Detroit activists list 3 demands after police shooting

Demands for reform in the Detroit Police Department reached a boiling point today during two separate news conferences across the city. Community members and activists called for increased transparency, better accountability, and the firing of DPD officers up to and including the police chief. Fox News' Ingrid Kelly joins us live from Detroit. Ingrid. Well, you know, hey, Charlie, you know what? The person who was actually shot, his name is Alonzo Lee Perkins. He's a Detroiter, and you know what? He maintains his innocence. He says basically he was unlawfully approached by Detroit police before being shot in the back. And now activist groups, they're demanding many things from that police department. Tristan Taylor joins me now. I understand you held a press conference earlier today. Yes, correct. And we held that press conference to put forward three most important demands. One, we want the charges against Alonzo Lee Perkins dropped. Two, we want the officer David Gonzalez fired. And three, we also want him prosecuted for shooting unlawfully and without reason Alonzo Lee Perkins as he was leaving. Exactly. Now, we understand Alonzo was not able to make the press conference. But, you know, he's doing well. He's back working and everything like that. But you know what? He wants justice. Talk to me a little bit about that. And also, what was he doing leading up to being stopped by those officers? Well, he was just walking, and it was during the fireworks. So like a bunch of young people in Detroit, he came downtown to have fun. And we think that that is not a crime. And one of the things that's troubling was the hysteria around the teen takeovers. We think that that created an atmosphere for Detroit police to act with more aggression. Wow. So talk to me a little bit about, I understand, no lawsuit just yet. No. We're right now just trying to deal with the criminal charges. which again should not exist we think is absolutely criminal the footage that was released with the shooting just shows the police officer calling Alonzo out of his name following him aggressively as Alonzo is fleeing rightfully so because he's afraid of what the officer might do and the officer in fact did do harm to him we're lucky that he's alive okay and you know what I did reach out to Detroit police they actually say an investigation is ongoing right now and they released the statement which reads in part upon the investigation's conclusion if misconduct is identified the matter will be referred to the disciplinary administration unit for review and a determination of whether disciplinary action is warranted back to you well I mean is the protesters they're putting the cart before the horse I mean there is an investigation and assuming the investigation goes in his favor that may be the end of story. Well, they just basically want to make sure that, you know, their voice is heard even before that decision is made. And I just want to make it clear, Tristan, also basically during the Black Lives Matter movement, you had your own basically case against Detroit police. Yeah, for acting unlawfully and going against the constitutional rights of protesters. So this is not the first time that they stepped out of their bounds. Okay, back to you, Charlie. All right. Thank you, Ingrid, for that report.