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>> 1000 OF PEOPLE TO FIND THEIR CITY CURFEWS TO MARK IN DAMAGE RATION AND BY THE DEATH OF
FLOYD THIS IS A LIVE LOOK AT
THE LARGE CROWDS TONIGHT PEOPLE
IN ST.
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IN ST. ♪ LOST HIM, LET’S COUNT.
>> THE PROTEST ACROSS NORTHEAST
FLORIDA THIS EVENING WILL
PEACEFUL SKY FOR OVER DOWNTOWN
JACKSONVILLE, HUNDREDS OF
DEMONSTRATORS MARCHED FOR A 4TH
NIGHT IN
A ROW, AN ICE PROTEST, PEACEFUL
DEMONSTRATORS TAKING IN NEED
BEFORE THEY BEGAN THEIR MARCH,
HOLDING SIGNS
THAT READ AN OFFICIAL ENOUGH
AND WE WANT JUSTICE AND WE
WANT.
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>>MARY BAER: HERE IN SAINT JOHNS COUNTY DEMONSTRATORS CAME TOGETHER IN NOCATEE FOR WHAT
WAS DESCRIBED AS A FAMILY
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>>MARY BAER: FRIENDLY PROTEST.
DEMONSTRATORS WEARING T-SHIRTS
AND HOLDING SIGNS SUPPORTING
THE BLACK LIVES MATTER
MOVEMENT. THIS IS THE
8TH NIGHT OF UNREST AND PROTESTS ACROSS THE U.S. AND WE’RE SEEING A MIXTURE OF
PROTESTS HERE. GATHERINGS
INVOLVED POLICE OFFICERS
KNEELING WITH PROTESTERS IN A
SHOW OF SUPPORT. OTHERS
INVOLVED DOZENS OF ARRESTS,
FIRES AND
SOMETIMES VIOLENCE LOCALLY
PROTESTS HAVE REMAINED PEACEFUL
NEWS 4 JAX TEAM IS TRACKING THE
DEMONSTRATIONS AND THE GROUPS
ARE WORKING SO HARD
TO SEND. WE BEGIN WITH NEWS 4
JAX REPORTER ERIK AVANIER LIVE
IN DOWNTOWN JACKSONVILLE.
>> YES, THE RICH THE OFFICIAL ORGANIZE PROTESTS IN FRONT OF THE DUVAL COUNTY
COURTHOUSE AND A COUPLE OF
HOURS AGO, BUT AS YOU CAN SEE
JUST BEHIND ME HERE, THEY’RE
STILL JUST A HANDFUL
OF THOSE PROTESTERS AT THE
CORNER OF ADAMS STREET IN FRONT
OF THE DUVAL
COUNTY COURTHOUSE. STILL
PROTESTING STILL HOLDING SIGNS
AND HAS CARS GO BY THERE APPEAR
TO GET TO BE GETTING A LOT OF
SUPPORT FROM PEOPLE HONKING
THEIR HORNS NOW AROUND 6
O’CLOCK TODAY I SAW WHAT BEGAN
AS A HANDFUL OF PROTESTERS AND
FOR THE COURTHOUSE GROW TO WHAT
APPEARED TO BE CLOSE TO 500
PEOPLE DEAD AND OUR APP AND ON
FOR OUR SPEECHES AND PRAYERS.
I WATCHED AS PROTESTERS
PEACEFULLY WALKED THROUGH
DOWNTOWN JACKSONVILLE.
>> THERE WAS NO MINCING OF
WORDS DURING A TUESDAY EVENING
DEMONSTRATION IN FRONT OF THE
DUVAL COUNTY COURTHOUSE WHERE
HUNDREDS OF PROTESTERS
>> DEMONSTRATORS WERE NOT ONLY HERE TO PROTEST THE MINNEAPOLIS POLICE KILLING OF GEORGE FLOYD
BUT ALSO TO PROTEST WHAT THEY
DEEM IS POLICE BRUTALITY
IN JACKSONVILLE, SOME OF THESE
FOLKS A JSO COULD CARE LESS
ABOUT AFRICAN AMERICANS I FEEL
LIKE OUR LIVES ARE.
>> VIEWED AS A VALUABLE
AS OTHER RACES EVEN
JACKSONVILLE HAS A PROBLEM WITH
POLICE BRUTALITY
IN GENERAL.
>> WELL SINCE I JUST RECENTLY
RELOCATED HERE ABOUT 3 MONTHS
AGO. I
HAVE NOT. GOTTEN FULL KNOWLEDGE
OF WHAT GOES ON BUT BASED UPON
THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT ARE
OUT HERE WITH ME TODAY I WOULD
SAY YES AFTER AN HOUR
PROTESTING IN FRONT OF THE
DUVAL COUNTY COURTHOUSE AND
EVEN TAKING A KNEE DURING
THE PROTEST. DEMONSTRATORS
MARCHED THROUGH DOWNTOWN
JACKSONVILLE WHERE THEY
MOMENTARILY STOPPED IN FRONT OF
CITY HALL BEFORE CONTINUE THEIR MARCH THROUGH DOWNTOWN AND EVENTUALLY BACK TO THE
COURTHOUSE.
BACK HERE LIVE IT’S WORTH MENTIONING THAT AN HOUR BEFORE THE PROTEST BEGAN THE LOCAL
CHOPPER. THE N
DOUBLE ACP.
>> ISSUED A STATEMENT A
STATEMENT OF DEMANDS TO JSO UP
SOME OF DEMANDS INCLUDE
RELEASING BODY CAM VIDEO TO THE
PUBLIC REVIEW OF JSO HAS USE OF
FORCE POLICY COMPLETE TRANSPARENCY THROUGHOUT AN INTERNAL
AFFAIRS PROCESS AND IMMEDIATE
FIRING AND FULL PROSECUTION OF
POLICE OFFICERS IN
DIRECT VIOLATION OF THE LAW OF
COURSE COMING UP AT 11 OH
YOU’RE GOING TO HEAR FROM A
PASTOR WHO ATTENDED TONIGHT’S
PROTEST AND HEAR WHAT HE HAD TO
SAY ABOUT THE RECENT VIOLENCE
WE’VE SEEN BOTH HERE IN
JACKSONVILLE AS WELL AS OTHER
CITIES WHERE THOSE PROTESTS
HAVE
TAKEN PLACE OF COURSE THIS
ISN’T THE ONLY LOCATION THERE
WAS A
PROTEST IN OBVIOUSLY A PROTEST
IS STILL GOING MY COLLEAGUE
CORLEY PEEL IS IN NOCATEE WHERE
THERE WAS A HUGE PROTESTS THERE
AS WELL AND I’M GOING TO TOSS
IT OVER TO YOU COURTNEY.
>> ERIC DEMONSTRATORS CALL THIS A FAMILY FRIENDLY PROTEST. AND THEY
CONTINUE TO INCH AND 4 CHANGE
ALL ALONG
THIS SIDEWALK AND NEAR THE
INTERSECTION HERE NEAR THE
NOCATEE TOWN CENTER
THEY SAY IT WAS IMPORTANT FOR
THE COMMUNITY TO RALLY TOGETHER
FOR BLACK LIVES MATTER AND FOR
GEORGE FLOYD.
DOZENS OF PEOPLE CHANTED.
WHILE HOLDING SIGNS AT THE INTERSECTION NEAR THE NOCATEE TOWN
CENTER TUESDAY.
>> SHOWING THEIR SUPPORT FOR
GEORGE FLOYD AND BLACK LIVES
MATTER ACTIVISTS AND
OUT HERE.
>> WITH PEOPLE FROM OUR
COMMUNITY WHO SUPPORT BLACK
LIVES MATTER AND JUST SUPPORT
THAN OF POLICE BRUTALITY PEOPLE
OF ALL AGES PARTICIPATED IN THE
FAMILY FRIENDLY PEACEFUL
PROTEST.
>> COMEDIES ARE HIGH SCHOOL
GRADUATE JASMINE HURT SAYS SHE
WANTS TO MAKE SURE HER VOICE
IS HEARD.
>> AND ESPECIALLY BEING IN
PONTE VEDRA I KNOW PERSONALLY
AS THE FIRST BLACK MISS PART OF
THE DRUG. I UNDERSTAND
WHAT WHAT WE HAD TO GO THROUGH
ALL 4 YEARS OF HIGH SCHOOL.
A LOT OF OUR A LOT OF OUR PEERS
WERE EXTREMELY
A LOT OF PEOPLE WOULD JUST SAY
HER EFFECT, THANKS WAS AT
SCHOOL. SO IT’S NOT JUST A
SINGLE ISOLATED INSTANCE OF
JUST POLICE
BRUTALITY THAT THIS COUNTRY HAS
SO MUCH SYSTEMIC RACISM THAT
HAS BEEN OCCURRING FOR
YEARS NOW.
>> THE DECISION IS KIND OF THE
BOIL OVER GEORGE FLOYD DIED
WHILE IN MINNEAPOLIS
POLICE CUSTODY. DEMONSTRATORS
SAY THEY WANT TO STOP POLICE
BRUTALITY WE’RE HOLDING UP
THEIR SAFETY KILLED DEC.
>> INTEL EVERYONE TO ACT MAD SO
SO SO
SO SO NO ONE ELSE TIDY WANT TO
KEEP THAT BLACK PEOPLE
FROM DYING.
>> A FATHER AND SON WHO ARE
BOTH LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS
TOOK A KNEE DURING THE PROTEST.
>> YEAH POLICE OFFICER, BUT
WHAT I SAW UP IN MINNEAPOLIS
JUST DISCUSSED NOON.
>> HONESTLY ON
>> AND COUNTER PROTESTERS DROVE
UP TO THE CROWD BRIEFLY CAUSING
A STIR BUT LEFT AFTER THEY WERE STOPPED BY SAINT JOHNS COUNTY DEPUTIES.
AGAIN TONIGHT’S PROTEST HERE NOCATEE REMAINED PEACEFUL AND THE
DEMONSTRATORS HERE SAY THEY
WON’T GIVE UP FIGHTING FOR
GEORGE FLOYD AND BLACK LIVES