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The Birmingham Times A five-member public safety task force made up of lawyers, former law enforcement and community leaders on Thursday released its first report with recommendations to “reform and reimagine” Birmingham police department policies and procedures. The task force, formed in July during a heightened period of civil unrest that swept the country and also parts of downtown Birmingham, was given 90 days to provide a roadmap for ways the city can improve public safety.  A...

By Erica Wright The Birmingham Times The conference room on the sixth floor of the Renasant Bank office in downtown Birmingham overlooks City Hall, Linn Park, the Jefferson County Courthouse, and the Boutwell Auditorium, as well parts of the Birmingham Jefferson Convention Complex. Inside the conference room, bank executive Tracey Morant Adams—regal, calm, and professional with cell phone, black notebook (very important, as we’ll learn), and pen nearby—takes time to talk about something t...

>> okay. a question we might want to ask in the future. thank you so much, joy. appreciate your time. >> thank you. >> joining me on the phone, someone who witnessed the deadly shooting. erica wright. thank you so much for being with us. our thoughts and prayers do go out to the people of chattanooga and all of tennessee tonight. tell us what you saw. >> yes. we were in the salon working two doors down from the army/navy recruiting center. we heard one loud pop. and it sounded like a car back fi...

Of the city? >> reporter: i dont know. he could have. thank you. i appreciate your time. >> joining me on the phone, someone who witnessed the deadly shooting. erica wright. thank you for being with us. our thoughts and prayers doing with the people of chattanooga and all of tennessee. tell us what you saw. >> yes. we were in the salon working two doors down from the army/navy recruiting center. we heard one loud pop. and it sounded like a car back firing or something like that. so we went to th...

quickly to the tragedy that weve had. >> he reportedly killed four marines and injured three others. authorities are still investigating with potential connections to. officials say the suspect was not on the fbis radar before todays rampage. but breaking tonight, the alleged shooters father was in fact investigated several years ago for possible terror ties. joining us on the ground in chattanooga, tennessee, our own john roberts. what do you know about that? >> reporter: good evening...

>> now the gunman reportedly killed four marines and injure lead others before being killed by local authorities at a navy reserve center. authorities are still investigating with potential connections to radical islam. officials say the suspect was not on the fbis radar before todays rampage. but breaking tonight, according to "the new york times," the alleged shooters father was in fact investigated several years ago for possible terror ties. joining us now live on the ground in chat...

That office. pamela? >> from what you can tell victor, it appears that the military facilities in that strip mall was targeted. victor stand by. were going to come back to you in just a bit. now we want to go to somebody who works at that hair salon in the strip mall. shes joining us on the phone, erica wright. tell us what it was like earlier today. >> we were in the salon working as normal and we heard a loud pop and that loud pop caused us to go to the door and the front windows to see what t...

Year of pushing out there on social media to go after the military. we dont know if this has anything to do with terrorism. but that is a concern among law enforcement and weve seen similar shootings in the past. you mentioned the shooting at ft. hood and two shootings there frankly in the last several years and at other military bases in the u.s. so, this is something that, you know, law enforcement is concerned about. something like this happening at a military center and were still waiting to...

Calm demeanor. im curious, erica, when you were going through this hearing that pop, pop, pop, what were you feeling? i mean, this is nensanyones worst nightmare to be there when its happening. >> right. our first thought was for everybody to be safe and were going to go to the back of the building until we didnt hear the pops anymore. but about that time by the time we grabbed our cell phones to call 911, he was finished. >> erica wright thank you so much for joining us sharing your story. im g...

right now at 11:00, a gimmick or a godsend? the blanket that promises to protect mother and child from a danger many dont even know about. but first, the crook in cops clothing. and tonight, a warning to women in one east bay city. good evening. im lisa kim. a man posing as a police officer made a daring stop in broad daylight, stealing cash from a woman on a very busy street. now the real pole want to find that bogus bandit. it happened on a busy stretch of 14th street near 140th av...