask. she wasn't sitting near anyone, she wasn't hurting anyone, but authorities decided the safest course of action was to assaultd her violently in front of her child. >> get off of me! i will not put my hands behind my back! get off of me! what the [bleep] is wrong with you! get off of me! they are not arresting me for nothing!ot i ain't doing nothing wrong! >> tased somebody over a mask. chasing this lady over and over. >> tucker: noticed none of the other men in the stands did anything to stop that. we tried to suspend judgment in moments like that. people make mistakes under pressure. we always try to give theef benefit of the doubt, particularly to law enforcement but there's no way to look at that videow and not be appalled because it's disgusting. and yet here's the amazing thing. authorities and elected leaders in the state of ohio were not embarrassed when that video came to l

year, 'cause in new york anything more than four people, governor cuomo shows up to your house with a taser laughter ] there were some things that i missed about having my entire family over, like, my aunt showing up with a two-liter bottle of chardonnay [ laughter ] [ slurred "it's from the register of trader joe's it's good stuff. [ laughter ] i also miss when my uncle opens his seventh beer and he's like, "so, still telling your little knock-knock jokes on the tv? [ laughter ] [ applause ] but i ended up having a nice day, right up until my kids said that they were most thankful for daddy going back to the office. [ light laughter ] and this is interesting. i read that because of smaller gatherings this year, a lot of americans also wanted smaller turkeys. when they heard that, all the turkeys who went keto this month were like, "man, that really backfired, huh? [ laughter and applause that's right, smaller turkeys were hard to find. today, pigeons in new york were like, "why are you looking at me like that." [ laughter ] it was fun cooking the turkey this year. people checked whether it

francisco police department deployed less lethal weapons and san francisco sheriff department deployed a taser. the subject is a 26-year-old male. he remains hospitalized and injuries are life-threatening. his identifying information will be released once he is at county jail. if and when he is moved to county jail. we are aware of the video that was shared today on social media. and we have forwarded this information to our investigators. and just want to remind everyone when viewing this video we want the public to understand that as that video, officers used less lethal options including the 12-gauge and 40-millimeter extended range impact weapon, also known as eriw's. which when deployed, are like gunfire. the incident is being investigated by the san francisco district attorney's office, independent investigation bureau, the department of police accountability, the san francisco police department investigative services division and the san francisco police department internal affairs division. anyone with information is asked to call sfpd at the tip line 800 sorry. or text a tip to tip411

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