THE
THE TIME
THE TIME 5:00 AS WE SPEAK A CURFEW TAKING PLACE FOR THE
CITY OF SEATTLE.
IT STARTED AS PEACEFUL PROTESTS
EARLIER TODAY STARTING ABOUT
NOON.
NOON.
NOON. SECOND RALLY 3:00 P.M.
, COMPLETELY COME UNRAVELED.
RIDERS HAVE TAKING OVER THE
SHOPPING DISTRICT DOWNTOWN.
THEY HAVE SET FIRE TO MULTIPLE
POLICE VEHICLES.
POLICE VEHICLES. THEY BROKE IN INTO MULTIPLE
BUSINESSES INCLUDING NORDSTROM
AND OLD NAVY, AND STARTING TO
LOSE.
LOSE.
LOSE. EILEEN FISHER STORE NOW ON
FIRE.
FIRE.
FIRE. MICHAEL CROIX WAS ON SCENE, AMY
MORENO IS ON SCENE.
AS I'VE BEEN WATCHING OUTSIDE
IN THE SOTO DISTRICT, STATE
PATROL CARS WSDOT VEHICLES
FLYING BY BECAUSE THE CITY IS
ABOUT TO GO INTO LOCKDOWN.
LIVE TO AMY MORENO LIVE IN
WESTLAKE GIVE US THE LATEST.
>> Reporter: WE ARE LIVE AT THE
EILEEN FISHER, FULL OF SMOKE --
>> AMY I WANT TO LET YOU KNOW
WE ARE HAVING A HARD TIME
HEARING YOUR MICROPHONE.
ASK YOUR PHOTOGRAPHER TO SWITCH
OVER WE HAVE A HARD TIME
HEARING YOU.
HEARING YOU. >> POURING RAIN OUT HERE THEY
SMASHED OUT THE WINDOWS AT OLD
NAVY A SHORT TIME AGO PEOPLE
HAVE BEEN GOING FROM STORE TO
TORQUE COMING OUT WITH CLOTHES.
THIS IS DOWN THE STREET FROM
THE EILEEN FISHER STORE COME
BACK OVER HERE YOU CAN SEE IT
IS FULL OF SMOKE ABOUT 5
MINUTES AGO GLASS AND PEOPLE
INSIDE SEEING A LOT OF
FIREWORKS HERE INSIDE, GLIDING
ON FIRE, SMOKE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN
GOING IN AND OUT IT APPEARS
THERE IS SOME SORT OF FIRE
GOING ON A VOLATILE SITUATION
IN THE AREA NOT TOO FAR FROM
WHERE THE FOOD COURT IS.
JUST FRUSTRATED PEOPLE HERE
CLASHING WITH POLICE KEEP IN
MIND A BLOCK DOWN THE ROAD FROM
WHERE A PEACEFUL PROTEST WAS
GOING ON THAT STARTED THIS
AFTERNOON.
AFTERNOON. THIS PLACES UNDER CURFEW BUT
YOU WOULD NOT KNOW IT BY WHAT
IS GOING ON HERE.
SETTING OFF FIREWORKS THE
STREETS ARE FULL OF PEOPLE.
RIGHT NOW IT IS A TERRIBLE
SITUATION.
SITUATION. PEOPLE ARE MOVING AROUND THIS
KIND OF DOING I GUESS WHAT WAS
NECESSARY AGAIN EVENT STARTED
AT 3:00 GOING ON SIMULTANEOUSLY
WE DON'T KNOW IF IT'S WRAPPING
UP EARLIER INSIDE POLICE
HEADQUARTERS ALSO PEACEFUL BUT
THIS EVENT OBVIOUSLY HAS TAKEN
A DIFFERENT TURN.
>> AMY MORENO, THANK YOU BE
SAFE OUT THERE.
AMY WAS REPORTING FROM OLD NAVY
WHERE IT IS BEING LOOTED AS WE
SPEAK, AS IS NORDSTROM.
IF YOU ARE HOLDING A CELL
PHONE, ABOUT A MINUTE AGO YOU
GOT THIS ON YOUR CELL PHONE,
STATEWIDE EMERGENCY ALERT.
THE CITY OF SEATTLE ASKING ALL
RESIDENTS TO IMMEDIATELY
DISPERSE FROM DOWNTOWN.
THE CITY HAS OPPOSED AN
IMMEDIATE CURFEW OF 5:00 P.M.
FROM THE SEATTLE EMERGENCY
OPERATIONS CENTER.
OPERATIONS CENTER. THE FACT THAT IT CAME FROM
EMERGENCY OPS TELLS ME
OFFICIALS ARE NOT GATHERED AT
THE EMERGENCY OPS CENTER WHICH
IS THE BRAIN CENTER, THE NERVE
CENTER OF EMERGENCY OPERATIONS
IN THE CITY OF SEATTLE.
AS YOU CAN SEE THIS SITUATION
HAS BECOME DOWNRIGHT DANGEROUS.
YOU CAN IMAGINE THE
FRUSTRATION, THE SADNESS GOING
THROUGH FIRST RESPONDERS MINDS
RIGHT NOW BEING CALLED TO GO
INTO THE ZONE IN DOWNTOWN
SEATTLE THIS IS THE SHOPPING
DISTRICT.
DISTRICT.
DISTRICT. RIGHT NOW PEOPLE ARE DESTROYING
IT.
IT.
IT. BREAKING WINDOWS, LOOTING,
SETTING FIRES.
SETTING FIRES. THE EILEEN FISHER STORE, A FIRE
BURNING WE SAW A FEW MINUTES
AGO.
AGO.
AGO. THIS
AGO. THIS IS TURNED FROM WHAT WAS
SUPPOSED TO BE A PROTEST OVER
THE DEATH OF GEORGE FLOYD TO
ALL-OUT DESTRUCTION OF PART OF
DOWNTOWN SEATTLE.
DOWNTOWN SEATTLE. WE SAW AT LEAST FOUR OR FIVE
SEATTLE POLICE CRUISERS SET ON
FIRE, COMPLETELY GUTTED BY
FLAMES.
FLAMES.
FLAMES. RIGHT NOW, THE CITY IS TRYING
TO CLEAR THIS MESS.
THE FACT THAT THESE PEOPLE ARE
ON THE STREETS RIGHT NOW AT
5:05, THEY ARE BREAKING THE LAW
OF RIGHT NOW.
THAT IS THE REASON THE MAYOR
IMPOSED THAT CURFEW OF 5:00
P.M..
P.M..
P.M.. UP
P.M.. UP UNTIL THIS POINT, PLEASE FOR
NOT ARRESTING PEOPLE DOING
VIOLENCE OR CAUSING PROPERTY
DAMAGE.
DAMAGE.
DAMAGE. AS OF THIS POINT SEATTLE POLICE
CAN ARREST ANYONE ON THE
STREETS.
STREETS.
STREETS. AS YOU CAN SEE CLEARLY AN ISSUE
OF RESOURCES, SUCH A CHALLENGE
TO SEE WHAT SEATTLE POLICE CAN
DO TO DISPERSE THIS CROWD.
SO MANY MORE PROTESTERS THAN
POLICE OFFICERS.
POLICE OFFICERS. IS A BEEN LOOKING OUTSIDE WE
HAVE A STREETSIDE STUDIO ACROSS
FROM THE BASEBALL PARK.
I HAVE BEEN SEEING A LOT OF
STATE PATROL UNITS, SEVERAL
WSDOT UNITS, THE CITY CLEARLY
WAS TRYING TO SET UP BARRICADES
AND CREATE A STRUCTURE BY WHICH
THE CITY CAN BE EVACUATED.
AS OF 6 MINUTES AGO SEATTLE IS
UNDER CURFEW.
UNDER CURFEW. HERE IS A BREAKDOWN. THE MAYOR
TO DECLARED THE CURFEW
EFFECTIVE AT 5:00 P.M.
AND WILL LAST UNTIL 5:00 A.M.
TOMORROW MORNING.
TOMORROW MORNING. THE MAYOR IS ASKING ANYONE TO
REFRAIN FROM TRAVELING THROUGH
SEATTLE.
SEATTLE.
SEATTLE. YOU SHOULD MENTION SOUTHBOUND
LANES OF INTERSTATE FIVE HAVE
BEEN BLOCKED FOR SOME TIME
BECAUSE OF PROTESTERS ON THE
INTERSTATE.
INTERSTATE. YOU DON'T WANT TO COME DOWN
HERE ANYWAY.
HERE ANYWAY. THE MAYOR SAYS THAT CURFEW
INTENDED TO PREVENT VIOLENCE.
THERE HAS BEEN VIOLENCE
ALREADY.
ALREADY.
ALREADY. SOME MEMBERS OF THE SEATTLE
POLICE DEPARTMENT AND
PROTESTERS HAVE BEEN INJURED BY
FIREWORKS.
FIREWORKS. THE MAYOR IS ABOUT TO HOLD A
PRESS CONFERENCE AT 6:00 P.M.
TONIGHT.
TONIGHT.
TONIGHT. JUST LESS THAN 50 MINUTES FROM
NOW WE WILL HEAR FROM THE
SEATTLE MAYOR JENNY DURKAN.
YOU ARE LOOKING AT THE
AFTERMATH, THE OLD NAVY STORE.
MERCHANDISE STREWN OUT BY
LOOTERS ALL OVER THE SIDEWALK,
IN THE SEATTLE RAIN. ONE THING
TO PROTEST THE DEATH OF AN
INNOCENT BLACK MAN IN
MINNESOTA, QUITE ANOTHER THING
TO JUST LITERALLY DESTROY YOUR
CITY, TO BREAK WINDOWS, LOOT,
SET FIRES, ATTACK FIRST
RESPONDERS.
RESPONDERS. THAT IS AN ENTIRELY DIFFERENT
MATTER SEATTLE HAS SEEN THIS IN
THE PAST.
THE PAST.
THE PAST. THERE IS A MINDSET ADOPTED BY
SOME AND UNFORTUNATELY IT'S
CONTAGIOUS IN SITUATIONS LIKE
THIS WHERE PEOPLE FEEL
EMPOWERED TO SIMPLY BREAK THE
LAW AND DO THE WRONG THING.
WE ARE LOOKING AT IT RIGHT NOW
TAKING JOY OUT OF