AREAS
AREAS IESHA. >> RIGHT NOW WE WILL GET BACK
TO HOPE FORD LIVE ON THE
GROUND.
GROUND.
GROUND. HOPE, WHAT CAN YOU TELL US?
AND ARE YOU SAFE?
>> Reporter: YEAH, WE ARE SAFE
RIGHT NOW.
RIGHT NOW. SO YOU CAN SEE THE CROWD, THE
AIR HAS CHANGED.
YOU CAN SEE THE CROWD WITH
THEIR HANDS RAISED UP IN RAISED
FISTS.
FISTS.
FISTS. WE
FISTS. WE CAN'T SEE WHY THEY ARE
CROWDING AROUND RIGHT NOW.
BUT THE CROWD KIND OF DISPURSED
VERY QUICKLY AND CAME RIGHT
BACK.
BACK.
BACK. AND
BACK. AND NOW THEY ARE SURROUNDING
SOMETHING.
SOMETHING. WE'RE TRYING TO KEEP A SAFE
DISTANCE AND SEE WHAT IS GOING
ON THERE.
ON THERE.
ON THERE. BUT NOW YOU CAN HEAR THEY ARE
CHANTING.
CHANTING.
CHANTING. THERE IS A LOT OF HONKING GOING
ON WHICH YOU CAN PROBABLY
I'M GOING TO -- CAN'T EXACTLY
HEAR WHAT THEY ARE CHANTING
RIGHT NOW.
RIGHT NOW. I'M NOT SURE IF YOU CAN HEAR.
THERE SEEMS TO BE POLICE CARS
AND POLICE OFFICERS IN THE
MIDDLE.
MIDDLE.
MIDDLE. AND RIGHT NOW THERE SEEMS TO BE
A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE
SURROUNDING THAT AREA AGAIN
WITH THEIR FISTS RAISED.
THERE IS A LOT OF CAMERAS THAT
ARE BEING PULLED OUT.
PEOPLE RECORDING THINGS THAT
ARE GOING ON RIGHT NOW.
WE CAN'T EXACTLY SEE WHAT IS
HAPPENING IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS
CROWD.
CROWD.
CROWD. EVERYONE IS GONE.
KIND OF QUIET RIGHT NOW.
THERE IS NOT A WHOLE LOT OF
CHANTING.
CHANTING.
CHANTING. SO TRYING TO GET A CLOSER LOOK
OF WHAT IS HAPPENING WITHOUT
DISTURBING ANYONE.
DISTURBING ANYONE. SO SOME OF THE PEOPLE OUT HERE
RIGHT NOW ARE TELLING ME THAT A
CHILD WAS JUST PEPPER SPRAYED
OR A KID WAS PEPPER SPRAYED.
WE DON'T HAVE ANY OF THAT.
SO WE HAVE EMT'S THAT ARE
COMING OUT HERE RIGHT NOW.
YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE TO THE
RIGHT THE EMT'S ARE GOING IN
THERE RIGHT NOW.
AGAIN, NOT SURE WHY THEY ARE
GOING IN THERE.
WE ARE HEARING SOMEONE WAS
PEPPER SPRAYED.
PEPPER SPRAYED. DON'T EXACTLY KNOW WHO OR WHAT
IS HAPPENING.
IS HAPPENING. >> THAT IS OUR HOPE FORD FOR
THE FIRST TIME CONFIRMING FOR
US THAT SOME FORM OF PEPPER
SPRAY MAY HAVE BEEN DISPURSED
THERE IN THE CROWD AND THAT
COULD BE ONE OF THE SOURCES OF
WHAT CAUSED THE FRUSTRATION AND
THE TENSIONS TO GO TO THE NEXT
LEVEL.
LEVEL.
LEVEL. YOU CAN SEE NOW THIS IS A
STRAIGHT UP STAND OFF OF POLICE
GOING FACE TO FACE WITH THAT
LARGE GROUP OF PROTESTERS.
LET'S GET TO RYAN KRUGER TO
GIVE US A DIFFERENT
PERSPECTIVE.
PERSPECTIVE. >> Reporter: IT WAS FIVE
MINUTES AGO WE SAW A VERY LARGE
CROWD JUST STARTED RUNNING AWAY
FROM THE CNN CENTER AND THEY
WERE REALLY RUNNING VERY
QUICKLY IN.
QUICKLY IN. AND YOU JUST MENTIONED, HOPE
WHO WAS TALKING ABOUT HOW SHE
HAD BEEN HEARING THAT PEOPLE
HAVE BEEN PEPPER SPRAYING.
IT WAS A LITTLE SCARY FOR A
COUPLE SECONDS BECAUSE THERE
WAS QUITE A FEW PEOPLE RUNNING.
HOWEVER, I THINK THEY REALIZED
SOON THAT THERE WAS NO
IMMEDIATE DANGER RIGHT THEN.
SO THAT KIND OF TENSION HAS
EASED.
EASED.
EASED. NOW WHERE THE SCENE THIS
ESCALATION IS, IS RIGHT IN
FRONT OF THE CNN CENTER.
WE ARE RIGHT IN FRONT OF
CENTENNIAL OLYMPIC PARK.
WHERE THIS IS, MOST OF A LOT OF
PEOPLE ARE STANDING AROUND AND
HAVE THEIR CAMERAS OUT AND
SIGNS OUT AND CHEERING AND
CHANTING.
CHANTING.
CHANTING. BUT THE ACTUAL BIG TENSE SCENE
WE ARE SEEING IS CLEAR UP THAT
ROAD.
ROAD.
ROAD. RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE CNN
CENTER.
CENTER.
CENTER. WE DO APOLOGIZE.
THERE WILL BE A LOT OF SIGNS
THAT DO HAVE PROFANITY.
WE DO APOLOGIZE IF YOU SEE
ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
WHAT WE CAN TELL YOU, HUNDREDS
IF NOT THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE THAT
ARE HERE JUST TRYING TO GET TO
THE SCENE.
THE SCENE. A LOT OF THE ROADS ARE CLOSED
OFF.
OFF.
OFF. BUT
OFF. BUT WHAT THE INTERESTING THING
IS, YOU DO SEE ATLANTA POLICE
OFFICERS DIRECTING TRAFFIC A
FEW BLOCKS WAY.
LETTING PEOPLE GET TO THESE
PROTESTS.
PROTESTS.
PROTESTS. HERE WE GO.
HERE WE GO.
YOU CAN SEE A LOT OF PEOPLE
RUNNING AWAY FROM THE CNN
CENTER.
CENTER.
CENTER. NOT CLEAR ENTIRELY WHAT IS
GOING ON.
GOING ON.
GOING ON. A LOT OF THEM JUST SEEM TO BE
CROSSING THE STREET.
AND A LOT OF THEM ARE NOW KIND
OF TURNING BACK.
I THINK THEY REALIZE THERE
DOESN'T APPEAR TO BE ANY
IMMEDIATE DANGER.
IMMEDIATE DANGER. >> RYAN, FROM CHOPPER WE SAW
THE SCENE, WE SAW THEM START TO
RUN FROM THE SCENE