EVIDENCE
EVIDENCE AND INTERVIEWING WITNESSES.
WITNESSES. >>> AND RIOTS ROCKING THE
AREA.
AREA.
AREA. WE
AREA. WE WATCHED FOR PEOPLE GATHERED
FOR PEACEFUL PROTESTS ACROSS
WESTERN WASHINGTON IN HONOR OF
GEORGE FLOYD YESTERDAY.
THE PEACEFUL PROTESTS WERE
INTERRUPTED BY CHAOS AS PEOPLE
CLASHED WITH OFFICERS AND
STARTED TARGETING BUSINESSES.
WE HAVE TEAM COVERAGE THIS
MORNING OF THE RIOTS STARTING
WITH KAYLA LAFFERTY WITH A LOOK
AT THE MOMENT THE RIOT BROKE
OUT.
OUT.
OUT. >>
OUT. >> Reporter: GOOD MORNING,
JAKE, AS YOU MENTIONED ALL DAY
YESTERDAY PROTESTERS MADE THEIR
WAY THROUGH THE STREETS OF
DOWNTOWN SEATTLE FOLLOWING
POLICE DIRECTION BUT THAT
CHANGED AT 9:30 LAST NIGHT
RIGHT HERE ON CAPITOL HILL WHEN
A RIOT BROKE OUT.
FOR THE FIRST TIME WE'RE SEEING
A LOOK HOW IT WENT DOWN FROM
THE FRONT LINE.
THIS IS FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF
A PROTESTER WHO WAS ON FACEBOOK
LIVE AT THE TIME.
IN THE VIDEO PROTESTERS WERE
PEACEFUL UP UNTIL THE POINT
THAT OFFICERS PUT ON GAS MASKS.
NOW YOU SEE THE CROWD OF
DEMONSTRATORS PRESSED UP
AGAINST BARRICADES SET UP BY
POLICE.
POLICE.
POLICE. IT'S UNCLEAR IN THE VIDEO WHAT
SET THE CHANGE INTO MOTION.
HERE'S A LOOK AT WHAT HAPPENED.
>> IT'S ON.
STATE POLICE ARE TRYING TO OPEN
THE BARRICADE.
THE BARRICADE. THEY'RE PUTTING PEPPER SPRAY IN
THE AREA.
THE AREA.
THE AREA. SHARE THE STREET, SHARE THE
STREET.
STREET.
STREET. SHARE THE STREET.
THEY GOT ME.
THERE IT IS.
>> Reporter: AND POLICE USED
FLASH BANGS AS PROTESTERS HELD
THEIR GROUND AT THE BARRICADE
FOR A FEW MORE MOMENTS.
BY 10:15, 45 MINUTES AFTERWARD
IT SEEMED TO CALM DOWN AND
RIOTING IS OVER.
THIS MORNING NO ONE IS REALLY
AROUND ARE OFFICERS TAKING A
LOOK AT THE SCENE AND
BARRICADES ARE STILL UP.
AND BARELY ANY TRASH OR
GRAFFITI THIS MORNING.
LIVE ON CAPITOL HILL, THIS IS
KING 5 NEWS.
>> WHAT A MESS.
THANK YOU FOR THE UPDATES.
>>> POLICE ARE ADVANCING ON
PROTESTERS.
PROTESTERS. MY GOSH.
MY GOSH.
MY GOSH. WE'RE MOVING, WE'RE MOVING.
>> GO THIS WAY.
>> TENSE MOMENTS AS POLICE
MOVED TO MOVE PROTESTERS IN THE
CAPITOL HILL NEIGHBORHOOD.
A REPORTER WAS LIVE WHEN SHE
WAS HIT WITH A FLASH BANG AS
POLICE TRIED TO DISPERSE THE
CROWD.
CROWD.
CROWD. POLICE DECLARED A DEMONSTRATION
A RIOT AFTER POLICE IN THE
CROWD THROUGH ROCKS OR I SHOULD
SAY PEOPLE IN THE CROWD THROUGH
ROCKS, BOTTLES AND FIREWORKS AT
POLICE AS THEY ATTEMPTED TO
BREACH A BARRICADE.
THE REPORTER WAS TOTALLY FINE
AND ONLY HER SHIRT WAS SINGED.
>>> NOW LIVE TO PACIFIC AVENUE
RIGHT BY THE UW CAMPUS AFTER
MIDNIGHT.
MIDNIGHT.
MIDNIGHT. AMITY ADDRISI IS FOLLOWING THE
STORY FROM TACOMA.
SHE JOINS US LIVE WITH THE
LATEST.
LATEST.
LATEST. >> Reporter: GOOD MORNING.
WE'VE SEEN IT ACROSS THE UNITED
STATES AND PUGET SOUND, PEOPLE
GATHERING FOR PEACEFUL PROTESTS
AND SUDDENLY SOMETHING CHANGES
AND TURNS INTO VIOLENCE,
LOOTING AND VANDALISM.
CHECK IT OUT.
THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE IN
THE STRETCH OF PACIFIC AVENUE
RIGHT BY UW CAMPUS.
TACOMA POLICE SAY THEY SMASHED
WINDOWS AS THE PROTEST WAS
COMING TO A CLOSE AND THEN THE
VANDALS BROKE INTO AND LOOTED
TWO MORE BUSINESSES.
POLICE DID FIND AND ARREST TWO
SUSPECTS BUT ARE LOOKING FOR
OTHERS.
OTHERS.
OTHERS. SEVERAL PEOPLE ALSO STARTED
POSTING ON SOCIAL MEDIA DURING
THE PROTEST.
THE PROTEST. THIS PERSON WAS RECORDING WHEN
THE LOOTERS STARTED TO BREAK
WINDOWS.
WINDOWS.
WINDOWS. WE WANTED TO BE CRYSTAL CLEAR
WE DO NOT KNOW WHO THOSE
SUSPECTS ARE AND WHETHER THEY
ARE EVEN A PART OF THE PEACEFUL
PROTESTS THAT WAS HAPPENING ALL
DAY YESTERDAY.
DAY YESTERDAY. WE DO KNOW THAT UP UNTIL THAT
POINT, THERE WAS NO SIGN OF ANY
KIND OF VIOLENCE OR VANDALISM
HAPPENING THERE.
HAPPENING THERE. AND WE CAUGHT UP WITH THE
OWNERS OF THE ASIAN DINING
LOUNGE WHICH WAS ALSO HIT LAST
NIGHT.
NIGHT.
NIGHT. THE OWNER WAS THERE EARLY THIS
MORNING BOARDING UP WINDOWS.
>> IT'S HARD, BUT YOU KNOW IT'S
BEEN HAPPENING IN OTHER CITIES
AND PART OF A LARGER MOVEMENT
AND WE'RE GOING INTO A POWERFUL
DEMOCRACY AND THIS IS PART OF
THE WAY PEOPLE EXPRESS
THEMSELVES IN A DEMOCRACY AND
SO IT'S PAINFUL IN A PERSONAL
SENSE BUT IN A POLITICAL SENSE,
IT'S PART OF LIVING IN AMERICA.
>> Reporter: BEFORE ALL THE
PROTESTERS MANAGED TO MAKE IT
ONTO THE 705 FREEWAY FORCING
POLICE TO SHOW UP AND SHUT IT
DOWN FOR A BRIEF MOMENT, IT IS
BACK OPEN NOW.
EARLIER IN THE DAY HUNDREDS
GATHERED IN TACOMA AND IT WAS
PEACEFUL.
PEACEFUL.
PEACEFUL. THAT WAS USUALLY ORGANIZED BY A
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT WHO'S
PARENTS SAY SHE JUST WANTED TO
DO SOMETHING.
DO SOMETHING. >> THANK YOU.
>>> DOWNTOWN OLYMPIA AND
PEOPLE STARTED THROWING STUFF.
>> TENSIONS FLARE UP IN
OLYMPIA.
OLYMPIA.
OLYMPIA. PROTESTERS FACED OFF WITH
POLICE GUARDING CITY HALL AND A
COUNTER PROTESTER GOT BETWEEN
SOMEONE THROUGH A WATER BOTTLE
AT THE PROTESTER AND IT WENT
TOWARD POLICE.
TOWARD POLICE. AN OFFICER FIRED SEVERAL PEPPER
BALL ROUNDS.
BALL ROUNDS. THEY RESURFACED AND GATHERED ON
THE SAME LINE AND SOMEONE
SMASHED OUT A WINDOW AT OLYMPIA
CITY HALL.
CITY HALL. >>> A LOCAL ORGANIZATION PLANS
TO HOLD A RALLY IN OLYMPIA TO
HAVE A SAFE PLACE TO HAVE A
CONVERSATION ABOUT RACIAL
EQUALITY AND GET ELECTED
OFFICIALS TO WORK TOWARDS
CHANGING POLICIES.
CHANGING POLICIES. THIS HAPPENS AT 4:00 P.M.
AT THE HERITAGE FOUNTAIN IN
OLYMPIA.
OLYMPIA.
OLYMPIA. ORGANIZERS SAY THEY WANT THE
RALLY TO BE A PLACE FOR
EDUCATION AND PEACEFUL.
ORGANIZERS WILL WORK TO ENSURE
THAT EVERYONE IS PRACTICING
SOCIAL DISTANCING.
SOCIAL DISTANCING. >> WE WILL NOT ALLOW THAT
MESSAGE TO BE DIMINISHED OR
OBSCURED BY THE VIOLENCE.
WE CAN'T ALLOW VIOLENCE TO HIGH
JACK PEACEFUL PROTESTS.
>> Reporter: THE GOVERNOR SAYS
PEOPLE WHO COME TO THE AREA TO
CAUSE DAMAGE WON'T OBSCURE THE
MESSAGE FOR A MORE JUST
SOCIETY.
SOCIETY.
SOCIETY. HE SAYS PEOPLE HAVE A
CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO SPEAK
OUT AND DEMONSTRATE AND ARE
JUSTIFIABLY OUTRAGED BY THE
KILLING OF GEORGE FLOYD IN
MINNESOTA.
MINNESOTA. THE MORE AUTHORITIES SORT
THROUGH WHAT HAPPENED DURING
SATURDAY'S PROTESTS, THE
CLEARER IT BECOMES THAT WHITE
MEN CAUSED MUCH OF THE VIOLENCE
AND DAMAGE.
AND DAMAGE. LISTEN.
LISTEN.
LISTEN. >> I WANT TO REMIND ALL OF
THOSE WHO SEEK TO CONTINUE TO
GATHER IN SEATTLE THAT IF YOU
ARE HERE TO PROTEST, WE WILL
PROTECT YOU.
PROTECT YOU. IT IS YOUR RIGHT.
BUT IF YOU ARE HERE TO ENGAGE
IN CHAOS AND DESTRUCTION, YOUR
ACTIONS WILL NOT BE TOLERATED.
>>> THE FBI WANTS TO FIND AND
CHARGE THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN
EXPLOITING PEACEFUL PROTESTS
INSIGHTING VIOLENCE AND
BREAKING LAWS.
BREAKING LAWS. THE AGENCY WANTS TO HEAR FROM
ANYONE WHO WITNESSED FEDERAL
LAWS BEING BROKEN.
YOU CAN SUBMIT TIPS ONLINE AT
FBI.GOV/VIOLENCE AND YOU CAN
CALL THE TIP LINE AT 1800CALL
FBI, THAT'S 1-800-225-5324.
>>> MANY ARRESTED OVER THE
WEEKEND ARE EXPECTED IN COURT.
MOST WERE EXPECTED TO HAVE
HEARINGS YESTERDAY BUT THE KING
COUNTY COURTHOUSE HAD TO CLOSE
BECAUSE OF A THREAT.
THEY CONFIRMED THE NAME OF ONE
MAN.
MAN.
MAN. VIDEOS OF JACOB KRAMER
CIRCULATED THE INTERNET
APPEARING TO SHOW POLICE BREW
AT THAT TIME BUT A KING CAMERA
SHOWS WHAT THE POLICE REPORT
SAYS.
SAYS.
SAYS. KRAMER TRIES TO