ATION, THE 10:00 NEWS STARTS
NOW.
>> OUTRAGE AFTER A LOCAL PROTEST
TURNS VIOLENT AS POLICE TAKE
DOWN PROTESTORS.
THESE SIX PEOPLE ARRESTED.
SOME HOSPITALIZED.
ONE OF THEIR MOTHERS SPEAKING
WITH NEWS4JAX THROUGH TEARS,
CALLING IT POLICE BRUTALITY.
>> JSO SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO
GET AWAY WITH THIS TYPE OF
BEHAVIOR.
I AM HIGHLY DISAPPOINTED.
>> Reporter: AND A LOCAL MAN
COMING TO THE RESCUE OF
OFFICERS, RECALLING WHAT HE SAW.
THAT MAN SAYS THE PROTEST DID
NOT TURN VIOLENT UNTIL SOMEONE
GRABBED A MEGAPHONE OUT OF HIS
HAND.
IT WAS LAST NIGHT DOWNTOWN.
THAT'S WHEN TWO GROUPS, ONE
SUPPORTING AND AGAINST THE AIR
STRIKES IN SYRIA FIGHTING.
TODAY A MORE PEACEFUL TONE AND
PROTEST.
PEOPLE GATHERED OUTSIDE THE
COURTHOUSE TO PROTEST WHAT THEY
CALLED POLICE BRUTALITY.
DESTINY MCKEIVER IS OUTSIDE HEAD
QUARTERS NOW AND SPOKE TO FAMILY
MEMBERS WHO ARE CALLING FOR
ANSWERS.
>> Destiny: SCOTT, EARLIER
TONIGHT, WE HEARD FROM CRUZ'S
MOTHER.
SHE SAID HER SON IS A PEACEFUL
PROTEST OR, DOES NOT DESERVE TO
BE IN JAIL TONIGHT.
MEANWHILE, THREE HOURS AGO WE
HEARD FROM ANOTHER MAN WHO SAYS
HE HAS A DIFFERENT STORY.
>> I DON'T HAVE TOO MUCH
SYMPATHY FOR SOMEBODY WHEN THEY
LITERALLY STAND UP IN FRONT OF
POLICE OFFICERS IN A PUBLIC
PLACE AND SCREAM IN A MEGAPHONE.
>> VIDEO CIRCULATING OF
PROTESTORS AND JACKSONVILLE
POLICE IN A SCUFFLE.
YESTERDAY IF JACKSONVILLE
COALITION SAID TO BE AGAINST THE
SYRIA AIR STRIKE.
TONIGHT SIX PEOPLE ARE BEHIND
BARS AFTER THE PROTESTS TURNED
VIOLENT.
GARY SNOW SAYS HE SHOWED UP IN
SUPPORT OF MILITARY ACTION.
>> THE ACTUAL INITIAL ENGAGEMENT
WAS THEM STEALING MY MEGAPHONE
FROM ME BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T WANT
TO HEAR MY VOICE.
THEY DIDN'T WANT TO HEAR WHAT I
HAD TO SAY.
SO THEY TOOK MY PROPERTY.
THEY STOLE MY PROPERTY.
I BROKE MY FOOT BECAUSE AS SOON
AS I GOT THERE, THEY STOLE MY
PROPERTY.
>> HE SAID AFTER HIS PROPERTY
WAS TAKEN, HE GOT INTO AN
ALTERCATION WITH PROTE
ORGANIZER CONEL CRUZ.
HE SAID SHORTLY AFTER, POLICE
CAME OVER TO SEPARATE THE TWO OF
THEM.
CRUZ'S MOTHER SPEAKING OUT AT A
RALLY HELD TODAY IN SUPPORT OF
THE SIX JAILED.
HIS MOTHER SAYS JSO USED
EXCESSIVE FORCE.
>> JSO SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO
GET AWAY WITH THIS TYPE OF
BEHAVIOR.
I AM HIGHLY DISAPPOINTED,
HIGHLY.
THOSE THAT ARE ENTRUSTED TO
PROTECT AND SERVE.
>> Destiny: NOW, JSO DID RESPOND
TO THAT EXCESSIVE FORCE
ALLEGATION SAYING THAT ANYONE
WHO HITS A JSO OFFICER WILL BE
ARRESTED.
REPORTING LIVE DOWNTOWN TONIGHT,
I'M DESTINY MCKEIVER, CHANNEL 4,
THE LOCAL STATION.
>> SCOTT: DESTINY, WHAT ARE
SOME OF THE CHARGES SOME OF
THESE PEOPLE ARE FACING?
>> Destiny: WELL, SCOTT, THOSE
CHARGES RANGE FROM INCITING A
RIOT TO RESISTING ARREST.
>> SCOTT: DESTINY MCKEIVER LIVE
DOWNTOWN.
WE LOOKED INTO THE HISTORIES OF
THOSE ARRESTED.
TWO OF THEM WERE PREVIOUSLY
CHARGED.
CONEL CRUZ WAS CHARGED WITH
TRESPASS AND RESISTING ARREST IN
2015.
HE WAS ALSO CHARGED WITH DRIVING
WITH A SUSPENDED LICENSE IN
2011.
ROBERT SHEFFIELD HAD SEVERAL
PREVIOUS CHARGES, THE MOST
RECENT WAS FOR SALE AND
CONSUMPTION OF ALCOHOL ON CITY
PROPERTY IN 2016.
PRIOR TO THAT, THERE WERE
CHARGES FOR PETTY THEFT, BATTERY
AND SEXUAL BATTERY ON A CHILD
UNDER THE AGE OF 12.
>>> WE ALSO ASKED OUR CRIME AND
SAFETY ANALYST, A FORMER POLICE
OFFICER, TO WEIGH IN.
WENT THROUGH THE PROTEST VIDEO
AND LOOKED MORE CLOSELY ON WHAT
POLICE DID IN THIS SITUATION.
>> THERE'S MULTIPLE OFFICERS,
MAYBE FOUR OR FIVE RIGHT NOW?
I'M GOING TO PRESS PAUSE ON ONE
PERSON.
IS THAT NORMAL?
BECAUSE SOME PEOPLE SAY THAT'S
POLICE BRUTALITY?
>> NOT AT ALL.
THEY HAVE TO GET THAT PERSON
UNDER CONTROL.
ONCE THE DECISION IS MADE THAT
THAT PERSON NEEDS TO BE STOPPED
OR ARRESTED, ONE OFFICER CAN'T
ALWAYS DO IT.
SOMETIMES TO CAN'T DO IT.
SO THREE, WHATEVER NUMBER OF