Afternoon News Brief
Written by Tom Tharp on September 25, 2020
Gov. Andrew Cuomo
Governor Andrew Cuomo has weighed in on the case of Breanna Taylor in Louisville Kentucky who died in a police raid on her home back in March. Cuomo called it a murder and said that that makes the police murderers and saying he understands the outrage. Demonstrators took to the streets once again in Rochester and Buffalo and most other cities across the united states to demand charges against the police involved in the raid and also say that if they don’t get what they want they will take it by force. The attorney general of Kentucky Daniel Cameron defended the actions of the officers who were returning fire after being shot at and wounded by Taylor’s boyfriend when she was killed.
Governor Cuomo also says he doesn’t trust the federal governments decisions about the vaccine coming out for COVID and is appointing a commission to test its safety and effectiveness. Dr. Anthony Fauci and Assistant secretary for heath administration Brett Giroir both said they would take it and have their families take it with no hesitation. The FDA has said that they are putting the vaccine through every scientific test and will not release a faulty vaccine. At the same time Cuomo and Michigan Governor Whitmer are calling for an investigation into President Trumps handling of the coronavirus.
Buffalo native Michael Caputo who took a leave of absence from the position of Health and Human services director for the Trump administration has been diagnosed with squamous cell carcinoma, a metastatic head and neck cancer. “He is now home in Western New York, resting in the loving arms of his family, under the watchful eye of Jesus Christ,” said New York State Assemblyman David DiPietro on behalf of the Caputo family.
Genesee county sheriff William Sheron has announced that 4 officers have graduated from corrections training. These Correction Officers recently graduated in a class of 18 from the Livingston County Basic Corrections Academy. Correction Officer Davis was one of two team leaders of the class. The six-week training included instruction in the care and custody of inmates, inmate supervision, defensive tactics, firearms training, and other topics pertaining to corrections.
COVID update: Genesee county has 0 new cases ad 2 people have recovered. Orleans county has 1 new case and 1 person has recovered. 9 new people in Genesee county are on travel quarantine and 5 new people in Orleans county are on travel quarantine. There are 4 active cases in Genesee county and 6 in Orleans.
Batavia 1st Presbyterian church is helping out local schools with a bit of music. The church worked with Home Depot, Valu center and Walmart to donate bags full of instruments to elementary students at Jackson school. Each bag contained a drum, rhythm sticks, maracas and a tambourine. These instruments will be used for music class.
