Live from the kgotv broadcast center, this is abc7 news. People of oakland, they deserve better. Fed up and furious of oakland residents get their say tonight about the citys police scandals. And some have a new demand tonight targeting the mayor. Good evening. Thank you for joining us. Im ama daetz. Im dan ashley. We begin with a new call for resignation in oakland. Cornell bernard is live in oakland with the new developments. Cornell . Reporter this is a story and scandal that is simply not going away. Tonight many say the oakland mayor needs to take the blame. We are calling for the resignation of libby shaft. The buck begins and ends with her. Reporter the meeting starting with the saying that the mayor must go. The mayor acf mismanaging multiple scandals in the Oakland Police department and the appointment of two interim chiefs. One quickly removed and the other stepped down in a matter of day. A growing sex scandal is not going away, involving multiple officers who may have had s
Everywhere. With the energy you need. Live from the kgotv broadcast center, this is abc7 news. People of oakland, they deserve better. Fed up and furious of oakland residents get their say tonight about the citys police scandals. And some have a new demand tonight targeting the mayor. Good evening. Thank you for joining us. Im ama daetz. Im dan ashley. We begin with a new call for resignation in oakland. Cornell bernard is live in oakland with the new developments. Cornell . Reporter this is a story and scandal that is simply not going away. Tonight many say the oakland mayor needs to take the blame. We are calling for the resignation of libby shaft. The buck begins and ends with her. Reporter the meeting starting with the saying that the mayor must go. The mayor acf mismanaging multiple scandals in the Oakland Police department and the appointment of two interim chiefs. One quickly removed and the other stepped down in a matter of day. A growing sex scandal is not going away, involvin
The flight will leave. Some passengers arent in a rush to travel. Im going to check the news. If everything is okay in istanbul, im going to fly. If not, ill be here. The inbound flight landed safely from turkey this afternoon so the plane is ready to take off if they decide to fly to an alternate location. Flights have been suspended. Wayne freedman joining us with friends of the local turkish community. Reporter aim oat the ala turka restaurant where the coup is the main topic of conversation. Lets show you video from earlier today. Every hour has gathered more news and they are gathering it by any means possible, talking to family and friends at home on social media. They dont like the social and religious oppression of the present regime but to see this whole thing play out like this we are against the military coup in our country, however it doesnt mean the government is good. Reaction, we want a democratic country. We dont want a dictator so they continue to watch this crisis evo
Replaced sean wendt last thursday. A week later he was replaced by paul figueroa. Now he is being replaced by the oakland city administrator. Claims have been made that at many as 20 officers had sex with the same minor and racist texts sent to at least four other officers in the department. We have an exclusive look at the Text Messages. Were told they were sent in 2014. One shows a cereal box with a kkk picture on it. And another shows a kkk rally with an obscene caption. The mayor says its important to note that the texts were sent by africanamerican officers. They are wholly inappropriate and not acceptable from anyone who wears the badge of the Oakland Police department. The mayor described the culture of the opd as quote, toxic and macho. She said she was running a Police Department not a frat house. Who is overseeing oakland pd . Sabrina landress used to be city manager in emoryville. While they look for a permanent chief, command staff will report to her. I have seen overseeing
Take over the country. The country is under martial w law. A large explosion has been heard in istanbul as police and military exchange fire. Shots have been fired near progovernment protesters and some have been injured. A top turkish official came out and said the coup is unsuccessful and all government officials are in charge of their officers. The military has taken over state tv. This shows themmin stied of the capital city of ankara. They reported a bomb hitting parliament and a military helicopter killing 17 officers. The turkey president went on national tv using facetime and urging supporters to take to the streets but his exact location is unknown. The president is urging everybody involved in the situation to show restraint. This photo shows the president on the phone with john kerry, getting briefed on the situation. The u. S. State department is advising americans not to travel to turkey. American airlines was supposed to take off from sfo at 6 00 so now there is no word o