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WEBVTT DA REPORTER: GARY JOHNSON WASTED NO TIME DURING OUR INTERVIEW, FIRST, CONDEMNING THIS WEEK'S DEADLY OFFICER INVOLVED SHOOTINGS. >> I THINK WE'RE COMING TO AN UNDERSTANDING WITH REGARDS TO BLACK LIVES MATTER THAT YOU'RE OF COLOR, THERE ARE A LOT MORE INCIDENTS OF VIOLENCE REPORTER: HE SAYS RACIAL DISPARITY HAS BEEN AN ISSUE FOR YEARS BUT >> WEVE HAD OUR HEADS IN THE SAND OVER THIS. REPORTER: JOHNSON SAYS IT'S TIME WE BE AWARE OF WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE WORLD AROUND US. HE SAYS COMMUNICATION WILL BE KEY, MOVING FORWARD. >> BECAUSE PEOPLE IS WHIPPING OUT THEIR CELL PHONES AND RECORDING THIS STUFF, WE' BECOMING A LOT BETTER AS A SOCIETY. REPORTER: FROM BLACK LIVES MATTER TO BLUE THOSE TRAGIC, DALLAS SHOOTINGS THAT KILLED 5 OFFICERS THURSDAY. >> THERE IS NO EXCUSE FOR VIOLENCE IN ANY SITUATIO WHATSOEVER, TO DO HARM TO OTHERS IS HORRIBLE. REPORTER: JOHNSON SAYS EVERYONE REGARDLESS OF COLOR NEEDS TO RESPECT THE BADG >> WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THE FACT THAT POLICE REALLY DO PUT THEI LIVES ON THE LINE FOR US EVERYDAY, WE TAKE THAT FOR GRANTED. WE REALLY TAKE IT FOR GRANTED. ME PERSONALLY, THERE WILL SOME THANK YOUS FROM HERE ON OUT. REPORTER: ANGELA BRAUER KOAT ACTION 7 NEWS. KIRSTEN: WE ARE NOW LEARNING MORE ABOUT THE MAN WHO SHOT AND KILLED THOSE FIVE OFFICERS DURING A PROTEST IN DOWNTOWN DALLAS ON THURSDAY. MICAH JOHNSON WAS AN ARMY VETERAN WHO SERVED IN AFGHANISTAN. JOHNSON ALSO FOLLOWED SEVERAL BLACK MILITANT GROUPS ON FACEBOOK. POLICE SAY HE WORE A PROTECTIV VEST AND USED A MILITARY-STYLE SEMI-AUTOMATIC RIFLE DURING THE ATTACK. DURING THE SHOOTING, SEVEN OTHER OFFICERS WERE HURT SO WERE TWO CIVILIANS. AFTER ATTEMPTS TO NEGOTIATE WITH JOHNSON, A ROBOT DELIVERED A BOMB THAT KILLED HIM. TONIGHT, WE'RE LEARNING MORE ABOUT THE 5 OFFICERS WHO DIED IN THE LINE OF DUTY A MEMORIAL IS GROWING OUTSIDE POLICE HEADQUARTERS IN DALLA A TRIBUTE TO THE HEROES AFTER FIVE OFFICERS WERE KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY. POLICE SAY AT THE HANDS OF A SNIPER. NOW WE'RE LEARNING THEIR NAME 32-YEAR-OLD PATRICK ZAMARRIPA, A YOUNG HUSBAND AND FATHER TO A 2-YEAR-OLD GIR HE SURVIVED THREE TOURS IN IRAQ. 40-YEAR-OLD MICHAEL KROL HIS MOTHER SAYING HE WAS LIVING A DREAM OF BEING A POLIC OFFICER. HE KNEW THE DANGER OF THE JOB BUT HE NEVER SHIED AWAY FROM HIS DUTY 55-YEAR-OLD MICHAEL SMITH A 26 YEAR VETERAN OF THE FORCE. LORNE AHRENS. HE SERVED FOR 14 YEARS. AND BRENT THOMPSON. THE FIRST DALLAS TRANSIT COP TO DIE IN THE LINE OF DUTY. HE WAS A NEWLYWED, MARRIED JUS TWO WEEKS AGO. HIS WIFE, ALSO A DART OFFICER NOW A WIDO MANY OF THE SURVIVORS IN BLUE ARE ALSO BEING HAILED AS HEROES. VIDEO FROM THAT HORRIFIC NIGHT SHOW COUNTLESS OFFICERS RUNNING TOWARD THE GUNFIRE TO KEEP PROTESTERS OUT OF HARM'S WAY. CIVILIANS ALSO DISPLAYED HEROICS. LIKE SHETAMIA TAYLOR, THE MOTHER SHOT WHILE SHIELDING HER SON THEY BOTH SURVIVED THE GUNFIRE. TAYLOR'S SISTER DESCRIBED THE HAIL OF BULLETS POLICE BRAVED TO GET TO HER. >> IT WAS ABOUT 5 MINUTES BEFORE COPS EVEN GOT TO HER AND PULLER HER FROM THE AREA WHERE SHE WAS, BECAUSE THE SHOTS WERE COMING SO FAST. REPORTER: MANY OF THE VICTIMS WERE RUSHED TO BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER. >> YOU SEE THE POLICE OFFICE IN THE ER, THEY'RE SUPPORTING EACH OTHER, HUGGING EACH OTHER, THE TEARS, SOME FAMILY MEMBERS, YOU REALIZE WHAT A TRAGEDY THIS IS. >> I TRIED TO REALLY MAINTAIN MY EMOTIONS, BUT IN MY CAR IS WHEN I REALLY, IT HIT M MY HUSBAND IS A POLICE OFFICER IN DALLA KIRSTEN: THERE IS A CANDLELIGHT VIGIL TONIGHT IN ALBUQUERQUE TO HONOR THE 5 FALLEN OFFICERS. IT STARTS AT 7:00 P. AT THE STRONG-THORNE CHAPEL OF DANIELS FUNERAL HOME THAT'S ON COAL NEAR I-25. ORGANIZERS SAY THEY WILL MOVE OUTDOORS IF IT GETS TOO CROWDED. IF YOU CAN'T ATTEND, WE WILL STREAM THE VIGIL LIVE, ON THE KOAT APP, AND KOAT.COM WITH SO MANY PEOPLE INJURED IN THE DALLAS AMBUSH, THE NEED FOR BLOOD DONATIONS HAS ESCALATED. SO, MANY DALLAS COMMUNITY MEMBERS TURNED OUT TO DONATE YESTERDA JACQUELINE CREA HAS MORE >> THE THING ABOUT POLICE OFFICERS THEY'RE VERY QUICK TO SAY TO THEIR LOVED ONES THAT THEY LOVE THEM BECAUSE THEY KNOW THEY WONT NECESSARILY MAKE IT HOME. REPORTER: FIVE OFFICERS NEVER MADE IT HOME THE BLOODSHED LESS THAN A MILE AWAY FROM WHERE KIM COLE NOW GIVES BLOOD SHE WORKS IN THE EVIDENCE UNIT FOR DALLAS PD THIS IS HER WAY OF SHOWING SUPPORT, JUST LIKE AN EVIL EVENT WILL HAVE REPERCUSSIONS, SO WILL A KIND EVEN >> WE ARE A GOOD OLD SOUTHERN CITY THAT HAS STRONG SOUTHERN VALUES THAT DOESN'T INCLUDE SHOOTING PEOPLE UP IN AN AMBUSH. REPORTER: THE PEACEFUL PROTEST IN THE DOWNTOWN STREETS-BECAME THE LAST CALL OF DUTY FOR 5 OFFICERS WHEN A SNIPER TARGETE THEM THE RED CROSS TURNED CITY HA INTO A BLOOD DONATION CENTER, WHERE MORE THAN 80 PEOPLE CAME TO HEL >> WE'VE GOT SOME GUYS IN THE HOSPITAL AND IT'S JUST THE RIGHT THING TO D REPORTER: DALLAS POLICE OFFICERS LINED UP TOO, BUT IT DOESN'T TAKE A BADGE TO DONATE >> I'M NOT ONE OF THE HEROES OUT ON THE STREET, I'M JUST A REGULAR OLD PERSON AND THIS IS WHAT I CAN DO. REPORTER: IN DOWNTOWN DALLAS JACKIE CRE KIRSTEN: HERE LOCALLY, T BERNALILLO COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE IS RESPONDING TO THE SHOOTINGS. WE TALKED TO THEIR CHAPLAIN, ABOUT HOW HE'S THERE TO HELP DEPUTIES >> A LOT OF THEM ARE WORRIED ABOUT -- CAN THIS HAPPEN TO ME? JUST TRYING TO AFFIRM TO THEM HOW MUCH WE NEED THEM AND TOGETHER WE ARE GOING TO MAKE IT THROUGH THIS. KIRSTEN: THE CHAPLAIN IS ALS REMINDING DEPUTIES THAT COUNSELING IS AN OPTION, IF THEY NEED IT. HE ALSO SAYS THE TWO BRAND-NEW THERAPY DOGS ARE ANOTHER RESOURCE TO LAW ENFORCEMENT. THE ALBUQUERQUE POLICE UNION IS ALSO RESPONDING TO THE DALLAS SHOOTINGS. SAYING, WE ARE NOT THE ENEMY, ARE YOUR NEIGHBORS, YOUR FRIENDS WE ARE MORE LIKE YOU THAN WE ARE DIFFERENT AND WE JUST WANT TO GET HOME TO OUR FAMILIES EVERY NIGHT TO IF YOU WANT TO HELP THE FAMILIES OF THE OFFICERS IN DALLAS, JUST OPEN YOUR KOAT APP WE HAVE A LINK UNDER THE AS SEEN ON 7 SECTION WHERE YOU CAN DONATE HOT TEMPERATURES AND A FEW STORMS BREWING TONIGHT. METEOROLOGIST BYRON MORTON HAS YOUR LIVE SUPER DOPPLER 7 FORECAST BYRON: NOT AS ACTIVE A EXPECTED BUT STILL SOME ACTION IN T MOUNTAINS, FLOOD ADVISORY UNTIL 6:30, SOME FLOODING AROUN CLOUDCROFT, EWVE VEN SO HAIL AT TIMES WITH T STORMS THAT WERE POPPING UP. SHOWERS SOUTH OF RATON. BIG STORY IS THE HEA FLIRT ING WITH 100. YO MIGHT WANT TO TAKE THAT DINNER ON THE PATIO INSIDE. NOT SEEING TH SEVENTIES UNTIL AFTER MIDNIGH TONIGHT. NOW, EXTREME FIR DANGER. MORE IN JUST A BIT. KIRSTEN: NEW TONIGHT CONSTRUCTION IS CAUSING A HIGHWAY HEADACHE FOR SOME DRIVERS IN ALBUQUERQUE OUR TRAFFIC CAMERAS ARE WATCHING THE BACKUP BUILDING UP ALONG I-40 AND CARLISL THAT'S WHERE ACTION 7 NEWS REPORTER MIKE SPRINGER IS LIVE. HE TALKED TO DRIVERS ABOUT THE MESS. MIKE REPORTER THIS IS ALL JUST SUPPOSE TO BE SOME ROUTINE BRIDGE WORK THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTING IS DOING ALONG I-40 THIS WEEKEND. BUT IF YOU TAKE A LOOK BEHIND ME YOU CAN SEE ALL OF THE BACKUP AND THE TRAFFIC PROBLEMS IT' CAUSING WHICH DRIVERS SAY IS ANYTHING BUT ROUTINE CARS AND TRUCKS MOVE SINGLE-FILE, SLOWLY DOWN I-40 SATURDAY AFTERNOON. AS CONSTRUCTION WORK HAS THE CARLISLE ON RAMP ON I-40 WESTBOUND SHUTDOWN AND TRAFFIC BACKING UP. >> W WERE GOING EASTBOU AND WHEN I SAW THAT GOING WESTBOUND, I THOUGHT, WE ARE NOT GOING THAT WA HOME. REPORTER: THE STATE'S DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION HIRED A CREW TO DO SOME BRIDGE REPAIR WORK OVER THE I-40 WESTBOUND BRIDGE THAT GOES OVER UNIVERSITY. IT'S ONE OF 9 DIFFERENT BRIDGES IN ALBUQUERQUE DOT CREWS ARE WORKING ON THIS SUMMER AS PART OF A MILLION DOLLAR PRESERVATION PROJECT. CONSTRUCTION IN ALBUQUERQUE IS NOTHING NEW. >> WITH CONSTRUCTION HERE IN ALBUQUERQUE, IT'S HIT OR MISS SOMETIMES IT'S EASY TO GET THROUGH OTHER TIMES IT'S NOT LOOKING AT THE TRAFFIC BUILD UP HERE IT LOOKS PRETTY BAD SO. REPORTER: BUT DRIVERS WE TALKED TO SAY SEEING THE BACK UP CAUSED BY THIS HAS THEM THINKING TWICE ABOUT HEADING TO THE OTHER SIDE OF TOWN. >> I UNDERSTAND THE NEED FOR CONSTRUCTION, BUT I THINK YOU JUST HAVE TO PLAN AHEAD AND KNOWING THAT IT'S GOING TO B LIKE THIS WILL DETERMINE WHEN WE LEAVE OUR HOUSE AND ALSO WHA STREETS WE NEED TO TAKE SO THAT WE CAN AVOID THIS AREA. REPORTER: AND HAS SOME DRIVERS POSSIBLY PUMPING THE BRAKES ON THEIR I-40 TRIPS FOR NOW THE ROAD WORK IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FROM TODAY THROUGH MONDAY MORNING REPORTING LIVE IN NORTHEAST ALBUQUERQUE MIKE SPRINGER KOAT ACTION 7 NEW KIRSTEN: 30 U.S. AIR FORCE ACADEMY CADETS GOT TO EXPERIEN A NEW KIND OF TEAM BUILDING. THE COLORADO CADETS HAD TO MAKE THEIR WAY OUT OF AN ALBUQUERQUE ESCAPE ROOM TODAY. THEY VISITED KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE AS A PART OF A PROGRAM CALLED OPERATION AIR FORCE THE CADETS SAY THEY DO THEIR BEST TO WORK TOGETHER. I THINK WE DID A GOOD JOB OF TRYI TO WORK TOGETHER. KIRSTE THE CADETS GOT VERY CLOSE TO ESCAPING THE ROOM BUT HAD ONE MORE PUZZLE TO FINISH WHEN THEIR TIME RAN OUT. NEW MEXICO IS ONE OF TWO STATES BEING CONSIDERED FOR A NEW FACEBOOK DATA SITE. IT'S A FACILITY WHERE THEY' STORE SERVERS OF INFORMATION. THE SOCIAL MEDIA GIANT CONFIRM ITS CONSIDERING BUILDING THE FACILITY IN LOS LUNA PNM ASKED THE PUBLIC REGULATION COMMISSION TO SPEED UP THE APPROVAL PROCESS FOR ITS APPLICATION, SO IF NECESSARY THEY CAN MEET FACEBOOK'S ENERGY DEMAND IN A STATEMENT, A FACEBOOK SPOKESPERSON SAID WE'RE ALWAYS EVALUATING POTENTIAL NEW SITES AS WE EXPAND OUR GLOBAL INFRASTRUCTURE AND DEVELOPING A PIPELINE FOR FUTURE DATA CENTER LOCATIONS. BUT, WE'RE NOT COMMITTING TO ANYTHING RIGHT NOW. WE'RE TOLD LOS LUNAS IS COMPETING FOR THE SITE WITH ROCKY MOUNTAIN POWER COMPANY BASED OUT OF SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH. A JUDGE HAS RULED THAT FORME STATE SENATOR PHIL GRIEGO WILL STAND TRIA PROSECUTORS SAY HE USED HIS POSITION AS A LEGISLATOR TO MAKE MONEY OFF A REAL ESTATE DEAL THIS WHOLE WEEK, WE'VE BEEN REPORTING ON GRIEGO'S PRELIMINARY HEARING. BOTH SIDES CALLED WITNESSES AND SHOWED EVIDENCE, FOR THE JUDGE TO DETERMINE IF THERE'S ENOUGH PROBABLE CAUSE FOR A TRIAL. THAT JUDGE DECIDED YES AND NOW, GRIEGO FACES NINE CORRUPTION CHARGES. A NEW MEXICO PUEBLO IS IN THE MIDDLE OF AN INTERNATIONAL BATTLE OVER A SACRED SHIELD. HOW A NATIVE AMERICAN ARTIFACT ENDED UP IN THE WRONG HANDS, AND WHY THE PUEBLO DESPERATELY WAN IT BACK UP NEXT KIRSTEN: A NEW MEXICO PUEBLO IS IN THE MIDDLE OF AN INTERNATIONAL BATTLE TO GET BACK A SACRED ARTIFACT. THE ACOMA PEOPLE SAY IT WAS STOLEN ONLY TO LATER SHOW UP FOR AUCTION IN PARIS. ANCHOR ROYALE DA EXPLAINS WHY EVEN THOUGH THE PUEBLO HAS THE SUPPORT OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, IT MAY NEVER GET THE SHIELD BACK. IT'S AN ISSUE SPARKING PROTESTS IN A DIFFERENT COUNTRY >> IT IS FRUSTRATING. REPORTER: AND CREATING HEARTACHE IN NEW MEXICO. >> IT'S TRADITIONAL LAW. IT SHOULD NEVER LEAVE THE RESERVATION. REPORTER: ALL OF IT, OVER A SACRED SHIELD THE ACOMA PEOPLE SAYS IS THEIRS. WE'RE BLURRING OUT THE IMAGE ON THE SHIELD OUT OF RESPECT THE IMAGE ON THE SHIELD IS SACRED. >> PERIODICALLY IT'S USED IN CEREMONY. REPORTER: THAT RELIGIOUS PRIVACY VANISHED WHEN THE SHIELD WENT UP FOR AUCTION EARLIER THIS YEAR AT EVE AUCTION HOUSE IN PARIS, FRANCE. ACOMA GOVERNOR KURT RILEY THINKS IT WAS STOLEN FROM THE PUEBLO IN THE 70'S. NOW THAT THE SHIELD'S SURFACED, HE'S IN THE MIDDLE OF A BATTLE HE NEVER ANTICIPATED. >> ORIGINALLY ACOMA DIDN'T WANT TO BE THE LEAD TRIBE TO DO THIS. REPORTER: BUT THEY ARE. THE FRENCH GOVERNMENT SEEMS TO BE LISTENING. THE SHIELD WAS PULLED FROM THE AUCTION. RILEY SAY IT'S BECAUSE THEY HAVE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT'S SUPPORT AND THE BACKING OF NEW MEXICO'S CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION. >> THEY SHOULD RETURN THIS OBJECT. REPORTER: SEN. TOM UDALL IS VOCAL ABOUT HIS DISTASTE OVER WHAT'S HAPPENING. >> WE'VE PASSED LAWS TO PROTECT THEM AND WHAT PEOPLE ARE DOING IS GOING AROUND THOSE LAWS IN ORDER TO TRY AND MAKE MONEY FOR THEMSELVES. REPORTER: BUT DESPITE THE OUTCRY AND A FEDERAL INVESTIGATION, THERE'S NO GUARANTEE IT WILL BE RETURNED. THE PUEBLO HAS NO DOCUMENTATION OF THE ARTIFACT OR ITS ALLEGED THEFT. THEY'RE RELYING ON THE MEMORY OF ELDERS. >> WHEN WE PASS THAT IMAGE THROUGH THEY CAN READILY RECOGNIZE, YES THIS IS OURS. REPORTER: RILEY SAYS THE SHIELD BELONGS HERE ON THE ACOMA PUEBLO AND THEY WANT IT BACK. >> IT WOULD BE A VERY JOYOUS OCCASION FOR THE PUEBLO AS A WHOLE. REPORTER: RIGHT NOW HE DOESN'T KNOW IF THAT WILL EVER HAPPEN BUT HE HAS HOPE. >> IT HOLDS A SPECIAL PLACE. IT'S VERY HARD TO CONVEY HOW IMPORTANT THAT IS TO THE COMMUNITY TO SOMEONE WHO IS NOT IN THE COMMUNITY. REPORTER: BUT THEIR BATTLE WILL CONTINUE ESPECIALLY SINCE THIS CASE COULD HAVE BIGGER IMPLICATIONS FOR THE FUTURE SALE OF ANY SACRED, NATIVE AMERICAN ARTIFACT. ON THE ACOMA PUEBLO, ROYALE DA, KOAT, ACTION 7 NEW KIRSTEN: THIS IS THE PUEBLO'S SECOND ATTEMPT TO GET THE SHIELD BACK. IT TRIED LAST YEAR WHEN IT WENT UP FOR AUCTION, BUT FAILED. HOWEVER THAT TIME, NOBODY BOUGHT THE ITEM. 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