OF
OF LOUISIANA. ALL RIGHT, JOHN, WE'LL GET BACK TO YOU IN A LITTLE BIT. NOW FOR OUR BIG
STORY TONIGHT THE SPORTS WORLD
UNITED BEHIND ONE MESSAGE IN A
WAY WE HAVE NEVER SEEN BEFORE
OVER THE LAST FEW HOURS WE'VE
WATCHED ENTIRE TEAMS WALKING
AWAY AND BOYCOTTING GAMES. EVEN
THE NBA PLAYOFFS ALL TO BRING
ATTENTION TO THE SHOOTING
OF JACOB BLAKE. SO TONIGHT WE
HEAR FROM THE PLAYERS BANDING
TOGETHER. WE LOOK AT WHAT THIS
MEANS FOR OTHER SPORTS AND WE
SHARE NEW DETAILS ABOUT LIKE
SHOOTING. ALAN CARTER STARTS US
OFF. WE WILL OFTEN LOOK TO
SPORTS AS A DISTRACTION. BUT
TODAY THE GAME BECAME THE
MESSAGE PICTURES PLAYERS
LEAVING THE BUILDING IN THE
MIDDLE OF THE PLAYOFFS. NBA
PLAYERS SAID NO, THEY WILL NOT
PLAY STARTING WITH THE
MILWAUKEE BUCKS. FITTING AS
THEY REPRESENT A CITY JUST 45
KENOSHA, WISCONSIN WHERE
PROTESTS HAVE BEEN ONGOING
AFTER THE SHOOTING OF JACOB
BLAKE IN A MATTER OF MINUTES.
ALL TEAMS BOYCOTTED THEIR GAMES
.THE BUCS EVENTUALLY LEFT
THEIR LOCKER ROOM AND MADE A
STATEMENT. OUR FOCUS CANNOT BE
MORE BASKETBALL. SPEAKING FOR
THE TEAM WAS INDIANAPOLIS
NATIVE GEORGE HILL. WE ARE
CALLING FOR JUSTICE FOR JACOB
BLAKE AND DEMAND OFTEN BE HELD
ACCOUNTABLE. AFTERWARD,
BASEBALL FOLLOWING SUIT WITH
SOME OF THEIR TEAMS DECIDING TO
CANCEL THEIR GAMES HAILED ABOUT
HOW TO MOVE FORWARD. BOTH THE
WNBA AND MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER
ALSO CANCELED THEIR GAMES
WEDNESDAY. IT'S UNCLEAR WHAT
HAPPENS WITH THE REST OF THE
NBA SEASON BUT THE PLAYERS FEEL
THIS IS A MOMENT THEY CANNOT
LET PASS IN SILENCE. WE
ENCOURAGE ALL CITIZENS TO
EDUCATE THEMSELVES, TAKE
PEACEFUL AND RESPONSIBLE ACTION
AND REMEMBER TO VOTE ON
NOVEMBER. AND TONIGHT WE ALSO
SAW BOYCOTTS FROM MAJOR LEAGUE
SOCCER AND THE WNBA POSTPONE
THREE PLAYOFF GAMES SCHEDULED
THIS EVENING. THE INDIANA FEVER
SET TO PLAY TOMORROW SO WE'LL
BE WATCHING TO SEE WHAT UNFOLDS
THERE AND TAKE A LOOK AT THIS.
WE'VE SEEN SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS
FROM PLAYERS INVOLVED IN THE
BOYCOTTS ALL NIGHT AND NOW THE
MOST INFLUENTIAL VOICE IN THE
NBA HAS SPOKEN. LEBRON JAMES
TWEETING IN PART WE DEMAND
CHANGE. SICK OF IT ALL OF THIS
IS UNFOLDING DURING THE
REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION.
THAT'S ONE OF THE MAIN MESSAGES
SO FAR THIS WEEK HAS BEEN LAW
AND ORDER. TONIGHT'S SPEAKERS
ADDRESS LAW ENFORCEMENT THAT
INCLUDED THE FORMER INDIANA
GOVERNOR VISE PRESIDENT MIKE
PENCE. THE VIOLENCE MUST STOP
WHETHER IN MINNEAPOLIS,
PORTLAND OR KENOSHA. TOO MANY
HEROES HAVE DIED DEFENDING OUR
FREEDOM TO SEE AMERICANS STRIKE
EACH OTHER DOWN. WE WILL HAVE
LAW AND ORDER ON THE STREETS
OF THIS COUNTRY FOR EVERY
AMERICAN OF EVERY RACE AND
CREED AND COLOR. AND TONIGHT WE
KNOW THE NAME OF THE POLICE
OFFICER WHO SHOT JACOB BLAKE IN
THE BACK SEVEN TIMES. RUSTEN
SHESKEY HAS SERVED THE KENOSHA
POLICE DEPARTMENT SEVEN YEARS.
HE'S ON ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE
RIGHT NOW ALONG WITH THE OTHER
OFFICERS INVOLVED RIGHT NOW
LOCAL, STATE AND FEDERAL
INVESTIGATORS ARE WORKING ON
THIS CASE. THERE IS ALSO A
REQUEST FOR THE U.S. ATTORNEY'S
OFFICE TO GET INVOLVED TONIGHT
.WISCONSIN'S ATTORNEY GENERAL
SAID BLAKE WAS NEAR A KNIFE
WHEN SHESKEY SHOT HIM BUT
HASN'T SAID IF BLAKE WAS
ACTUALLY CARRYING THE KNIFE.
NOW AN ATTORNEY FOR BLAKE'S
FAMILY SAYS THE 29 YEAR OLD WAS
TRYING TO DE-ESCALATE THE
SITUATION AT A HOME WITH THE
OFFICERS APPROACHED HIM. HE
SURVIVED THE SHOOTING ACCORDING
TO HIS FAMILY. HE'S NOW
PARALYZED FROM THE WAIST DOWN.
AND WE'RE WATCHING WISCONSIN
VERY CLOSELY TONIGHT TO SEE IF
THINGS TURN VIOLENT AGAIN
BECAUSE THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT
HAPPENED LAST NIGHT. POLICE
BELIEVE A 17 YEAR OLD SHOT INTO
A CROWD OF PROTESTERS KILLING
TWO PEOPLE AND INJURING A
THIRD. THAT TEEN TONIGHT FACES
HOMICIDE CHARGES AND THAT'S OUR
BIG STORY TONIGHT. AND IT DOES
CONTINUE ONLINE. IF THERE ARE
ANY MAJOR UPDATES THROUGHOUT
THE EVENING WE'LL BE SENDING
YOU