WITHDRAWAL. >>> THIS IS KGW NEWS AT 11:00.
>>> WE BEGIN WITH THE PROTEST
AND BLACK LIFE MENTOR RALLIES
ACROSS PORTLAND.
ACROSS PORTLAND. INCLUDING SEVERAL IN THE
DOWNTOWN AREA.
DOWNTOWN AREA. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.
YESTERDAY THE PROTEST SOUGHT
ITS CALMEST NIGHT IN A WHILE
AFTER FEDERAL OFFICERS WERE
PULLED BACK.
PULLED BACK. RAISED ON A TWEET FROM
PRESIDENT TRUMP, IT APPEARS
THEY ARE MAINTAINING A PRESENCE
HERE.
HERE.
HERE. BUT
HERE. BUT A LESS VISIBLE ONE.
CHECK IN LIVE DOWNTOWN BY THE
COURTHOUSE.
COURTHOUSE. >> Reporter: THIS IS THE 65th
NIGHT, CONSECUTIVE NIGHT FOR
PROTEST AGAINST RACISM AND
POLICE VIOLENCE.
POLICE VIOLENCE. A HUGE CROWD.
WE HAD A SMALL CROWD LAST
NIGHT.
NIGHT.
NIGHT. THIS IS MORE REMINISCENT OF
EARLIER THIS WEEK.
ESPECIALLY WHEN WE WERE TALKING
ABOUT THE PRESENCE AND THE FEDS
PRESENTS.
PRESENTS.
PRESENTS. IS COMPLETELY PEACEFUL.
PEOPLE CHANTING AND SINGING AND
A TON OF'S BEACHES. THE
BALLOONS.
BALLOONS.
BALLOONS. WE STARTED AT THE FEDERAL
COURTHOUSE AND STAYED HERE.
AS YOU MENTIONED, WE HAVE
MULTIPLE RALLIES THROUGHOUT
PORTLAND TODAY. AGAIN, THIS IS
A SPOT WHERE WE HAVE SEEN THE
CLASHES WITH FEDERAL OFFICERS
AND THEM DEPLOYING FLASH BANGS
AND TEAR GAS AGAINST HUGE
CROWDS OF PEOPLE.
HAD PROTEST AND RALLIES
THROUGHOUT PORTLAND.
THROUGHOUT PORTLAND. SO FAR, TONIGHT'S TOP 10 CALM.
I DO WANT TO POINT OUT A LOT OF
PEOPLE IN THIS GROUP JUST
ARRIVED ABOUT ONE HOUR AGO.
TAKE A LOOK.
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♪♪ >> BLACK LIVES MATTER.
>> Reporter: THAT IS VIDEO FROM
AROUND 9:30, CLOSER TO 10:00.
MOMS UNITED FOR BLACK LIVES.
FORMALLY KNOWN AS THE WALL OF
MOMS.
MOMS.
MOMS. THEY MARCHED HERE COMING
THROUGH DOWNTOWN.
THROUGH DOWNTOWN. EASILY SEVERAL HUNDRED PEOPLE.
THEY COME HERE FROM SALMON
STREET SPRINGS, WHERE THEY HELD
A RALLY IN SUPPORT OF BLACK
LIVES MATTER.
LIVES MATTER. REPEAT THE MESSAGE.
THEY FELT THAT THE SUBMISSION
STARTED IN THE WAKE OF GEORGE
FLOYD'S MURDER AND HAS BEEN
SIDETRACKED BY THE STORY OF
FEDERAL OFFICERS AND
SIDETRACKED BY POLITICS.
BEEN A FEW PROTESTERS HAVE BEEN
OUT HERE TO ENGAGE WITH THE
OFFICERS.
OFFICERS.
OFFICERS. NOW THAT THE FEDS HAVE PULLED
BACK, OR AT LEAST VISIBLY
PULLED BACK, THANKS TO THE DEAL
BROKERED BY GOVERNOR. PEOPLE
WANT TO REFOCUS ON BLACK LIVES
MATTER AND ERADICATING RACISM.
>> DO YOU KNOW ANY MOVEMENT
WHEN THERE IS ALWAYS STRANGE
ACTIVITY?
ACTIVITY?
ACTIVITY? YOU CANNOT GET AWAY FROM THAT.
I HAVE OUT HERE AND I HAVE SEEN
A LOT OF PEACEFUL PROTESTING.
I WORK WITH BLACK KIDS.
UNDERSTAND THE HURDLES THEY
HAVE TO DEAL WITH.
THIS IS, IN MY OPINION, A
LOWBALL EXPECTATION FOR BLACK
KIDS.
KIDS.
KIDS. THIS MOVEMENT HAS EMPOWERED
THEM AND US.
>> I AM A BLACK LIFE.
I WILL NOT BE SILENCED.
I WILL NOT QUIT.
I WILL NOT STOP.
I WILL BE HERE OVER AND OVER
AND OVER AGAIN BECAUSE THE MORE
I COME OUT HERE AND THE MORE I
ADVOCATE, MY GRANDSON IS TWO
AND MY GRAND DAUGHTER IS THREE.
IF I AM EFFECTIVE, IF ALL OF
THESE PEOPLE ARE EFFECTIVE,
THEN THEY WILL NEVER HAVE TO DO
THIS AGAIN.
THIS AGAIN. >> Reporter: BACK OUT HERE
LIFE.
LIFE.
LIFE. 65
LIFE. 65 CONSECUTIVE NIGHTS OF
PROTEST AGAINST AGAINST RACISM
AND POLICE VIOLENCE.
WE ARE AT THE FEDERAL
COURTHOUSE.
COURTHOUSE. EASILY OVER 1000, IF NOT
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE HERE.
AGAIN, THINGS REMAINING
PEACEFUL.
PEACEFUL.
PEACEFUL. WE ARE TOLD THAT AGAIN THAT
EZEKIEL.
EZEKIEL.
EZEKIEL. ELOPING TALKING ABOUT THE
TWEETS THAT WE HAVE SEEN FROM
THE PRESIDENT AND WHITE HOUSE
OFFICIALS.
OFFICIALS. POINTING OUT THAT FEDERAL
OFFICERS ARE STILL HERE.
THAT THE PEOPLE THOUGHT WOULD
HAPPEN.
HAPPEN.
HAPPEN. WE HAVE NOT SEEN ANY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OUT HERE, VISIBLY.
WE WILL KEEP YOU POSTED ON