Tennessee double homicide near lake renews calls for LPRs
FOX NASHVILLE
[{'start': '0.360', 'end': '7.600', 'text': 'Would you feel safer with LPRs?'}, {'start': '5.120', 'end': '10.320', 'text': 'Yeah. In Operation Crime and Justice,'}, {'start': '7.600', 'end': '13.120', 'text': 'renewed calls this evening for a full'}, {'start': '10.320', 'end': '15.519', 'text': 'roll out of LPRs, license plate readers'}, {'start': '13.120', 'end': '18.000', 'text': 'in Nashville following a double murder'}, {'start': '15.519', 'end': '19.520', 'text': 'near Percy Priest Lake. Tonight, the'}, {'start': '18.000', 'end': '21.359', 'text': 'suspect in that case is still on the'}, {'start': '19.520', 'end': '24.160', 'text': 'loose, and some people who live in this'}, {'start': '21.359', 'end': '27.039', 'text': 'area believe LPRs could help in the'}, {'start': '24.160', 'end': '28.800', 'text': 'investigation. Fox 17 News Karen Agular'}, {'start': '27.039', 'end': '32.800', 'text': 'live downtown at the Metro Courthouse'}, {'start': '28.800', 'end': '32.800', 'text': 'with what the holdup on these cameras'}, {'start': '34.040', 'end': '39.360', 'text': "is. Scott, over and over again, there's"}, {'start': '36.880', 'end': '41.920', 'text': 'been a delay in rolling out LPRs long'}, {'start': '39.360', 'end': '43.680', 'text': 'after Metro Council approved them. Some'}, {'start': '41.920', 'end': '46.239', 'text': 'Metro Council members have been pointing'}, {'start': '43.680', 'end': '49.440', 'text': "their fingers at Nashville's mayor. And"}, {'start': '46.239', 'end': '51.280', 'text': "now he's pointing it right back."}, {'start': '49.440', 'end': '54.239', 'text': 'Days after Metro Police say someone'}, {'start': '51.280', 'end': '57.039', 'text': 'killed two men, Jamie Valdez Garcia and'}, {'start': '54.239', 'end': '59.120', 'text': 'Air Wilkerson behind Loya Bay'}, {'start': '57.039', 'end': '61.520', 'text': 'Apartments, their bodies found on a'}, {'start': '59.120', 'end': '63.760', 'text': 'trail. Neighbors are worried about'}, {'start': '61.520', 'end': '66.000', 'text': 'safety. It was a little shocking. This'}, {'start': '63.760', 'end': '68.000', 'text': "close to home, it it you know, it's a"}, {'start': '66.000', 'end': '69.760', 'text': 'little disheartening. John Weber lives'}, {'start': '68.000', 'end': '72.080', 'text': 'close to that trail and saw the crime'}, {'start': '69.760', 'end': '74.799', 'text': 'scene. You see a helicopter out here, a'}, {'start': '72.080', 'end': '76.720', 'text': 'bunch of uh unmarked detective cars.'}, {'start': '74.799', 'end': '79.040', 'text': 'Metro police say the victims came to'}, {'start': '76.720', 'end': '81.920', 'text': 'Nashville together in a car and that car'}, {'start': '79.040', 'end': '84.159', 'text': 'is missing. They say having LPRs to'}, {'start': '81.920', 'end': '86.320', 'text': 'capture the license plate would help'}, {'start': '84.159', 'end': '89.200', 'text': 'solve the crime. Would you feel safer'}, {'start': '86.320', 'end': '91.200', 'text': 'with LPRs?'}, {'start': '89.200', 'end': '93.200', 'text': "Yeah. Problem is they haven't been"}, {'start': '91.200', 'end': '96.000', 'text': 'rolled out since Metro Council approved'}, {'start': '93.200', 'end': '98.640', 'text': "them in 2022. The mayor's spokesperson"}, {'start': '96.000', 'end': '100.720', 'text': 'told us in September the issue was quote'}, {'start': '98.640', 'end': '103.119', 'text': 'documented biases in historic law'}, {'start': '100.720', 'end': '105.520', 'text': 'enforcement practices end quote. He went'}, {'start': '103.119', 'end': '107.600', 'text': "on to say the LPR's six-month pilot"}, {'start': '105.520', 'end': '109.759', 'text': 'program, which got a lot of violent'}, {'start': '107.600', 'end': '112.880', 'text': 'offenders off the streets, negatively'}, {'start': '109.759', 'end': '115.119', 'text': 'impacted marginalized residents. Then,'}, {'start': '112.880', 'end': '117.680', 'text': 'Mayor Freddy Oonnell said he needed to'}, {'start': '115.119', 'end': '120.640', 'text': 'fine-tune the policy before implementing'}, {'start': '117.680', 'end': '123.280', 'text': 'LPRs, which included privacy concerns.'}, {'start': '120.640', 'end': '125.759', 'text': 'And now, he points to Metro Council.'}, {'start': '123.280', 'end': '127.680', 'text': "It's nonsense. It's nonsense that he's"}, {'start': '125.759', 'end': '129.759', 'text': "blaming the council when he's held on to"}, {'start': '127.680', 'end': '132.239', 'text': 'it for a year and a half now. Council'}, {'start': '129.759', 'end': '134.400', 'text': 'member Courtney Johnston says Okonnell'}, {'start': '132.239', 'end': '136.319', 'text': 'needs to put the contracts for the LPRs'}, {'start': '134.400', 'end': '138.800', 'text': 'on the agenda for Metro Council to vote'}, {'start': '136.319', 'end': '140.720', 'text': "on and he hasn't. He has no intention of"}, {'start': '138.800', 'end': '142.239', 'text': 'putting forth those contracts and he can'}, {'start': '140.720', 'end': '145.280', 'text': 'blame it on whatever he wants to blame'}, {'start': '142.239', 'end': '147.200', 'text': 'it on, but the onus is on him. Period.'}, {'start': '145.280', 'end': '149.120', 'text': "She also says he doesn't want LPRs"}, {'start': '147.200', 'end': '153.080', 'text': "because he didn't put the funding in his"}, {'start': '149.120', 'end': '153.080', 'text': '2026 budget.'}, {'start': '154.480', 'end': '159.040', 'text': "The mayor's office did not respond to us"}, {'start': '156.560', 'end': '161.280', 'text': 'for comment regarding Metro Council'}, {'start': '159.040', 'end': '163.120', 'text': 'members concerns on the delay. We will'}, {'start': '161.280', 'end': '165.519', 'text': 'keep you updated. Reporting live in'}, {'start': '163.120', 'end': '168.239', 'text': 'downtown, Karen Agalar, Fox 17 News,'}, {'start': '165.519', 'end': '168.239', 'text': 'your code red'}]