ACTION
ACTION AND A SEARCH FOR SOLUTIONS.
SOLUTIONS. BUT FIRST HOPE IS LIVE IN
DOWNTOWN ATLANTA WHERE
ARE PROTESTING.
ARE PROTESTING. HOPE, SO FAR IT HAS BEEN
PEACEFUL.
PEACEFUL.
PEACEFUL. >> Reporter: IT HAS BEEN A VERY
PEACEFUL PROTEST.
PEACEFUL PROTEST. THAT IS WHAT THE ORGANIZERS OF
THIS PROTEST HAS SAID FROM THE
VERY BEGINNING THEY WANTED THIS
TO BE PEACEFUL AND STAY
PEACEFUL FOR EVERYONE INVOLVED.
PROBABLY ABOUT 30 MINUTES AGO
EVERYONE ENDED UP AT THE STATE
CAPITOL.
CAPITOL.
CAPITOL. THEY MARCHED FROM CENTENNIAL
PARK TO THE STATE CAPITOL FOR
PROBABLY ABOUT 30 MINUTES.
AND YOU ARE WATCHING A LITTLE
BIT OF THAT CHOPPER VIDEO OF
THEM RIGHT NOW.
THEY STAYED ADD THE STATE
CAPITOL FOR 30 MINUTES AND THEY
TURNED AROUND AND HEADED BACK
TO CENTENNIAL PARK TO THE CNN
BUILDING TO CONTINUE THEIR
PEACEFUL PROTEST.
PEACEFUL PROTEST. QUITE A FEW PEOPLE.
I MEAN, SEVERAL HUNDRED, MAYBE
EVEN A COUPLE THOUSAND PEOPLE
OUT HERE.
OUT HERE.
OUT HERE. THERE ARE POINTS IN TIMES WHEN
PEOPLE WERE SAYING MAKE SPACE
FOR EVERYONE BECAUSE OF COVID
19.
19.
19. THEY
19. THEY WERE TRYING THEIR BEST TO
KEEP EVERYONE AWAY FROM EACH
OTHER.
OTHER.
OTHER. BUT AGAIN WITH THEM PROTESTING,
IT LOOKED LIKE IT WAS DIFFICULT
AT CERTAIN POINTS.
THEY DID END UP ON THE STEPS OF
THE STATE CAPITOL.
IT WAS, AGAIN, PEACEFUL.
NO ONE WAS ANTAGONIZING
ANYTHING.
ANYTHING.
ANYTHING. THEY WERE CHANTING SAY HIS
NAME, GEORGE FLOYD.
THEY JUST LEFT NOT TOO LONG AGO
TO HEAD TO CENTENNIAL PARK AND
THE CNN BUILDING TO CONTINUE ON
WITH THEIR PROTEST.
I BELIEVE WE DID TALK TO ONE OF
THE ORGANIZERS OF THIS EVENT
EARLIER TODAY.
EARLIER TODAY. WE WILL TAKE A LISTEN TO WHAT
HE SAID.
HE SAID.
HE SAID. >> I'M VERY ANGRY, FIRST AND
FOREMOST, THAT THIS HAS TO
HAPPEN.
HAPPEN.
HAPPEN. AND FOR AWHILE I WAS VERY
CONFUSED WHERE I SHOULD FOCUS
THAT ANGER.
THAT ANGER. BECAUSE I'M NOT A VIOLENT
PERSON.
PERSON.
PERSON. BUT RIGHT NOW I'M FEELING
HOPEFUL.
HOPEFUL.
HOPEFUL. LIKE, I'M HAPPY TO SEE SO MANY
PEOPLE CAME OUT AND I'M EXCITED
TO BE ABLE TO SPEAK TO THEM.
HOPEFULLY MY VOICE WILL BE ABLE
TO REACH A LOT OF PEOPLE.
HOPEFULLY I CAN PROVIDE PEOPLE
THAT ARE CONFUSED, ANGRY, OR
FEELING HOPELESS SOMETHING TO
LOOK FORWARD TO AND BELIEVE IN.
>> Reporter: AND I DID TALK TO
GOVERNOR KEMP YESTERDAY ABOUT
WHAT HE THOUGHT ABOUT THE
PROTEST.
PROTEST.
PROTEST. AND IF HE HAD ANY CONCERN ABOUT
THEM TURNING FROM NOT FROM
PEACEFUL TO VIOLENT.
AND HE SAID HE HAD NO PROBLEM.
HE HAD NO CONCERNS.
HE SUPPORTED ANYONE WHO WANTED
TO EXPRESS THEIR FIRST
AMENDMENT RIGHT WHO WANTED TO
PROTEST.
PROTEST.
PROTEST. HE SAID HE HAD BEEN IN TOUCH
WITH THE ORGANIZERS AND WANTED
TO KEEP THINGS PEACEFUL.
PEOPLE NOT ONLY PROTESTING
FLOYD BUT ALSO PROTESTING
WITHIN THE CASE OF AHMAUD
ARBERY.
ARBERY.
ARBERY. EVERYTHING STAYED PEACEFUL HERE
AND THEY TURNED AROUND AND
HEADING BACK TO CENTENNIAL AND
CNN.
CNN.
CNN. WE
CNN. WE WILL CATCH UP WITH THEM IN A
LITTLE BIT.
LITTLE BIT. >> HOPE, I KNOW YOU WANT TO GET
BUSY AND YOU ARE DOING A FINE
JOB ON THE GROUND.
AS WE SAW THE SCENE IN
MINNEAPOLIS, IT'S DIFFERENT
FROM WHAT WE SEE IN ATLANTA.
FROM MINNEAPOLIS TO DENVER, YOU
COULD FEEL THE EMOTION OOZING
THROUGH THE TV SCREEN.
DESCRIBE TO US THE FEELING THAT
YOU HAVE BEING SURROUNDED BY
THIS CAUSE.
THIS CAUSE. >> Reporter: YEAH.
EVERYONE OUT HERE, IT WAS A
CALM FEELING.
CALM FEELING. EVERYONE OUT HERE THEY WERE
CHANTING.
CHANTING.
CHANTING. THERE WAS A LOT OF EMOTIONS
COMING OUT OF PEOPLE.
AND THERE WAS ALSO A LOT OF
PRIDE AND UNITY.
THERE WAS SEVERAL DIFFERENTS
ARE OF PEOPLE OUT HERE EARLIER
AND YOU COULD HEAR IN THE
CROWD, THE CONVERSATIONS FROM
PEOPLE SAYING THEY WERE PROUD
TO SEE NOT ONLY THE AMOUNT OF
PEOPLE TO COME OUT, BUT THE
DIFFERENT TYPES OF PEOPLE THAT
WERE COMING OUT.
YOU SAW WHITE, BLACK, YOUNG,
OLD.
OLD.
OLD. YOU
OLD. YOU SAW OLDER PEOPLE.
THAT WAS A LOT OF THE YOUNGER
CONVERSATIONS COMING OUT OF
HERE TONIGHT IS JUST HOW PROUD
EVERYONE WAS.
EVERYONE WAS. NOT ONLY WAS THE PROTEST GOING
OFF PEACEFULLY, BUT THE AMOUNT
OF PEOPLE THAT CAME OUT OF
HERE.
HERE.
HERE. EMOTIONS DID GET TESTING AT
TIMES.
TIMES.
TIMES. I
TIMES. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN SEE,
BUT IF WE TURN OUR CAMERA AND
ZOOM IN A LITTLE BIT TOWARDS
THE END OF THE PROTEST AS
PEOPLE WERE HEADING BACK TOWARD
SEN TENIAL AND CNN.
THEY STARTED SPRAY PAINTING TO
THE THINGS ON TO THE BUILDING.
WE WILL NOT ZOOM IN TOO
CLOSELY.
CLOSELY.
CLOSELY. BUT THAT WAS PRETTY MUCH THE
ONLY KIND OF THING THAT
HAPPENED THAT WASN'T OUTSIDE OF
THE ORIGINAL PROTEST AND THE
ORIGINAL PLAN OF WHAT THE
ORGANIZERS HAD AND WANTED HERE
WAS TO MARCH TO THE CAPITOL TO
GIVE THOSE SPEECHES, TO UNITE
EVERYONE AND MARCH BACK TO