MM 2003 - Courtney Roberson

 Courtney Roberson

Reporting/Writing for Mass Media

Dr. Reppert

09/08/2021

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            On September 8, 2021 at 6:34pm, more than a week has passed since Hurricane Ida has hit Louisiana.  State officials have confirmed 11 more storm related deaths deaths which has rose the death rate to 82 people. The Louisiana Department of Health said Wednesday that the Orleans Parish Coroner's Office confirmed the additional deaths. Two died of carbon monoxide poisoning while the others died of "excessive heat during a power outage," according to the department. Louisiana has reported a total of 26 storm-related deaths. At least seven nursing home residents died after being moved to a warehouse facility in Tangipahoa Parish.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/hurricane-ida-death-toll-update/

On September 8, 2021 at 10:28am, Olivia Perez, 30, was only 10 years old when she lost her father, Anthony Perez, on September 11, 2001. He was working as a technical specialist on the 103rd floor of the North Tower. "I can walk you step by step through the 11th. Anything after that for approximately four years, I couldn't tell you anything," Perez recalled. "Kids were pulled left and right to go home early," Perez remembers. Charette's father Mark usually worked in his office in New Jersey, but on 9/11 he was holding an annual planning meeting on the 100th floor of the North Tower. She was only eight years old at the time. "My mother knew he had gone into the city that day .. she sat me and the older of my two brothers down and told us that the towers had been hit," Charette said. "And this conversation, I don't really remember very well, but she must have sat us down a couple days later, it was definitely the weekend, and told us he was dead. The only memory I have in-between about it is someone at recess when we still weren't sure, 'cause I know somebody was saying something, and I know I got super upset." Charlette said. There are many more stories to be told. 

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/september-11-children-reflect-20-years-later/

On September 8th, 2021 at 2:58pm, the family of Karen Garner, a 73-year-old lady with dementia who was forcibly detained by Loveland Police Department officers last year, received a $3 million settlement from the city of Loveland on Wednesday. In April, Garner's family filed a federal complaint against the city of Loveland and its officers, accusing them of violating her civil rights. Garner's pending lawsuit will be ended once the deal is finalized, according to the city. It will "help put some closure to an awful event," according to the city manager, Steve Adams. According to the lawsuit, Garner was hurt during a 2020 arrest by former Loveland Officer Austin Hopp after she reportedly left a Walmart without paying for around $14 worth of products. She was pinned to the patrol cruiser and put on the ground in a video of the event, which she claimed resulted in a dislocated shoulder, broken arm, and bruising. Three of the officers involved, including Hopp, have resigned. Hopp and Daria Jalali, who also responded to the incident, face criminal charges stemming from the arrest. In May, Garner's daughter Allisa Swartz told "CBS Mornings" national correspondent David Begnaud that those officers "need to go to jail." 

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/karen-garner-colorado-police-3-million-settlement/