THE STATION SUFFERED STRUCTURAL
DAMAGE.
OVERALL 18 PEOPLE SHOT DEAD
DURING RIOTING.
BACK AGAIN IS SHELBY TALCOT, A
"DAILY CALLER" JOURNALIST
REPORTING ON THE FRONT LINES OF
THESE RIOTS.
SHELBY, YOU WERE THERE AT THE
RIOTS.
TELL US WHAT YOU SAW?
>> LIZ, THERE HAS BEEN A TON OF
UNREST.
WE TYPICALLY SEE HUGE CROWDS
EARLIER IN THE NIGHT, STARTING
AROUND 9:00.
IT IS FAIRLY PEACEFUL AT THAT
TIME.
AS THE NIGHT GOES ON, 10:30,
11:00 THERE’S A HUGE GROUP OF
PROTESTERS OR RIOTERS WHO TURN
THEIR FOCUS ON TO THE FEDERAL
COURTHOUSE AND, THEY HAVE BEEN
TOLD THERE IS WARNINGS GIVEN BY
FEDERAL OFFICERS, DON’T TOUCH
THE FENCE.
DON’T TRY TO BREAK THROUGH.
TIME AND TIME AGAIN, NIGHT AFTER
NIGHT, THEY’RE TRYING TO BREACH
THE FENCE AND IT STARTS SORT OF
THIS WAR EVERY NIGHT ON THE
STREETS OF DOWNTOWN PORTLAND.
ELIZABETH: WERE THEY, WERE THE
RIOTS GOING DOWN, WERE THEY
DE-ESCALATING UNTIL THE
ADMINISTRATION SENT IN FEDERAL
FORCES?
THE DEMOCRATS LIKE JOE BIDEN
SAYING THEY WERE PEACEFUL
PROTESTS.
NOW THEY’RE SAYING ANTIFA
VIOLENCE IN PORTLAND IS QUOTE A
MYTH.
WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON BOTH
OF THOSE ISSUES?
>> WE WEREN’T HERE BEFORE
FEDERAL OFFICERS WERE DEPLOYED
BUT CERTAINLY FROM PEOPLE WE’VE
SPOKEN TO, THESE PROTESTS HAVE
BEEN ONGOING, REALLY HAVEN’T
SHOWED A MAJOR SIGN OF SLOWING
DOWN.
BY THE TIME WE GOT HERE THE
COURTHOUSE IS LITTERED IN
GRAFFITI.
THERE IS THINGS ON THE STREET
FROM FIRES BEING SET AND
FIREWORKS GOING OFF AND I SAW
THAT CLIP THE OTHER DAY JERRY
NADLER SAYING ANTIFA IS A MYTH
AND VIOLENCE HERE IN PORTLAND IS
JUST A D.C. LIE ESSENTIALLY AND
YOU KNOW, THE VIDEOS, THE VIDEOS
WE’VE TAKEN ALL WEEK KIND OF
SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES.
IT IS VERY CLEARLY NOT THE CASE
I THINK.
ELIZABETH: YOU KNOW, WHAT DO THE
RIOTERS WANT?
DO THEY WANT DEFUND THE POLICE?
DO THEY WANT INCOME INEQUALITY
SOLVED?
I THINK YOU HEARD THEM CHANTING
A CERTAIN CHANT.
CAN YOU TELL US WHAT THEY WANT
AND WHAT WILL MAKE THEM STOP?
>> SO WE DID HEAR THEM, ONE OF
THE, ONE OF THE CHANTS I THINK
STOOD OUT TO ME THE MOST WAS,
THEY WERE SAYING, THEY’RE NOT
GOING TO STOP UNTIL ALL THE
PRECINCTS ARE BURNED TO THE
GROUND.
SO THIS, THIS IS AN EXTREME
ATTITUDE AND, THEY WANT THE
FEDERAL OFFICERS OUT BUT, WHO
KNOWS, IF THE FEDERAL OFFICERS
LEAVE WILL THEY LEAVE THE
COURTHOUSE ALONE?
I’M NOT SURE.
SO THEY’RE ANGRY AT THE FEDERAL
OFFICERS.
THEY’RE ANGRY AT THE POLICE
OFFICERS.
I THINK THEY JUST WANT ALL OF
THIS DEFUNDED.
THEY WANT OFFICERS OUT OF
PORTLAND AND NIGHT AFTER NIGHT
WE’RE SEEING THERE IS, THERE IS
NO SLOWING DOWN.
ELIZABETH: NO SLOWING DOWN.
POLLS BY OUTFITS LIKE
PEW RESEARCH SHOW MANY AMERICANS
WELCOME RACIAL AND ETHNIC
DIVERSITY, BELIEVE THE
COMMUNITIES SHOULD BE DIVERSE.
PEOPLE SHOULD SUPPORT PEACEFUL
PROTESTS STIPULATED IN FOUNDING
DOCUMENTS OF OUR COUNTRY.
WE ARE, SHELBY, IN UNPRE DENTED
HISTORIC MOMENT, PANDEMIC
TRIGGERING JOBLESSNESS, FIGHT
OVER POLICE BRUTALITY.
FROM WHERE YOU SIT IT SEEMS
MORPHED OVER THAT.
RIOTERS SHOOTING PEOPLE IN AS
YOU TIP TEXAS AND AURORA,
COLORADO, TALK TO US ABOUT
PORTLAND PIECE FINDING A BAG OF
RIFLE AMMUNITION AND MOLOTOV
COCKTAILS AFTER RESPONDING TO A
PARK PROTEST?
CAN YOU TALK MORE ABOUT THAT.
>> WE HAVE MUCH MORE INFORMATION
BESIDES THEIR STATEMENT.
THEY FOUND NUMEROUS BULLETS AND
MOLOTOV COCKTAILS IN A BAG NEAR
THE COURTHOUSE.
THERE HAS BEEN STABBING OF A
TRUMP SUPPORTER THE OTHER NIGHT.
THERE WERE THE SHOWS FIRED IN
ANOTHER INCIDENT.
SO, IT IS CLEARLY ESCALATING.
I THINK YOUR EARLIER POINT ABOUT
THE, THE UNREST, SORT OF
BRANCHING OFF FROM THE ORIGINAL
REASON THAT THESE PROTESTS
STARTED IS REALLY ACCURATE.
WE’VE SEEN IT TIME AND TIME
AGAIN, YOU KNOW, IN SEATTLE, IN
WASHINGTON, D.C., IN NEW YORK
CITY, THERE IS DEFINITELY
DIFFERENT GROUPS THAT ARE NOW
TAKING ADVANTAGE OF WHY THESE
PROTESTS WERE STARTED.
ELIZABETH: DO YOU SEE POLICE
SHOWING RESTRAINT?
DO YOU SEE THEM SHOWING
RESTRAINT TAKING HANDS OFF
APPROACH BUT THEY HAVE TO
RESPOND WHEN ATTACKED?
IN SEATTLE, THEY TORCHED
CONSTRUCTION BUILDINGS AT THE
SITE OF A NEW YOUTH DETENTION
CENTER.
RIOTERS VANDALIZED COP VEHICLES
IN NEW YORK AND IN PHILLY.
IN LOS ANGELES PROTESTERS
ATTACKED POLICE OFFICERS.
DO YOU SEE OFFICERS SHOWING
RESTRAINT?
>> YEAH H YES.
SO EVERY NIGHT WE’VE BEEN ON THE
GROUND OFFICERS ISSUED MULTIPLE
WARNINGS BEFORE COMING OUT AND
DEPLOYING CROWD CONTROL
MUNITIONS.
WE’LL HEAR OVER THE LOUD
SPEAKER, THE FIRST WARNING IS
TYPICALLY, DON’T TOUCH THE
FENCE, DON’T TRY TO BREACH THE
PERIMETER.
THE SECOND WARNINGS WHEN THE
RIOTERS IGNORE THE FIRST WARNING
THIS IS DECLARED UNLAWFUL
ASSEMBLY.
LEAVE THE AREA IMMEDIATELY.
NOBODY TYPICALLY LISTENS.
THE OFFICERS ARE FORCED TO COME
OUT.
DURING THE TIME WARNINGS ARE
ISSUED, RESULT OF FIREWORKS
BEING THROWN AT THE COURTHOUSE.
FIREWORKS THROWN AT THE FENCE.
THEY THROW BAGS OF GARRAGE OVER
THE FENCE AND LIGHT IT ON FIRE.
ALL SORTS OF THINGS CONTINUE TO
BE TOSSED.
THEY CONTINUE TO TOSS WHEN
OFFICERS COME OUT TO DISPERSE
THE CROWD.
ELIZABETH: POLICE OFFICERS
RELEASING BODYCAM FOOTAGE IN
SEATTLE.
WE SHOWED YOU WHAT THEY ARE
DEALING WITH.
SEATTLE IN PROCESS OF CUTTING
POLICE BUDGET IN HALF.
CHIEF OF POLICE THERE, CARMEN
BEST WARNING SEATTLE BUSINESSES
ARE ON YOUR OWN.
THE CITY COUNCIL HAS HAMSTRUNG
US NOW WE RESPOND TO THE
RIOTING.
WE’VE BEEN REPORTING, SHELBY.
WE TOLD VIEWERS ABOUT RIOTERS
ACROSS THE COUNTRY, EXPOSING
POLICE OFFICERS AND THEIR
FAMILIES HOME ADDRESSES AND
PHONE NUMBERS ON THE INTERNET.
THE RIOTERS SHOWED UP AT THE
HOME OF ACTING HOMELAND SECURITY
SECRETARY CHAD WOLF.
ARE YOU HEARING ABOUT THAT AS
WELL?
THIS IS NOW AS YOU POINT OUT,
MORPHED INTO SOMETHING ELSE?
NOW THEY’RE SHOWING UP AT THEIR
PERSONAL HOMES TO BASICALLY
PROTEST?
WHAT IS YOUR REACTION?
>> I HAVE HEARD REPORTS OF THAT.
NUMEROUS OFFICERS HAVE BEEN
DOXXED AND HAVE THEIR PUBLIC OR
INFORMATION MADE PUBLIC.
I THINK IT IS DANGEROUS.
YOU KNOW THESE OFFICERS, FROM
WHAT I HAVE SEEN ON THE FROWNED
GROUND IN PORTLAND JUST TRYING
TO DO THEIR JOB.
WE ACTUALLY SAW WHEN IT WAS
DECLARED A RIOT SATURDAY NIGHT,
WHILE MULTIPLE PEOPLE DETAINED,
THEY LET MULTIPLE PEOPLE GO.
THEY PICKED THEM UP.
ONE OFFICER PICKING UP A MOM OFF
THE GROUND, TELLING HER TO LEAVE
THE AREA.
SO, I DON’T THINK THAT THEY WANT
TO HAVE THIS BATTLE EVERY NIGHT.
ELIZABETH: YEAH.
GOOD TO SEE YOU, SHELBY TALCOT.
GREAT JOURNALISM THERE.
COME BACK SOON, OKAY?