100s,
100s, THAT IS LIKELY TO SEND PEOPLE OUTDOORS THIS AS
CORONAVIRUS CASES CONTINUE TO
CLIMB.
CLIMB.
CLIMB. >>> SEATTLE POLICE ARE BOARDING
UP THE EAST PRECINCT TODAY.
PATCHING UP HOLES THEY SAY WERE
LEFT BY FIREWORKS AND OTHER
EXPLOSIVE DEVICES.
EXPLOSIVE DEVICES. GOOD EVENING.
GOOD EVENING. >>> PROTESTERS ARE GATHERING
FOR ANOTHER DAY OF
DEMONSTRATIONS IT HAS REMAINED
PEACEFUL SO FAR BUT TENSIONS
ARE STILL RUNNING HIGH AFTER
MASSIVE CONFRONTATIONS
MASSIVE CONFRONTATIONS YESTERDAY.
YESTERDAY. WE HAVE TEAM COVERAGE TODAY.
AND WE START WITH OUR SEBASTIAN
ROBERTSON.
ROBERTSON. >>> FIRST LET ME SET THE SCENE
FOR YOU I. HAS BEEN CALM AND
PEACEFUL.
PEACEFUL.
PEACEFUL. WE'VE SEEN SMALLER NUMBERS
WE'VE SEEN IN THE PAST.
HERE YOU CAN SEE THE PROTESTERS
GATHERING AT BROADWAY AND PINE.
THESE NUMBERS COULD BE SMALLER
SIMPLY BECAUSE OF THE HIGH
NUMBERS OF ARRESTS YESTERDAY
AND THE NUMBERS OF OFFICERS
INJURED IN THE CLASH.
THIS VIDEO WAS EDITED BY THE
POLICE DEPARTMENT AND IT'S ONLY
ABOUT 45 SECOND LONG OR SO.
HERE YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE
PROJECTILES.
PROJECTILES. SOME OF THE EXPLOSIVES THAT
WERE THROWN TOWARD HPD.
WHAT APPEARED TO BE FIREWORKS.
YOU CAN SEE THINGS BEING
THROWN.
THROWN.
THROWN. HPD SAYS ITS OFFICERS WERE
INJURED AS WELL.
HERE ARE SOME GRAPHIC PICTURES
THAT SHOW SOME OFFICERS WITH
BRUISES.
BRUISES.
BRUISES. WE DID MANAGE TO SPEAK TO A
COUPLE OF THEM.
THEY SAID THEY'RE IN A
REBUILDING MODE TRYING TO
DETERMINE WHAT IS GOING TO BE
DONE.
DONE.
DONE. IT'S UNCLEAR IF THEY'RE GOING
TO HANG HERE OR IF THERE'S
GOING TO BE SOME TYPE OF
MOVEMENT LIKE WE'VE SEEN IN SO
MANY DAYS TOWARD THE EAST
PRECINCT.
PRECINCT.
PRECINCT. BACK TO YOU.
>> SEBASTIAN THANK YOU.
BACK TO YOU.
>>> A TRAILER WAS SET ON FIRE
WE WANT TO GET TO AMY MORENO.
SHE'S LIVE TONIGHT AT ONE OF
THOSE BUSINESSES.
THOSE BUSINESSES. AMY.
AMY.
AMY. >>
AMY. >> Reporter: YEAH VANESSA THEY
BOARDED UP THIS WALGREENS.
SOME PEOPLE STARTED CLEANING UP
THE GRAFFITI YESTERDAY AND SOME
SPOTS WHERE PROTESTERS SET
FIRES MIGHT TAKE A LITTLE
LONGER TO GET BACK TO NORMAL.
PROTESTERS TORCHED SEVERAL
TRAILERS AND TORCHED SEVERAL
CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS.
CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS. IT'S RIGHT DOWN FROM THIS AREA
WHERE HUNDREDS OF WINDOWS WERE
SHATTERED.
SHATTERED. >> IT STARTED OUT PEACEFUL.
YOU SAW THE GROUP COMING DOWN,
SOME PEOPLE CHANTING.
>> Reporter: SOME IN THE CROWD
TARGETED A COFFEE SHOP WHICH
SITS UNDER SOME APARTMENTS.
>> F STARBUCKS, F STARBUCKS
THEN YOU HEAR A BIG BANG.
A LOT OF COMMOTION, FIRE ALARMS
STARTED GOING OFF.
A LOT OF PEOPLE SCATTER.
>> Reporter: THE STARBUCKS WAS
BOARDED UP SUNDAY MORNING.
NEIGHBORS WONDER WHEN IT WILL
BE BACK OPEN AND HAVE
CONFLICTED FEELINGS ABOUT THE
WHOLE THING.
WHOLE THING. >> I STAND WITH THE PROTEST AND
REALIZE THAT DESTRUCTION IS
GOING TO HAPPEN.
IT'S JUST IF THE FIRE HAD NOT
BEEN PUT OUT IT COULD HAVE COST
A LOT OF PEOPLE THEIR HOMES.
>> Reporter: AND THE SEATTLE
FIRE DEPARTMENT TELL US THEY
DID RESPOND TO 5 DIFFERENT
FIRES.
FIRES.
FIRES. >>> A FEDERAL JUDGE HAS
TEMPORARILY BLOCKED THE BAN ON
SEVERAL -- READYING ITS FULL
ARSENAL OF WEAPONS TO ATTEMPT
TO VIOLENTLY SUPPRESS
DEMONSTRATIONS.
DEMONSTRATIONS. SEATTLE POLICE CHIEF HAD THIS
TO SAY ABOUT THAT DECISION.
OFFICERS WOULD BE CARRYING
PEPPER SPRAYS FOR PROTESTS
YESTERDAY AND THIS IS
CONSISTENT WITH POLICY.
SPD PROMISES THE COMMUNITY WE
WILL NOT DEPLOY CS GAS
OTHERWISE KNOWN AS TEAR GAS.
>>> PART OF THE REASON THAT
PROTESTERS WERE OUT YESTERDAY
IS TO SHOW THEIR DISLIKE OF THE
SPD.
SPD.
SPD. THEY
SPD. THEY WROTE TO THE DEPARTMENT OF
HOMELAND SECURITY THIS LETTER
THEY SAID WE BELIEVE THESE
DEPLOYMENTS OF FEDERAL AGENTS
AND THEIR TACTICS WILL ONLY
SERVE TO