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SHE SAYS SHE'S UPSET WITH WHAT
SHE SAYS IS A POLICE STORY THAT
PUTS CLARK IN A BAD LIGHT. ASHLEY THANK YOU.
HENNEPIN COUNTY ATTORNEY MIKE
FREEMAN SPOKE WITH US BEFORE WE
AIRED THAT INTERVIEW WITH HAYES
AND HE SAID THE WHOLE SITUATION
COULD HAVE BEEN AVOIDED IN A
NUMBER OF WAYS.
HE FOCUSED ON MINNESOTA LAW AND
SUPREME COURT PRECEDENT WHICH IS THIS.
WOULD A REASONABLE COP HAVE
DONE THE SAME THING AS OFFICERS
DUSTIN SCHWARZE AND MARK
RINGGENBERG AT THE VERY MOMENT
OF THE SHOOTING?
HE SHOULD HAVE LISTENED TO
POLICE AND REMOVED HIS HANDS
FROM THE POCKETS EVEN IF HE
THOUGHT THE POLICE WERE IN THE
WRONG.
HE NEED TO DO A -- WE NEED TO
DO A BETTER JOB TRAINING POLICE
HOW TO DEESCALATE A SITUATION
AND HOW TO STRATEGICALLY WITHDRAW.
THAT'S TOO FAST.
61 SECONDS HE'S DEAD.
THERE'S OTHER -- USES OF FORCE
THAT CAN BE DONE AND THERE'S
OTHER COMMENTS THAT COULD HAVE BEEN MADE.
IF -- IFS, IFS.
I HAVE TO DEAL WITH WHAT'S
THERE.
AND I AM NOW COMFORTABLE WITH
THAT DECISION.
AND I'M FRANKLY RELIEVED THAT IT'S OUT.
FREEMAN TOLD OUR FRANK
VASCELLARO THAT EVERY OFFICER
THAT LOOKED AT THE CASE WOULD
NOT HAVE CHARGED THE OFFICERS EITHER.
AND IN FACT HE'S ENCOURAGING
PEOPLE TO LOOK AT THE EVIDENCE.
IT IS ALL ONLINE INCLUDING THE
STATEMENTS THAT RAYANN HAYES
GAVE TO POLICE OFFICERS, YOU
CAN REVIEW THIS FOR YOURSELF AT WCCO.COM.
THIS MORNING, THE STATE
PATROL IS INVESTIGATING A CRASH
THAT CLAIMED THE LIFE OF A
MANKATO WOMAN.
IT HAPPENED KNOT OF MAN COY CAY
TOE YESTERDAY AFTERNOON ON
HIGHWAY 22.
JUST BEFORE 1:00 A CAR DRIVING
NORTH CRASHED WITH A PICKUP
TRUCK DRIVING SOUTH.
THE CRASH KILLED THE DRIVER OF
THE CAR, 70-YEAR-OLD KATHLEEN
SCHOUVILLER, THE 51-YEAR-OLD
DRIVER AND 39-YEAR-OLD
PASSENGER IN THE TRUCK ALSO
FROM THE MANKATO AREA WERE HURT
BUT TROOPERS SAY THEIR INJURIES
ARE NOT LIFE-THREATENING.
THE CRASH REPORT SAYS THE
ROADWAY WAS DRY.
ALCOHOL WAS NOT A FACTOR.
BUT DID NOT DETAIL WHY THE TWO
VEHICLES CRASHED.
AL BILL TO KEEP DRUNK
DRIVERS OFF THE ROADS IS MOVING
FORWARD AT THE CAPITOL.
THE HOUSE COMMITTEE APPROVED
THE BILL THAT WOULD REQUIRE
ANYONE CONVICTED OF DRUNK
DRIVING FOR A SECOND TIME TO
INSTALL AN IGNITION INTERLOCK
DEVICE IF THEY WANT THEIR
LICENSE BACK.
THEY HAVE TO BLOW INTO A TUBE
TO START THEIR CAR AND IT
DETECTS ALCOHOL AND THEN THE
CAR WOULDN'T START.
ACCORDING TO TESTS RUN
YESTERDAY, OTHER STATES THAT
HAVE PASSED THE INTERLOCK LAWS
HAVE SEEN A SIGNIFICANT
REDUCTION IN DRUNK DRIVING ARRESTS.
A TEACHER WHO SAID SHE WAS
ASSAULTED BY A ST. PAUL SEVENTH
GRADER LAST WEEK SAYS THE
DISTRICT IS NOT WELCOMING HER
BACK.
CAN DAIS EAGAN TOLD US EARLIER
THIS WEEK THE STUDENT SHOVED
HER REPEATEDLY LAST THURSDAY AT
CREATIVE ARTS HIGH SCHOOL.
AFTER SHE TOOK AWAY HIS CELL
PHONE.
EGAN IMMEDIATELY NOTIFIED
SCHOOL OFFICIALS AND THE
SUBSTITUTE TEACHER PLACEMENT
COMPANY AND FILED A POLICE
REPORT.
SHE THEN SPOKE WITH THE MEDIA
AND BELIEVES THAT IS WHY ST.
PAUL SCHOOLS TOLD HER EMPLOYER
TO NO LONGER PLACE HER IN THE
DISTRICT.
EGAN HAD THIS TO SAY ON OUR
RADIO LAST NIGHT.
THEY ARE TELLING TEACHERS ON
CALL THAT I DIDN'T INVOLVE
SCHOOL STAFF AND ARE TELLING
THEM WHAT WOULD HAPPEN.
THAT'S A LIE.
I DON'T KNOW WHO'S TELLING IT
BUT SOMEONE IS LYING.
IN A STATEMENT, ST. PAUL
SCHOOLS SAYS IT'S THEIR
PRACTICE NOT TO AND SUBSTITUTES
BACK TO WORK DURING AN ONGOING
POLICE INVESTIGATION AND THAT
OF THE MANY REASONS SUBS MAY
NOT BE ASKED BACK, TALKING TO
THE PRESS IS NOT ONE OF THOSE
REASONS.
BUT AS YOU HEARD, EAGAN DOESN'T
BUY THAT EXPLANATION.
HEADS-UP ABOUT A BIG DRILL
HAPPENING IN THE NORTH METRO TODAY.
THE NATIONAL GUARD IS
CONDUCTING LARGE SCALE
PREPAREDNESS EXERCISES IN
HARDEN HILLS.
IT COULD LEAD TO TRAFFIC DELAYS
ON THE ROADS AND IN THE AREA OF
THE ARMY RESERVE CENTER THERE.
THAT INCLUDE LEXINGTON AVENUE
AND PARTS OF HIGHWAY 96.
SO THIS IS GOING TO GO DOWN
BETWEEN 10:00 THIS MORNING AND
2:00 IN THE AFTERNOON.
GUARD SAY THE TRAINING IS TO
TEST AND IMPROVE MULTIAGENCY
COLLABORATIVE RESPONSES THE
MAJOR -- THE TO -- TO MAJOR
INCIDENTS WHICH OF COURSE
SOUNDS LIKE A RECIPE FOR PEOPLE