O SEE IF
THERE IS ANY OF IT INFORMATION.
>>
THESE ARE WORKERS WITH THE
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS.
THEY ARE SETTING UP BARRICADES
TO BLOCK OFF THE SCENE.
THERE'S A LOT MORE TRAFFIC IN
THE LAST COUPLE OF MINUTES.
PEOPLE ARE GETTING CURIOUS AND
COMING OUT.
THEY ARE SETTING UP THEIR
CAPES
TO FREE SOME OF THE OFFICERS.
THEY ARE MOVING DOWN OLD HAMMOND
HIGHWA DEPLOYING BARRICADES.
YOU ALSO SAW THAT POLICE OFFICER
WITH HIS ASSAULT WEAPON.
THEY ARE
ARMED AND MOVING VERY
QUICKLY.
WE SAW LOUISIANA STATE TROOPERS
TAKE OFF IN ANOTHER DIRECTION
WITH SIRENS ON.
I HEAR SIRENS AROUND THE CORNER.
CAN'T REALLY TELL -- HERE THEY
COME NOW.
THIS IS WHY THEY DO NOT WANT
PEOPLE OUT ON THE STREET.
THESE PEOPLE ARE BLOCKING POLICE
ACCESS.
THIS IS A MEMBER OF THE MEDIA.
THIS IS RIDICULOUS.
BLOCKING THIS POLICE MAN
WITH
TRYING TO GET TO THE SCENE
OBVIOUSLY RESPONDING TO SOME
KIND OF TIP OR NEED FOR HELP.
HE NEEDS TO GET BACK TO THE
SCENE.
HE IS MOVING VERY QUICKLY BACK
TOWARDS AIRLINE HIGHWAY RIGHT
NOW AND THEY WANT PEOPLE TO STAY
OFF OF THE ROADS.
JUST SEEING A REPORT THAT THE
MAYOR'S OFFICE IN BATON ROUGE
HAS CONFIRMED THREE DEAD.
TWO OF THOSE ARE BATON ROUGE
POLICE OFFICERS.
ANY INSIGHT INTO THE MAYOR'S
CONFIRMATION?
>> YOU ARE HEARING THE SAME
THINGS I AM HEARING THOSE
NUMBERS CONTINUE TO FLUCTUATE.
I HAVE HEARD SEVEN PEOPLE
INJURED TO AS MANY AS NINE.
YOU CAN SEE THE DWI TASK FORCE
BA
VAN RIGHT NOW.
IT IS VERY HOT OUT HERE ALREADY.
WE HAVE WATER WITH THE POLICE
OFFICERS BUT THAT WILL GIVE THEM
AIR-CONDITIONING.
ALSO WE CAN ANTICIPATE THAT
WOULD BE ABLE TO TRANSPORT THEM
SUSPECTS.
THAT'S A WAY TO MOVE MULTIPLE
PEOPLE AT ONE TIME.
THERE IS NO
CONFIRMATION IF THAT
IS BEING USED FOR THE POLICE
OFFICERS, A WAY FOR THEM TO
ESCAPE THE HEAT OR IF THAT'S
GOING TO BE USED IN THE
GATHERING OF EVIDENCE OR THE
MOVEMENT OF ARRESTED PEOPLE.
CONFLICTING REPORTS ABOUT
WHAT MAY HAVE PRECIPITATED ALL
OF THIS AND WHETHER OR NOT
POLICE WERE RESPONDING TO A CALL
OR IF A GROUP OF OFFICERS WAS
EATING BREAKFAST AND HAVE BEEN
TARGET
.
I WANTED TO KNOW IF YOU HAVE
BEEN ABLE TO GATHER ANYTHING
FROM BEING ON THE SCENE.
>> THAT IS THE BIG QUESTION.
HOW DID ALL OF THIS HAPPENED?
THINGS HAVE BEEN TENSE IN BATON
ROUGE FOR THE LAST WEEK.
WE WERE NOT ALERTED AS TO ANY
KIND OF PROTEST OR ANYTHING THAT
WAS GOING ON.
EARLY INDICATION
FROM WITNESS
REPORTS IN WORD AMBUSH.
THAT IS NOT MY WORD.
THEY
DESCRIBED AN AMBUSH.
WE HAVE NO CONFIRMATION OF THAT
AT THIS POINT.
IF THIS IS ENTIRELY TO WHAT'S
BEEN GOING ON IN BATON ROUGE
SINCE POLICE MURDERED ALTON
STERLING A WEEK AGO.
WE STILL DON'T HAVE CONFIRMATION
ON THE BIG QUESTION, WHAT
STARTED ALL OF THIS?
>> THERE HAVE BEEN SOME REPORTS
IN THE DAYS OF THE PROTESTS.
THERE HAD BEEN SOME CREDIBLE
THREATS.
IT SEEMED THINGS HAD STARTED TO
DIE DOWN.
>>
IT MAY HAVE SEEMED LIKE
THINGS WERE DONE TO US IN NEW
ORLEANS POLICE HAVE NOT LEFT
THEIR GUARD DOWN.
THEY HAVE RECRUITED TROOPERS
FROM ACROSS THE STATE THAT HAVE
BEEN LIVING AT STATE POLICE
HEADQUARTERS.
PROTESTS INCLUDED A SMALL NUMBER
OF PEOPLE.
POLICE HAVE NOT LET DOWN THEIR
PRESENCE.
WE HAVE
HAD CELEBRATIONS OF
ALTON STERLING'S LIFE.
WE HAVE HAD SILENT PROTEST.
THINGS HAVE BEEN PEACEFUL.
THEY STILL
REMEMBER THE VIOLENCE
AGAINST CITIZENS BY POLICE AND
THE TARGETING OF BLACK MEN BY
POLICE.
WHAT STARTED ALL OF THIS?
HOW COULD ONE PERSON OR EVEN TO
PEOPLE TAKE THE LIVES OF SO MANY
OFFICERS?
HOW COULD THIS HAPPEN SO QUICKLY
SO EARLY ON A SUNDAY MORNING?
THE POLICE PRESENCE IS SWIFT.
THEY HAD TROOPERS LIVING AT
STATE LINKS HEADQUARTERS BROUGHT
IN FROM ACROSS THE STATE AND WE
HAVE SEEN OTHER AGENTS IS
RESPONDING TO THIS VERY SCENE.
OFFICERS FROM LSU'S
POLICE
DEPARTMENT.
WE KNOW STATE POLICE HAVE A
HELICOPTER.
I'M SURE THE DEPARTMENT OF
WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES DOES TOO.
THEY ARE LOOKING FOR EVIDENCE
AND POSSIBLY STILL LOOKING FOR
SUSPECTS IN THE SHOOTING.
>> WE TALKED ABOUT THE PRESENCE
NOT DIMINISHING IN BATON ROUGE
WHILE OUTSIDE PEOPLE MAY HAVE
THOUGHT THINGS WERE STARTING TO
RETURN TO NORMAL.
LAST NIGHT THERE WERE PROTESTS
OUTSIDE OF BATON ROUGE POLICE
HEADQUARTERS AGAIN.
HEAVY PROTEST PRESENCE STILL
HAPPENING DAILY IN BATON ROUGE.
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
I HAVE TALKED WITH POLICE
OFFICERS.
THEY ARE TIRED.
THEY JUST WANT
IT TO BE OVER.
WE ARE AT THE OLD WOMEN'S
HOSPITAL.
POLICE
OFFICERS ARE PREPARED
THIS IS NOT ISOLATED.