YES, AND LET'S HOPE IT
IMPACTS EVERYBODY ON EVERY
LEVEL AND EVERY RACE, COLOR,
AND CREED IN MINNESOTA AS WELL.
PAT, WE'RE GOING TO GO TO
SOMEONE ELSE RIGHT NOW.
WE'VE DAVID.
HANG WITH US.
DAVID, WHERE ARE YOU AND
WHAT'S GOING ON?
REPORTER: RIGHT NOW WE'RE
NEAR 15th AND LAKE, A COUPLE
BLOCKS NORTH OF LAKE.
LAST TIME WE CHECKED IN, WE
WERE RIDING THROUGH A GHOST
TOWN.
WE FOUND A LARGE GATHERING AT
HIAWATHA AND LAKE, AND THEY
WERE THERE IN WHAT LOOKED TO BE
PRAYER, AND THEN THE POLICE
SHOWED UP TRYING TO BREAK UP
THE GATHERING, AND FIRST THE
PROTESTERS WERE MARCHING AT
POLICE WITH THEIR HANDS UP, AND
POLICE WERE IN LINE FIRING
FLASH BANGS, RUBBER BULLETS,
AND THREW TEAR GAS AS WELL, AND
THE CROWD DID DISPERSE.
WE MANAGED TO GET TO A SAFE
DISTANCE OFF TO THE SIDE.
WE CAPTURED THE WHOLE THING,
GOT SOME VERY COMPELLING VIDEO.
THEN THE POLICE TURNED TOWARD
US BECAUSE THERE WAS A COUPLE
OF CARS BEHIND US SORT OF
RUBBER NECKING.
THEY HAD STOPPED, SLOWED DOWN,
ROLLED THEIR WINDOWS DOWN, AND
THE POLICE STARTED FIRING PANT
CANISTERS AT THE CARS.
WE WERE GOING TO COME UP AND
TRY TO BRING THIS ALL TO YOU
LIVE, BUT THERE WAS A WOMAN,
SHE WAS DRIVING ONE OF THE
CARS, AND GOT HIT IN THE FACE.
SHE HAD A NASTY GASH ON THE
BRIDGE OF HER NOSE, AND WE WENT
OVER TO SEE IF SHE WAS OKAY,
AND SHE WAS IN A LOT OF PAIN
AND THERE WERE ACTUALLY A
COUPLE OF STRANGERS FROM OUT OF
TOWN JUST PASSING THROUGH AS
THEY SAID THERE TO HELP HER
WITH THIS.
THEY GOT HER TO A HOSPITAL, AND
IT WAS TOUGH TO SEE.
I TWEETED IT AND SOME OF THE
PEOPLE RESPONDED TO THE VIDEO
OF SEEING HOW SHE WAS HURT THAT
WELL, IT WAS AFTER THE CURFEW,
AND SHE WAS BREAKING CURFEW.
NOW WITH THE PEACEFUL
PROTESTERS, I THINK WE'VE
LEARNED TODAY, TONIGHT, AFTER
THE CURFEW WAS ENFORCED THAT IT
DOESN'T MATTER TO THE OFFICERS
WHAT WAS PEACEFUL OR NOT.
THEY WERE THERE TO DO A JOB AND
BY THE TIME WE GOT BACK FROM
THE GIRL WHO HAD CUT HER NOSE
OPEN, THE CROWD HAD COMPLETELY
DISPERSED, AND WE DON'T EVEN
KNOW WHERE THEY WANT.
IT WAS PRETTY STARK HOW EMPTY
AND QUIET IT WAS, AND HOW
QUICKLY IT HAPPENED.
SO WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO FIND
CROWDS JUST TO SEE WHERE PEOPLE
ARE.
WE'VE SEEN A COUPLE CROWDS, BUT
A LOT OF THESE LITTLE LITTLE
RESIDENTIAL STREETS ARE BLOCKED
OFF RIGHT NOW.
BUT IT'S QUIET.
THERE'S A FEW PEOPLE BEHIND US.
FROM WHAT WE'VE SEEN, WHEN
THERE'S SMALLER GROUPS OR
SINGLE PEOPLE WALKING AROUND,
THE OFFICERS ARE NOT REALLY
GOING AFTER THEM.
IT'S REALLY THE LARGE
GATHERINGS OF 100 OR MORE
PEOPLE.
YOU SAID YOU'RE AT 15th
AND EAST LAKE?
REPORTER: YES 15th AVENUE
AND 2 BLOCKS NORTH OF LAKE.
WE'RE HEARING SOMETHING
ABOUT 4th -- 14th AND LAKE.
REPORTER: WE WERE JUST
TRYING TO GET DOWN THERE.
IT'S BEEN BLOCKED OFF TO CARS.
A RED LASER POINTER LOOKED TO
BE POINTING AT US FROM POLICE
VEHICLES DOWN THE ROAD, SO OUT
OF SAFETY'S SAKE, WE DIDN'T
WANT TO PUSH FORWARD TOO MUCH.
BUT IT DIDN'T LOOK LIKE A CRIME
SCENE THAT YOU'D EXPECT TO SEE.
AS WE LOOK AT YOUR VIDEO OF
EVERYTHING THAT WENT DOWN, DID
THE POLICE COME UP ON YOU, ON
THEM RANDOMLY?
WERE THEY TIPPED OFF THAT THERE
WAS A GATHERING THERE?
WERE THE PEOPLE SOMEWHERE ELSE
BECAUSE IT'S BECOMING SO QUIET
OUT THERE RIGHT NOW THAT TO
HAVE A GROUP OF, YOU KNOW, 100
OR 50 PEOPLE GATHERED, IT'S
ALMOST LIKE SHOOTING OFF A
FLARE AND SAYING HERE I AM,
COME GET ME.
I THINK YOU MAKE A GREAT
POINT ABOUT THAT.
WHAT'S SO FUNNY ABOUT THE
TIMING OF IT ALL WAS RIGHT
BEFORE THE POLICE ARRIVED, WE
WERE ABOUT TO INTERVIEW A MAN
WHO WAS A PART OF THIS
GATHERING, AND HE HAD SAID
EVERYTHING IS QUIET RIGHT NOW,
BUT MY GIRLFRIEND TOLD ME THE
POLICE ARE TRYING TO COME OVER
HERE TO BREAK US UP, AND THEN
IT HAPPENED ALMOST IMMEDIATELY
AND GOT INTO, YOU CAN SEE IN
THE VIDEO PRETTY INTENSE
CONFRONTATION, BUT IT WORKED IN
TERMS OF BREAKING UP THE CROWD.
YEAH, YOU'VE GOT, WELL, I
HEAR THE THE HELICOPTER ABOVE
YOU.
YOU HAVE PEOPLE TEXTING AND
CALLING THE POLICE.
THE POLICE WERE ABLE TO ANSWER
THE CALL.
YOU HAVE BUSINESS OWNERS
PROTECTING THEIR BUSINESS.
YOU HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT
ARE LIKE I GET YOU WANT TO
PROTEST, BUT YOU HAVE A LOT OF
PEOPLE OUT AND THE CURFEW WENT
INTO EFFECT AT 8:00, RESPECT
IT.
REPORTER: EXACTLY.
AND YOU KNOW, WELL, YEAH, I
DON'T KNOW IF I HAVE ANYTHING
ELSE TO SAY ABOUT THAT RIGHT
NOW.
BUT WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO GET
DOWN TO THAT 14th AND LAKE
AREA YOU MENTIONED TO SEE IF WE