YONE THAT WATCHES
NBC.
THEY ARE ARRESTING SOMEBODY OVER
HERE.
IT LOOKS LIKE, RIGHT HERE BEHIND
US, AND THEY TOOK SOMEBODY INTO
CUSTODY AREAS IS HAPPENING LIVE
AS WE ARE TALKING WITH JAY GRAY
FROM NBC NEWS.
SOMEBODY IN CUSTODY HERE IN THE
LEFT.
THEY ARE GOING THROUGH THE
VEHICLE.
WE DON'T KNOW IF THEY WERE
INVOLVED WITH THE SHOOTING OR
SOMEBODY WHO WENT THROUGH THE
POLICE BARRICADE.
IT IS BASICALLY A LOCKDOWN CASE
RIGHT NOW IN BATON ROUGE.
WE DON'T KNOW IF IT IS SOMEONE
THAT DROVE IT FOR THE BARRICADE
BECAUSE THEY DID NOT WANT TO BE
A PROBLEM -- THEY ARE PUTTING
THAT PERSON IN THE CAR, HEAD
DOWN.
LOOKS LIKE A MALE SUSPECT WITH A
BLACK T-SHIRT AND CAP.
YOU CAN SEE POLICE ARE PATTING
HIM DOWN BEFORE THEY PUT HIM
INTO THE BATON ROUGE POLICE
DEPARTMENT SQUAD CAR.
THEY ARE ALSO GOING -- WE WILL
PAN BACK OVER THERE ONE SECOND.
THIS MAN
MOVES OUT OF THE WAY
ONE SECOND RIGHT HERE.
YOU CAN SEE HIM PATTING DOWN THE
PERSON.
WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THIS IS FOR.
IT COULD BE SOMEBODY -- I WAS
EXCITING TO YOU, THIS IS NOT A
SAFE TIME TO DRIVE THE STREETS
OF BATON ROUGE.
WE DON'T KNOW IF THIS WAS
SOMEONE REGARDING --
DISREGARDI
ADVICE FROM LAW
ENFORCEMENT OR SOMEONE INVOLVED
WITH THE TRAGIC SITUATION.
WE WILL KNOW IF THEY RELEASE.
LOOKS LIKE WE'LL PUT HIM IN THE
CAR, AND AFTER THAT,
WE WILL PAN
BACK OVER TO HIS SUV, SILVER SUV
POLICE ARE GOING THROUGH RIGHT
NOW.
HE GOT PUT IN THE SQUAD CAR
,
RIGHT OFF OF AIRLINE HIGHWAY.
IT LOOKS LIKE POLICE ARE
ACTIVELY GOING THROUGH HIS CAR,
TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT HE IS
DOING.
J GRAY, YOU ARE SEEING THE SAME
THING.
NOT THE BEST SITUATION
, SOMEONE
THAT DISREGARDED POLICE ADVICE,
OR MAYBE THEY ARE INVOLVED JAY:?
JAY:YOU MAKE A GOOD POINT.
YOU DON'T SEE VEHICLES GOING
BACK AND FORTH, SAMITI HE WAS --
THEY ARE NOT TAKING ANY CHANCES.
THE REAL DETERMINED EFFORT TO
FIND ANYTHING THAT MIGHT
INTEREST THEM.
THEY ARE GOING THROUGH THE
ENTIRE VEHICLE.
TRAVERS: THEY ARE GOING THROUGH
THE VEHICLE.
IT JUST GOES TO SHOW
WHAT STATE
OF MY POLICE OFFICERS ARE IN
RIGHT NOW WHEN THEY TELL PEOPLE,
SHELTER IN PLACE, DON'T COME
OUT.
CERTAIN AREAS ARE LOCKED DOWN,
THIS COULD BE A
MISUNDERSTANDING, THIS PERSON
DROVE INTO AN AREA WHERE HE
SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN, OR MAYBE
HE DID INTENTIONALLY, OR HE WAS
INVOLVED WITH IT.
WAS -- THERE WAS LIVE TV.
YOU SEE THE SCROLL OF MEDIA.
THEY ARE DEFINITELY GOING
THROUGH HIS CAR IN A SERIOUS
MANNER RIGHT NOW, TRY TO
DETERMINE IF THIS PERSON IS
INVOLVED.
JA REALLY SPEAKS TO THE
MINDSET OF OFFICERS.
YOU HAVE GOT GUYS ON THE GROUND
WORKING OVERNIGHT, PULLED BACK
IN.
GUYS WORKING AT THE TIME OF THE
SHOOTING.
EVERYONE ON THE FORCE IS OUT.
RIGHT NOW, THEY ARE WORKING A
FUNCTION THAT OFFICERS HAVE BEEN
TARGETED, SOME OF THEIR OWN HAVE
BEEN TARGETED.
THEY ARE NOT WILLING TO TAKE ANY
CHANCES TO SEE ANYMORE PEOPLE
MOVING IN.
IT IS A VERY TENSE SITUATION,
NOT JUST FOR RESIDENTS, BUT
OFFICERS AS WELL.
THIS IS THE BEGINNING OF WHAT
WILL BE A LONG, DIFFICULT TIME
FOR EVERYONE HERE.
TRAVERS: SOMEBODY EXPLAINED A
GROUP OF NEWSPEOPLE, VICE
NEWS
FROM THE PEOPLE THAT LOOKS LIKE
A WAR ZONE OUT HERE RIGHT NOW.
YOU HAVE BEEN IN A WAR ZONE, IT
REALLY DOES.
JAY: IT REALLY DOES.
IT IS A MILITARY STATE.
OFFICERS WITH WEAPONS DRAWN.
THEY ARE NOT PLAYING HERE.
THERE WAS NO LEEWAY HERE.
IF YOU ARE IN AREA YOU ARE NOT
SUPPOSED TO BE END, WHETHER
INVOLVED OR NOT, THEY WILL TAKE
YOU DOWN.
THE OFFICER IN THE
YELLOWJACKET
IS STANDING GUARD AS THE OTHER
OFFICERS GO THROUGH THIS
VEHICLE.
THERE ARE A TON OF OFFICERS
RIGHT NOW SURROUNDING THAT
VEHICLE.
TRAVERS: THESE OFFICERS ARE WELL
AWARE SOME OF THEIR COMRADES
,
BROTHERS AND SISTERS, HAVE BEEN
SHOT AND KILLED.
THEY FOLLOW HEADLINES, THEY ARE
ON THE RADIOS WITH EACH OTHER.
NUMEROUS OFFICERS HAVE BEEN SHOT
AND KILLED, AND STILL ONE, MAY
BE MORE ACTIVE SHOOTERS OUT
THERE.
THEY ARE NOT PLAYING GAMES.
PROBABLY A HALF DOZEN OTHER COPS
PULLED UP TO THE SCENE RIGHT
NOW.
JUST TO LEND SUPPORT AND MAKE
SURE, IS THIS JUST SOMEBODY WHO
ACCIDENTALLY DROVE INTO THE
AREA, OR
INVOLVED WITH THE
TRAGIC SCENE EARLIER TODAY?
JAY: WE LEARNED
THIS FROM DALLAS
AS WELL.
THIS WILL BE THE CASE ON EVERY
TRAFFIC STOP --
HELPING POLICE
OFFICERS FOR THE WEEK OR MORE
DEPENDING ON WHAT WE LEARN ABOUT
THE SUSPECT IN THIS CASE.
TRAVERS: THIS IS LIVE BEFORE
2:00.
WE ARE AT GOODWOOD AND AIRLINE
DRIVE.
WE ARE AT GOODWOOD AND AIRLINE
DRIVE IN BATON ROUGE, 500 YARDS
DOWN FROM WHERE THE SHOOTING
HAPPENED EARLIER THIS MORNING.
IT LOOKS LIKE RESEARCH DEPUTIES
ARE PULLING OUT RIGHT NOW.
IT IS A VERY TENSE SITUATION.
THIS HAS MEANING FROM YOU.
YOU ARE FROM BATON ROUGE.
JA I WENT TO HIGH SCHOOL HERE.
THIS IS WHAT I REMEMBER AS HOME.
IT IS SHOCKING, ON A PERSONAL
LEVEL.
WE HAD IT IN DALLAS, WHICH IS
WHERE I LIVE NOW, AND NOW ARE IN
BATON ROUGE, WHICH IS WHERE I
GREW UP.
IT IS A TRAGIC SITUATION, AND
THIS IS A COMMUNITY, AS YOU
KNOW, EVERYBODY WHO IS WATCHING
KNOWS, THAT HAS BEEN THROUGH A
LOT AND THE LAST MONTH.
EVEN FURTHER BACK, THE INFLUX OF
PEOPLE THAT MOVED HERE AFTER
KATRINA, CHANGES IN DYNAMIC, THE
INFRASTRUCTURE, WHICH SOME
PLACES CAN'T BEAR THE AMOUNT OF
PEOPLE IN THE CITY RIGHT NOW --
THIS IS ABSOLUTELY SOMETHING
THAT IS NOT NEEDED.
HAVING TALKED TO PEOPLE WHO WERE
A PART OF THE PROTEST OVER THE
LAST MONTH OR SO, IT IS
FRUSTRATING BECAUSE THEY FELT
LIKE A DIALOGUE WAS OPENING UP
BETWEEN PROTESTERS AND POLICE.
THEY WERE MAKING PROGRESS.
THE PEOPLE I TALKED TO, KEEP IT
IN THE PROPER CONTEXT, THESE ARE
PEOPLE ARE PART OF THE
COMMUNITY, HAVE NOTHING TO DO
WITH THE INVESTIGATION.
THEY FEEL LIKE IT IS SOMEBODY
OUTSIDE WHAT YOU WOULD CALL THE
NORMAL PROTESTERS, IF THAT IS
EVEN A TERM.
PEOPLE OUT HERE FOR A CAUSE.
THEY DON'T FEEL LIKE IT IS THAT
CORE GROUP.
WE WON'T KNOW THAT FOR QUITE
SOME TIME, BUT THAT IS WHAT
PEOPLE THE GROUND ARE SAYING.
JENN: IT DOES SEEM
LIKE A LOT OF
THE PROTESTS WERE WINDING DOWN.
YOU HAD ON FRIDAY THE FUNERAL
FOR ALL STERLING.
IF YOU LIKE AFTER THE ALL THE
PROTEST, THE COMMUNITY WOULD SAY
IN WHAT IT WAS HAPPENED IN
DALLAS, LET'S PULL TOGETHER.
THERE IS NOT A NEED FOR
SENSELESS VIOLENCE.
PEOPLE CAN PROTEST PEACEFULLY.
THAT IS WHAT YOU ARE SEEING IN
BATON ROUGE UNTIL THIS MORNING.
A RECAP FOR PEOPLE JOINING US IN
HERE AT 2:00, THIS IS 500 YARDS,
GOODWOOD AND AIRLINE HIGHWAY.
POLICE YANKTON SOMEBODY OUT OF A
CAR.
THIS AREA HAS
REALLY LOCKED IT
DOWN.
THEY ARE ON AN ACTIVE SEARCH.
WE DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS SOMEBODY
ON THE WRONG PLACE AT THE WRONG
TIME OR SOMEONE INVOLVED IN THE
SHOOTING.
IT GOES TO SHOW YOU WATCHING
LIVE ON TELEVISION, POLICE ARE
NOT PLAYING GAMES IN LIGHT OF
WHAT HAPPENED FIVE HOURS AGO.
JAY: AND HE WAS PULLED FROM HIS
VEHICLE IN A SEPARATE POLICE CAR
, 25, 30 YARDS AWAY FROM HIS
VEHICLE.
THOSE OFFICERS, WHILE THEY
STOPPED THE SEARCH OF THE
VEHICLE, THEY HAVE NOT LEFT THE
VEHICLE.
TRAVERS: THIS IS A LIVE LOOK AS
WE RECOUNTED LIVE.
THE PRESIDENT JUST
MADE A
STATEMENT WHICH I AM SURE SCOTT
AND GINA WILL GET TO IT A FEW
MOMENTS.
IT DOES NOT LOOK LIKE THIS IS
GOING DOWN, THE POLICE ARE
MOVING AWAY THAT YOU ARE SEEING
RIGHT HERE.
THIS IS WHAT WE ARE TALKING
ABOUT ALL MORNING.