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Park rangers discover human remains on North Carolina island

Park rangers discover human remains on North Carolina island
[CAPTIONING MADE POSSIBLE BY WXII-TV] [CAPTIONING PERFORMED BY THE NATIONAL CAPTIONING INSTITUTE, WHICH IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ITS CAPTION CONTENT AND ACCURACY. VISIT NCICAP.ORG] >> FIRST AT 5:00, BREAKING NEWS. THE FAMILY OF GEORGE FLOYD WHO DIED WHILE HANDCUFFED SAYS AN INDEPENDENT AUTOPSY FOUND HE DIED FROM ASPHYXIATION FROM SUSTAIN PRESSURE ON HIS BACK AND NECK. >> THE DEATH AS A RESULT OF THIS HAS BEEN RULED A HOMICIDE AND THOSE FINDINGS CONTRADICT A PRELIMINARY REPORT BY THE COUNTY MEDICAL EXAMINER WHICH FOUND NO EVIDENCE OF ASPHYXIA OR STRANGULATION. >> FORMER OFFICER DEREK CHAUVIN HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH THIRD DEGREE MURDER AND MANSLAUGHTER. >> AND STILL MORE BREAK NEWS, LOUISVILLE'S POLICE CHIEF IS OUT OUR SISTER STATION WLKY SAYS THE CITY'S MAYOR RELIEVED HIM OF HIS DUTIES AFTER LEARNING OFFICERS WHO WERE INVOLVED IN A DEADLY SHOOTING DID NOT ACTIVATE THEIR BODY CAMERAS. THE FAMILY OF THE VICTIM TELLS WLKY THAT DAVID MCATEE WAS THE OWNER OF A LOCAL RESTAURANT. POLICE WERE REPORTEDLY BREKAING UP A LARGE GROUP WHEN SOMEONE ALLEGEDLY FIRED A GUN AND THE OFFICERS RETURNED FIRE. >> THE CITY OF GREENSBORO WILL BE UNDER A CURFEW TONIGHT AFTER PROTESTS TURNED VIOLENT OVER THE WEEKEND. SEVERAL BUSINESSES ALONG SOUTH 'EM STREET WERE VANDALIZED. >> IT'S ONE OF MANY SPARKED IN OUR STATE AND ACROSS THE COUNTRY BY THE DEATH OF GEORGE FLOYD A MAN WHOSE DEATH WAS CAUGHT ON CAMERA. WE HAVE LIVE TEAM COVERAGE >> TONIGHT OF THE DAMAGE THAT HAPPENED IN GREENSBORO AND OF THE CURFEW THAT'S BEEN IN PLACE. BUT FIRST, BRANDON IS LIVE. WE DON'T HAVE BRANDON BUT WE DO HAVE THESE LIVE IMAGES. THAT APPEARS TO BE FOURTH STREET IN DOWNTOWN WINSTON-SALEM. MANY OF THEM WITH SIGNS, MANY WHAT ORGANIZERS ASKED THEM TO DO. THERE'S A FLYER GOING AROUND ON FACEBOOK THAT ASKED PEOPLE TO MASKS AS WELL TO PEACEFULLY PROTEST TO SHOW PEOPLE ARE UNITED AGAINST SOCIAL INJUSTICE. OUR PHOTOGRAPHER AND REPORTER ARE BOTH THERE AT THE SCENE AND WE'LL TONIGHT -- CONTINUE TO MONOSORRY. >> NOW TO GREENSBORO WHERE TONIGHT OUR BILL O'NEIL BEGINS OUR COVERAGE WITH DETAILS ON TONIGHT'S CURFEW BILL? BILL: WE'RE THREE HOURS AWAY. 8:00 TONIGHT IT WILL GO INTO EFFECT. THE MAYOR TELLS ME MOST OF THE DAMAGE FROM THE VANDALS WAS ON SOUTH 'EM AND ALSO A CITY REC CITY WAS SET ON FIRE AND A MATTRESS SHOP ON BATTLEGROUND AVENUE. SHE SAYS SHE'S IMPLEMENTING THE CURFEW IN ORDER TO PREVENT ANY LOSS OF LIFE OR INJURIES. HE SAID THE PROBLEMS WERE CAUSED IN LARGE PART BY PROTESTORS WHO CAME FROM OUT OF TOWN >> PIPE HAVE SAID THEY'RE FROM OTHER PLACES, OTHER TOWNS AND THEY'RE ON THEY -- THEIR WAY TO GREENSBORO AND THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE HERE AND PEOPLE WHO ARE OBVIOUS THEY'RE NOT LOCAL RESIDENTS. I DON'T BELIEVE THAT LOCAL PEOPLE WOULD DO IN TO OUR CITY. WHEN YOU LOOK AT DOWNTOWN, THOSE ARE SMALL BUSINESS, NOT REALLY CHAIN STORES. THESE ARE WHERE PEOPLE HAVE INVESTED THEIR LIVES' MONEY, THEIR HEART AND SOUL, AND TO SEE PEOPLE BREAK WINDOWS OR TO GO IN AND LOOT, THAT'S NOT SOMETHING WE CAN STAND FOR REPORTER: THE MAYOR SAYS THE CURFEW COULD BE IN EFFECT THROUGH THE WEEKEND. ANOTHER PROTEST IS SCHEDULED FOR NEXT WEEKEND AND EXPECTS THE CURFEW TO LAST AT LEAST THAT LONG. THERE ARE EXCEPTIONS FOR THE CURFEW TONIGHT. POLICE, FIRE, PUBLIC SAFETY WORKERS ARE ALLER E. DOCTORS NURSES, PUBLIC UTILITIES ANY ON-DUTY MILITARY PERSONNEL, THE NEWS MEDIA AS WELL AS INDIVIDUALS TRAVELING BACK AND FORTH TO WORK AND ANYONE SEEKING MEDICAL CARE. IN GREENSBORO, I'M BILL O'NEIL. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. BUSINESSES IN DOWNTOWN GREENSBORO ARE CONTINUING TO CLEAN UP FROM EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENED OVER THE WEEKEND. WXII 12'S JUSTIN JOINS US LIVE AT TRIAD STAGE ON 'EM STREET WITH A CLOSER LOOK AT THAT BUSINESS. JUSTIN, GOOD EVENING. REPORTER: THARS THAT'S RIGHT, GREVPK -- GOOD EVENING, GUYS. THE DIRECTOR HERE SAYS INSTEAD OF FOCUSING ON THE DAMAGE, PEOPLE SHOULD FOCUS ON HEALING. >> APPARENTLY SOMEONE THROUGH THERE THROUGH THE WINDOW. I STARTED CLEANING UP. REPORTER: TRIAD STAGE ALSO TOOK PRECAUTIONS AND BOARDED UP OTHER WINDOWS AND DOORS AS WELL. DIRECTOR PRESTON SAYS HE WANTS THE FOCUS TO BE ON MORE IMPORTANT ISSUES. >> A WINDY ID -- WINDOW IS EASY TO FIX BUT THE PROBLEMS IN OUR COMMUNITIES ARE MUCH HARDER SO I WANT US TO FOCUS ON THAT. REPORTER: LANE SAYS HE BELIEVES PEOPLE NEED TO LISTEN TO THOSE IN THE COMMUNITY WHO ARE IN PAIN AFTER GEORGE WAS KILLED IN MINNEAPOLIS. >> TO ENGAUGE IN TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THE HURT THAT THE ACTION THAT PEOPLE WHO LOOK LIKE ME TAKE CAN HAVE ON SO MANY OTHER PEOPLE. REPORTER: LANE SAYS INSTEAD OF GETTING ANGRY, HE BELIEVES PEOPLE JUST NEED TO SIT DOWN AND THEM TOGETHER. >> I UNDERSTAND THAT WE WERE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO ARE REALLY HURTING. WE ALL NEED TO LISTEN TO EACH OTHER. REPORTER: AND AS BUSINESSES CONTINUES TO BOARD UP WINDOWS AND DOORS, OTHERS SAY THEY'RE BOARDING UP BECAUSE OF A PRECAUTION. WXII 1 NEWS. >> AND JUST UP THE STREET, THE DIRECTOR SAYS HE'S WORRIED THAT THE MESSAGE BEHIND THESE PROZESTS IS -- PROTESTS IS BEING LEANN, YOU SPOKE WITH THE C.E.O. WHAT DID HE TELL YOU REPORTER: WE'RE HERE AT THE INTERNATIONAL CIVIL RIGHTS ORGANIZATION. THEY SAID THE THE MAJORITY OF PROTESTORS DID SO PEACEFULLY. BUT THE WINDOW HERE WAS BROKEN AND THE CEO SAYS THAT HE UNDERSTANDS THAT THE ANGER THAT MANY PEOPLE ARE FEELING BUT HE HOPES THE DEMONSTRATORS CAN LOOK THE PAST TO GUIDE THEM. HE SAID HE WAS ENCOURAGED TO SEE SO MANY COME FORWARD OVER THE WEEKEND SPEAKING ABOUT THE DEATH OF GEORGE FLOYD BUT ALSO IS DISHEARTENED TO SEE THE DAMAGE TO THE BUSINESS OWNERS WHO ARE STRUGGLING TODAY. >> IT ALMOST MAKES YOU WANT TO CR TO THINK ABOUT THE PAST. THEY WERE PEACEFUL, NONVIOLENT. REPORTER: THE VIDEO OF PEOPLE THROWING A ROCK INTO THE WINDOW HAS BEEN RELEASED TO POLICE. STAYING STATION 12 NEWS. >> THANK YOU. SENATE LEADER PHILBERGER OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY IS COWLING -- CALLING ON GOVERNOR ROY COOPER TO TAKE ACTION. IN A STATEMENT HE SNE ADDITIONAL STEPS INCLUDING IMPOSITION OF A CURFEW AND EARLY DEPLOYMENT OF NATIONAL GUARD RESOURCES, SHOULD HAVE BEEN TIME FOR GOVERNOR COOPER TO LEAD FORCEFULLY AND DECISIVELY TO PUT AN END TO WHAT MORE AND MORE LOOKS LIKE ORGANIZED DOMESTIC TERRORISM. END QUOT >> PROTESTS CONTINUE, WE HAVE REACTION IN WASHINGTON AND TODAY THE PRESIDENT CRITICIZED LOCAL LEADERS. PRESIDENT TRUMP LASHED OUT AS GOVERNORS, CALLING THEIR HANDING OF THE PROTESTS WEAK AND URGING STALTSE TO CRACK DOWN. CALLS FOR JUSTICE FROM THE SCENE OF GEORGE FLOYD'S DEATH, HIS BROTHER URGING AN END TO VIOLENCE. >> PEACE ON THE LEFT, JUSTICE ON THE RIGHTS. >> VIDEO SHOWING A WHITE OFFICER KNEELING ON FLOYD'S NECK SPARKED NATIONWIDE DEMONSTRATIONS AND SUPPORTERS ALSO CALLING FOR POLICE FORM. NEW YORK CITY'S MAYOR SAYS THAT INCLUDES RELEASING THE DISCIPLINARY RECORD OF BAD COMES. >> IT'S OUR JOB TO GET THESE PEOPLE OUT OF THE POLICE FORCE. REPORTER: WHILE MOST OF THE GATHERINGS STAYED PEACEFUL, IN SOME CITIES THEY TURNED VIOLENCE WITH PEOPLE LOOTING AND STARTING FIRES, INCLUDING IN THE NATION'S CAPITAL. >> SPARKED WINDOWS AND LOOTING ARE BECOMING A BIGGER STORY THAN THE BROKEN SYSTEMS THAT GOT US HERE. REPORTER: THE WHITE HOUSE CRITICIZED GOVERNORS FOR LETTING PROTESTS GET OUT OF HAND. >> TODAY THE PRESIDENT HAS SAID ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. REPORTER: DURING THE TELL CONFERENCE, THE PRESIDENT URGED GOVERNORS TO USE AGGRESSIVE THE NATIONAL GUARD. WELL -- >> WE HAVE 350,000 PLUS IN THE NATIONAL GUARD AND NO ONE WANTS TO USE THEM. REPORTER: AND TONIGHT, SOME STILLS ARE USING OCCUR FUELS TO DESTROY AND DISCOURAGE THE VIOLENCE. IN WASHINGTON, I'M BRIE JACKSON, WXII 12 NEWS. >> PROTESTS ARE NOW SPILLING OVER THE U.S. BORDER. AT SEVERAL CANADIAN STILLS OVER THE WEEKEND. ONE IN MONTREAL TURNED VIOLENT. DEMONSTRATORS ENDED UP CLASHING WITH POLICE. THE MARCH WAS DECLARED ILLEGAL AFTER POLICE SAY PROJECT
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Park rangers discover human remains on North Carolina island
Authorities in North Carolina are trying to identify human remains that were discovered on a barrier island Sunday afternoon, according to officials.Click the video player above to see other headlines from WXII 12 News Cape Lookout National Seashore rangers found the remains around 3:30 p.m. on Shackleford Banks, news outlets quoted the seashore’s superintendent as saying.Winston-Salem police investigate human remainsThe remains were turned over to the medical examiner’s office, the National Park Service said in a statement Sunday.The agency did not comment further.Hunter finds human remains in woods behind business in Rural Hall

Authorities in North Carolina are trying to identify human remains that were discovered on a barrier island Sunday afternoon, according to officials.

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Cape Lookout National Seashore rangers found the remains around 3:30 p.m. on Shackleford Banks, news outlets quoted the seashore’s superintendent as saying.

Winston-Salem police investigate human remains

The remains were turned over to the medical examiner’s office, the National Park Service said in a statement Sunday.

The agency did not comment further.

Hunter finds human remains in woods behind business in Rural Hall