IN
IN ABOUT
IN ABOUT 20 MINUTES OR SO FROM NOW.
NOW.
NOW. THAT'S THE STORY FOR NOW.
NOW BACK TO YOU.
>>> WE WILL TALK WITH YOU AGAIN
SOON THANK YOU.
WANT TO GET TO BELLEVUE RIGHT
NOW WHERE THINGS ARE STARTING
TO GET A LITTLE BIT TENSE.
TEARGAS HAS JUST BEEN DEPLOYED
BY THE BELLEVUE POLICE
DEPARTMENT.
DEPARTMENT. POLICE HAVE SHUT DOWN NORTHEAST
10th STREET.
10th STREET. BECAUSE OF PROTEST IN THE
STREET.
STREET.
STREET. AND ACCORDING TO THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT TWITTER PAGE,
PROTESTERS ARE MOVING THROUGH
THE DOWNTOWN CORE OF BELLEVUE.
SOME ARE BREAKING WINDOWS.
THIS IS ACCORDING TO THE
TWITTER ACCOUNT.
TWITTER ACCOUNT. AND DESTROYING PROPERTY.
OFFICERS HAVE HAD OBJECTS
THROWN AT HIM.
LISA SAYING STAY OUT OF
DOWNTOWN BELLEVUE RIGHT NOW.
POLICE AND BELLEVUE HAD SAID
EVERYONE WHO'S SENT MESSAGES
ALERTING THEM TO POTENTIAL
ACTIVITY.
ACTIVITY.
ACTIVITY. THEY ARE CALLING THIS AN ALL
HANDS ON DATE . THE WINDOWS
HAVE BEEN BROKEN.
10th AVENUE NORTHEAST IS CLOSED
AND BELLEVUE RIGHT NOW.
THAT'S ABOUT ALL WE KNOW FOR
RIGHT NOW.
RIGHT NOW. WE WILL KEEP TABS OF THE
SITUATION AND LET YOU KNOW IF
ANYTHING CHANGES.
ANYTHING CHANGES. >>> I TALKED TO THE POLICE CHIEF
A FEW MINUTES AGO FROM BELLEVUE
AND I DO BELIEVE THEY ARE
BRINGING SOME ENFORCEMENTS INTO
BELLEVUE.
BELLEVUE.
BELLEVUE. THOUGH THEY MAY HAVE MORE
OFFICERS THERE.
OFFICERS THERE. WE WILL FIND OUT.
WE WILL CHECK IN AS WE FOLLOW
THE ACTIVITY THERE.
STORY LET'S TALKING ABOUT WAS
GOING ON THE SEATTLE.
VANESSA IS ON THE SCENE RIGHT
NOW.
NOW.
NOW. WHAT
NOW. WHAT IS HAPPENING?
>> Reporter: WE ARE AT SHARING
AND FORTH AND I WILL HAVE OUR
PHOTOGRAPHER TURNAROUND.
PHOTOGRAPHER TURNAROUND. THIS MARCH HAS BEEN A PEACEFUL
ONE.
ONE.
ONE. IT
ONE. IT BEGAN AT WESTLAKE AND THEN
TURNED DOWN SECOND AND MARCH
JAMES DOWN FOURTH AND TO BE
HONEST THIS IS THE MOMENT OF
MOST TENSION THAT I HAVE SEEN
YET.
YET.
YET. THE
YET. THE PROTESTERS HAVE BEEN
PEACEFUL. DEMONSTRATING,
PEACEFUL. DEMONSTRATING, CHANTING UP UNTIL NOW.
BUT AS YOU CAN SEE IT SEEMS AS
THOUGH A POSITIVE FRONT OF THE
POLICE LINE.
POLICE LINE. NOW WE HAVE BEEN MARCHING DOWN
SECOND FOR THE MAJORITY.
THE POLICE HAVE BEEN BLOCKING
ANY SIDE STREETS.
KIND OF GUIDING THIS GROUP
ALONG SECOND.
ALONG SECOND. AND THEN UP TO FOURTH.
I HAVE BEEN TOLD BY THE
DEMONSTRATORS HERE THAT THIS IS
MORE OF AN IMPROMPTU MARCH.
JUST A GATHERING THAT BEGAN AT
WESTLAKE THAT STARTED OFF
PEACEFUL AND THAT HAS REMAINED
PEACEFUL.
PEACEFUL.
PEACEFUL. PEOPLE THAT I HAVE TALKED TO
ARE HERE -- EXCUSE ME I HAVE TO
COME OVER HERE FOR A MINUTE.
IT'S REMAINED PEACEFUL THIS
FAR.
FAR.
FAR. I
FAR. I TALKED TO SOME PROTESTERS
ABOUT YESTERDAY.
ABOUT YESTERDAY. ASKING THEM IF THEY AGREED WITH
HOW IT ALL UNFOLDED AND THEY
SAID THAT THE EVENTS AND PAIN
THAT LED SO MANY PEOPLE TO THIS
EMOTION, SHE DID NOT SAY IT WAS
IN THIS FAIRLY JUSTIFIED SHEET
UNDERSTOOD WHERE THAT ANGER
CAME FROM.
CAME FROM. AND THIS CROWD IS A VERY
PASSIONATE ONE.
PASSIONATE ONE. AND AGAIN STILL HAS REMAINED
PEACEFUL UP UNTIL NOW.
AND PROTESTERS ARE STILL
REMAINING PEACEFUL. AND THEY
HAVE A VERY VERY STRONG
MESSAGE.
MESSAGE.
MESSAGE. SO AGAIN WE FOLLOW THE WEST
LAKE.
LAKE.
LAKE. WE
LAKE. WE HAVE SEEN STATE POLICE HERE.
STATE PATROL.
STATE PATROL. WE HAVE SEEN SPV.
WE HAVE SEEN THE SHERIFFS
DEPARTMENT.
DEPARTMENT. AND IF YOU LOOK UP THERE YOU
CAN SEE SOME WHAT LOOKS LIKE
ARMORED VEHICLES.
ARMORED VEHICLES. TACTICAL EQUIPMENT STANDING BY
FROM THIS VANTAGE POINT.
I CANNOT TELL IF THAT IS
NATIONAL GUARD OR WASHINGTON
STATE PATROL.
STATE PATROL. BUT THERE ARE PLENTY OF LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS.
ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS. FOR NOW THROUGH DOWNTOWN, A
MUCH DIFFERENT SCENE THAN SOME
OF THE MORE MEMORABLE IMAGES OF
YESTERDAY.
YESTERDAY. MORE PEACE CHANTING AND PEOPLE
STAYING REALLY ON MESSAGE HERE.
>> IT LOOKS LIKE RIGHT NOW THE
MESSAGE IS BEHIND YOU ON THE
MOVE, MOST PEOPLE HAVE THEIR
HANDS UP AND I WAS CURIOUS WHAT
THEY WERE CHANTING.
AND I KNOW YOU HAVE TO FOLLOW
THEM BUT IF YOU COULD TELL US
WHAT WERE THEY CHANTING?
WHY ARE THE HANDS OF?
>> JOYCE THEY WERE CHANTING
HANDS UP DON'T SHOOT.
THEY HAVE ACTUALLY STOPPED A
FEW TIMES ALONG THE ROUTE. EVEN
SOMETIMES KNEELING ON THE
GROUND WITH THEIR HANDS UP.
AND AGAIN I THINK IT JUST
SPEAKS TO THE PEACEFUL NATURE
OF WHAT THE PROTESTERS ARE HERE
FOR.
FOR.
FOR. I
FOR. I HAVEN'T SEEN ANY AGGRESSION
AT ALL.
AT ALL.
AT ALL. THESE FOLKS ARE STAYING ON
MESSAGE. THAT THEY WANT TO SEE
CHANGE AND THEY ARE MARCHING
AGAINST POLICE BRUTALITY.
AGAINST OF THE DEATH OF GEORGE
FLOYD AT THE SYSTEMS THAT THEY
FEEL ARE UNFAIR AGAINST PEOPLE
OF COLOR.
OF COLOR.
OF COLOR. SO THAT IS WHAT THEY ARE
CHANTING.
CHANTING.
CHANTING. THAT IS PROBABLY THE CHANT WE
HAVE HEARD MORE OF.
WE HEARD NO JUSTICE NO PEACE.
WE HAVE HEARD OTHER TENANTS OF
THAT NATURE.
THAT NATURE. BUT HANDS DON'T SHOOT I THINK I
HAVE HEARD THE MURDER MOST
JOYCE.
JOYCE.
JOYCE. WE
JOYCE. WE HAVE A FIGHT ON THE GROUND
NOW.
THIS
THIS IS
THIS IS THE FIRST AGGRESSION THAT I HAVE SEEN FROM PROTESTERS
. AGAIN I WANT TO EXCUSE ANY
PROFANITY THAT YOU MIGHT HEAR
RIGHT NOW AS THE SITUATION
UNFOLDS.
UNFOLDS.
UNFOLDS. THERE IS ONE PROTESTER ON THE
GROUND.
GROUND.
GROUND. I
GROUND. I DID NOT SEE THE ACTION THAT
LED UP TO IT BUT IT SEEMS TO BE
UNDER CONTROL.
UNDER CONTROL. AND WE HAVE OTHER PROTESTERS
ENCOURAGING THE CROWD TO KEEP
IT MOVING.
IT MOVING. SO THAT IS WHAT WE ARE GOING TO
DO.
DO.
DO. AGAIN, THIS SEEMS TO BE
CONTAINED TO THE ONE PROTESTER
ON THE GROUND.
WE ARE GOING TO BACK UP A
LITTLE BIT.
LITTLE BIT. >> THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF
DISCUSSION ABOUT WHO IS
ACTUALLY PEACEFULLY PROTESTING.
WE ARE ALL TRYING TO
DISTINGUISH WHO IS PART OF THE
ANARCHY GROUP.
ANARCHY GROUP. WHO WAS THE PROTESTER?
>> YOU KNOW IT IS VERY HARD TO
TELL.
TELL.
TELL. BECAUSE AGAIN UP TO THIS POINT
WE HAVE SEEN THE AGGRESSION
FROM THE CROWD.
WE HAVE SEEN PEOPLE HOLDING UP
SIGNS BLACK LIVES MATTER.
IN SUPPORT OF JUSTICE FOR
GEORGE FLOYD.
GEORGE FLOYD. BUT I DON'T SEE ANYTHING
BLATANT THAT SAYS THIS PERSON
IS WITH ANTI-FASCIST GROUP.
THIS PERSON IS HERE FOR THE
REAL REASON.
REAL REASON. SO WE HAVE JUST BEEN KIND OF
WITNESSING THAT.
WITNESSING THAT. AND AGAIN UP UNTIL THIS VERY
MOMENT EVERYTHING HAS REMAINED
PEACEFUL.
PEACEFUL.
PEACEFUL. WHAT I ASSUME HAPPEN IS THAT
THERE WAS SOME ALTERCATION
BETWEEN THE PROTESTER AND A
POLICE OFFICER.
POLICE OFFICER. IF YOU ARE KEEPING SAFE
DISTANCE AWAY.
DISTANCE AWAY. I ALSO HAVE ONE OF MY
COLLEAGUES ON THE GROUND.
>> IF YOU WILL WALK WITH US YOU
CAN SEE ANOTHER PROTESTER HAS
BEEN TAKEN INTO CUSTODY RIGHT
THERE.
THERE.
THERE. WE
THERE. WE STARTED A SECOND AND SHERRY
THEY ARE NOW MOVING THE CROWD
NORTH ON FOURTH.
IF YOU WILL CONTINUE TO WALK
WITH US HERE.
PROTESTERS HAVE THE GOAL OF
KEEPING THIS CALM.
THAT WAS THE CHANT.
NO VIOLENCE AS THEY HEADED
NORTHBOUND SOUTH ON SECOND
AVENUE.
AVENUE.
AVENUE. THEY THEN TURNED WEST AND TWO
GROUPS COMBINED TO FORM ONE
GROUP OF PROTESTERS.
IT WAS CALM.
22 WAS SLOWLY RISING IN THE AND
KIND OF POPPED IF YOU WILL.
WILL POLICE TOOK BELL ONE
PROTESTER AND THEN ANOTHER
WOMAN SHORTLY AFTER SEEMED TO
HAVE BEEN TAKEN INTO POLICE
CUSTODY.
CUSTODY.
CUSTODY. POLICE STANDING AT THE READY
WITH GAS CANISTERS, WEAPONS
POINTING AT THE GROUND.
ORGANIZERS ARE DOING THEIR BEST
TO KEEP THIS MEASURED.
TRYING TO KEEP THE PROTESTERS
UNDER CONTROL.
UNDER CONTROL. TO NOT DISTRACT FROM THE
MESSAGE.
MESSAGE.
MESSAGE. AS WE SEE POLICE TRYING TO CALM
THINGS DOWN HERE.
AS WE APPROACH FOURTH IN
COLUMBIA HERE.
COLUMBIA HERE. >> SEBASTIAN IS MARK IN THE
STUDIO.
STUDIO.
STUDIO. HAVE YOU TALKED WITH ANY
PROTESTER SO FAR?
DO THEY KNOW THAT A CURFEW IS
ABOUT TO TAKE EFFECT IN 45
MINUTES?
MINUTES?
MINUTES? >> THAT'S THE OTHER THING.
THE CURFEW IS ABOUT TO KICK IN.
IF YOU LOOK YOU CAN SEE THE
WOMAN STILL ON THE GROUND BUT
TO THOSE BETWEEN THOSE TWO
BICYCLE OFFICERS.
BICYCLE OFFICERS. SHE SEEMS TO BE GETTING SOME
TYPE OF ATTENTION HERE.
REALLY IF I CAN DIVERT A LITTLE
BIT MARK, TWO DIFFERENT
FEELINGS HERE.
FEELINGS HERE. I TALKED TO SOME PROTESTERS
WHOSE HANDS AND GLOVES WERE
LITERALLY STILL DIRTY FROM
CLEANING THE STREETS THIS
MORNING.
MORNING.
MORNING. SAY THEY ARE HEARTBROKEN BY THE
DAMAGE THAT WAS DONE.
BUT AT THE SAME TIME THEY
WANTED TO COME AND PROTEST
TONIGHT.
TONIGHT.
TONIGHT. SO THERE IS DEFINITELY THAT
DUAL SENSE.
DUAL SENSE. BUT AS FAR AS THE PROTEST NOT
HAPPENING FOR THE CURFEW,
OBVIOUSLY THAT IS NOT THE CASE.
THAT ORGANIZER RIGHT THERE, THE
GENERAL GENTLEMEN AND THE
DREAMERS SWEATSHIRT HE ACTUALLY
CHATTED WITH POLICE BEFORE THIS
ALL STARTED.
ALL STARTED. KIND OF GETTING DIRECTION FROM
THEM.
THEM.
THEM. BRINGING THEM THE MESSAGE THAT
THEY ARE NOT HERE TO CAUSE
TROUBLE.
TROUBLE.
TROUBLE. I HAVE BEEN INSTRUMENTAL OF
CALMING PEOPLE DOWN.
SO
SO SEBASTIAN I THINK ONE OF THE BIG CONCERNS IS THERE WILL BE
MORE LOOTING DOWN IN THE
WESTLAKE AREA.
WESTLAKE AREA. DOES IT LOOK LIKE THIS GROUP IS
HEADED BACK TOWARDS WESLEY?
AND WHAT HAVE YOU HEARD?
>> JUST BEFORE THOSE TWO PEOPLE
WERE TAKEN INTO POLICE CUSTODY
YOU COULD HEAR THE ORGANIZERS
ON THE MEGAPHONE TRYING TO
REDIRECT PEOPLE AWAY FROM THE
OFFICERS THAT WERE BLOCKING
ACCESS TO THE FREEWAY.
AND SAYING WE ARE GOING BACK TO
WESLEY.
WESLEY.
WESLEY. YOU CAN SEE THE POLICE OFFICERS
MOVING.
MOVING.
MOVING. AT ONE POINT THERE WAS ACTUALLY
TWO GROUPS OF PROTESTERS.
KIND OF SEPARATED FROM EACH
OTHER.
OTHER.
OTHER. TWO LARGE MARCHES.
THEY JOIN UP AND BECAME ONE
MARCH. IT APPEARS NOW THAT THEY
ARE HEADING NORTH ON FOURTH.
POLICE ON BIKES PRESUMABLY
GOING TO TRY