THE
THE ROADS. FIRST THE TOP STORIES.
>>> ILLUSTRATORS PUSHED OUT OF
THIS ZONE ARE NOT GIVING UP.
THEY CAME BACK, FACING OFF WITH
POLICE AND TRYING TO GET BACK
OVERNIGHT.
OVERNIGHT. THE THREAT OF ARREST IS NOT
ENOUGH TO STOP THEM.
KIERA ELFALAN IS ON CAPITOL
HILL WHERE THE PROTESTERS HAVE
BEEN TRYING TO GET BACK IN.
WHAT IS HAPPENING NOW , KIERA?
>> Reporter: THE SITUATION IS
MORE PEACEFUL THAN IT WAS
OVERNIGHT.
OVERNIGHT. THIS IS WHAT WE ARE SEEING FROM
OUR VIEW AT PIKE AND BROADWAY.
THIS IS WHERE WE ARE SEEING A
GROUP OF PROTESTERS.
YOU CAN TO SEE ALL OF THEM BUT
THERE ARE MAYBE A LITTLE MORE
THAN A DOZEN PROTESTERS. AN
HOUR AGO WE SAW SOME DRAGGING
YELLOW POLICE TAPE ACROSS THE
INTERSECTION AT PINE AND
BROADWAY TO TRY AND TAKE OVER
THE STREET.
THE STREET. THEY WERE BLOCKING TRAFFIC AND
WE SAW THE POLICE MOVE IN AND
TAKE DOWN THE TAPE AND POLICE
HAVE RETREATED BACK TO THE
INTERSECTION OF PINE AND 10th.
AT ONE POINT HUNDREDS OF
PROTESTERS WERE TRYING TO GET
BACK INTO THE PARK CLOSE TO THE
EAST PRECINCT.
EAST PRECINCT. THE SADDLE, SEATTLE POLICE HAVE
CONTROL AGAIN.
CONTROL AGAIN. IN SOME AREAS THE YELLOW TAPE
IS BETWEEN THE PROTESTERS AND
THE AREAS OFF LIMITS.
MANY HAVE BEEN ARRESTED.
THOSE WHO OBJECT AT POLICE.
SOMEWHERE HIT WITH PEPPER SPRAY.
RIGHT NOW IT IS A PEACEFUL
SITUATION AND THEY TRIED TO
BLOCK THIS INTERSECTION BUT
RIGHT NOW THEY ARE JUST
STANDING AROUND AND SOME ARE
HAVING CONVERSATIONS IN SUMMER
SITTING DOWN.
SITTING DOWN. THEY ARE TRYING TO CONTINUE TO
FIGHT IN THE WAY THAT THEY KNOW
HOW, PROVIDING A PRESENCE OUT
THERE.
THERE.
THERE. LIVE IN CAPITOL HILL, KIERA
ELFALAN.
ELFALAN.
ELFALAN. >>> MORE THAN A DOZEN
PROTESTERS WERE MARCHING
THROUGH THE CITY ONTO I-FIVE
JUST BEFORE 2:00 A.M.
HELLO DENNY WAY.
PROTESTERS USED CARS TO BLOCK
THE FREEWAY AND AT ONE POINT A
SEMI TRUCK AND SEVEN CARS ENDED
UP GETTING BLOCKED.
THEY EVENTUALLY GOT THROUGH AS
SOON AS THE PROTESTERS MOVED
OUT AT 2:30.
>>> IF YOU ARE INSIDE THE
BUILDING YOU NEED TO COME OUT
NOW!
NOW!
NOW! >>
NOW! >> POLICE ARRESTED 44 PEOPLE
WHILE CLEARING THE C.H.O.P.
ZONE.
ZONE.
ZONE. THEY WERE TAKEN INTO CUSTODY
FOR FAILURE TO DISPERSE AND
ASSAULT AN OBSTRUCTION.
POLICE GAVE PEOPLE A FIVE
MINUTE WARNING BEFORE MOVING IN
WITH THE FORCE.
>> SPD SHOWING FORCE AGAIN.
ACKNOWLEDGING WHY WE NEED TO
ABOLISH THEM.
ABOLISH THEM. >> OUR MESSAGE HAS BEEN DILUTED
BECAUSE OF THE VIOLENCE THAT
HAS OCCURRED AND BECAUSE OF
DIFFERENT INSIDERS THAT HAVE
COME IN.
COME IN.
COME IN. WE MUST CONTINUE TO STAND IN
ONE ACCORD IN LOVING UNITY.
>> PROTESTERS SAY THEY ARE NOT
HAPPY WITH THE CITY AND THEY
ARE NOT BEING HEARD.
>> FOR BLACK PEOPLE THIS IS OUR
LIFE STORY AND FOR WHITE PEOPLE
WHO HAVE RECENTLY ENTERED THIS
CHAT AS YOU MIGHT SAY, NOW IS
THE TIME TO START ALLOCATING
RESOURCES AND UTILIZING YOUR
WHITE PRIVILEGE IN A WAY TO
BENEFIT BLACK REALITIES.
THIS IS FAR FROM THE END.
>> THE DEMANDS INCLUDE
DEFUNDING THE POLICE PAY 50% OF
REALLOCATING THE FUNDS INTO THE
COMMUNITY AND RELEASING THE
PROTESTERS WHO WERE ARRESTED.
>>> WHAT A DIFFERENCE A COUPLE
OF WEEKS CAN MAKE.
ON THE LEFT YOU CAN SEE THE
C.H.O.P.
C.H.O.P.
C.H.O.P. ZONE AT THE HEIGHT OF THE
PROTEST WEEKS AGO.
IT LOOKED LIKE A STREET
FESTIVAL.
FESTIVAL.
FESTIVAL. THE VIDEO SHOWS IT AFTER IT
WAS CLEARED OUT YESTERDAY AND
YOU CAN SEE THE DIFFERENCE IN
THE PHOTO FROM ONE OF OUR
PRODUCERS WHO LIVES THERE.
THE PICTURE ON THE LEFT IS WHAT
IT LOOKED LIKE BEFORE THE
CLEANUP AND ON THE RIGHT AFTER.
A HUGE DIFFERENCE IN A MATTER
OF HOURS AFTER THE POLICE MOVED
IN.
IN.
IN. BUSINESS OWNERS AND PEOPLE
LIVING ON CAPITOL HILL SAID
DISMANTLING THE C.H.O.P.
TOOK TOO LONG.
ONE BUSINESS OWNER SAID HE DID
NOT SHUT DOWN BUT HIS NEIGHBORS
DID.
DID.
DID. >>
DID. >> NO ONE HAS GOTTEN ANYTHING
OUT OF THIS.
WE LOST A MAYOR AND A CITY
COUNCIL PERSON AND RESIDENTS
AND SMALL BUSINESSES