MADE THEIR POINT SILENTLY LIVE
ON THE STREETS.
TONIGHT, THOSE PROTESTS EXTENDED
IN BALTIMORE.
DAVID COLLINS IS LIVE DOWNTOWN
AT MCKELDIN SQUARE.
GOES PROTESTERS ARE ON THE
MOVE.
THEY HAVE GATHERED ON THE
SIDEWALK DOWN THERE, AND AS THEY
LEFT, THEY WERE CHANTING, I
CAN'T BREATHE.
NO JUSTICE, NO PEACE.
SOME WERE CARRYING SIGNS SAYING,
ON STRIKE AGAINST RACISM.
CAPTAIN ROY WITH SKY TEAM 11
IS
FOLLOWING THEIR MOVEMENTS.
WHERE ARE THEY CAPTAIN ROY?
THEY ARE AT THE 400
BLOCK OF
NORTH CHARLES STREET, ABOUT
80-100 PROTESTERS PRETTY MUCH
BLOCKING THE NORTHBOUND TRAFFIC
ON CHARLES STREET.
CITY POLICE
'S DIAPERING TRAFFIC.
THEY ARE MAKING SURE THEY KEEP
THE SITUATION HERE DIFFUSED AS
MUCH AS POSSIBLE.
THEY ARE EXPECTING MAJOR
PROBLEMS AS FAR AS TRAFFIC
TIEUPS.
CAPTAIN ROY TAYLOR.
DAVID, BACK TO YOU.
THERE ARE A NUMBER
OF
SOLUTIONS BEING DISCUSSED OUT
HERE ON THE STREET, AND SOME
INVOLVE THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
THE SILENT DEMONSTRATION SENT AN
APPROPRIATE SOMBER TONE.
IT WAS A SHOW OF STRENGTH,
CRYING WITHOUT NOISE OR TEARS.
STUDENT LEADERS BELIEVE MARGIN
IN SILENCE WILL MAKE THE POINT
SHARPER, LOUDER, AND CLEARER
THAN LOOTING OR FIGHTING.
DOZENS CARRIED HANDWRITTEN
MESSAGES TO TRUTH HALL, THE
ADMINISTRATION BUILDING.
THE NOTES
EXPRESSED WHAT THE
POLICE INVOLVED DEATHS MEAN TO
THEM.
JUSTICE, EQUALITY, SECURITY
FOR OURSELVES.
THIS SHOULD NOT BE HAPPENING
RIGHT NOW.
AS A YOUNG AFRICAN-AMERICAN
STUDENT, I WILL NOT STAND FOR
THESE FREQUENT INJUSTICES.
THEY WANT DR. WILSON TO
EXPLAIN TO STAY POLITICAL
LEADERS WHO HAVE THE POWER TO
MIX -- SEE CHANGES IN SOCIAL AND
LEGAL ISSUES.
HIS STUDENTS ARE CONCERNED ABOUT
THEIR SAFETY AND FUTURE.
THEY ARE FRUSTRATED AND UPSET
BECAUSE THEY DON'T EVEN SEE
CHANGE ON THE HORIZON.
CIVIL RIGHTS LEADERS ARE WITH
THEM.
THEY DECRIED A NEW YORK GRAND
JURY'S DECISION NOT TO CHARGE A
WHITE POLICE OFFICER IN THE
CHOKEHOLD DEATH OF ERIC GARNER.
BALTIMORE CITY OFFICERS ARE NOT
AUTHORIZED TO USE CHOKEHOLD.
CIVIL RIGHTS AND DEFENSE
ATTORNEY AND WHITE PENNANT DOES
NOT RECALL ANY CASES IN WHICH
THEY DID.
HE BELIEVES THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
LIPS THE CAP
M -- HE SUPPORTS
ESTABLISHING A SPECIAL
PROSECUTOR OR EXPANDING THE ROLE
OF THE STATE PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE
TO HANDLE THESE CASES.
HE SAYS STATE ATTORNEYS ARE TOO
CLOSE TO POLICE.
THEY HAVE BUILT AND
PREJUDICE.
THEY ARE NOT ABLE TO BE
OBJECTIVE IN THEIR DETERMINATION
OF CRIMINAL CONDUCT BY THE
POLICE OR POLICE DEPARTMENT.
BACK AT MORGAN, THE SILENT
PROTESTS SPILLED INTO A
COURTYARD.
OUR BLACK MEN ARE BEING
KILLED IN TWO WAYS.
THEY ARE BEING PUT INTO GRAVES,
AND THEY ARE BEING BOUGHT OUT BY
A SYSTEM THAT HAS NEVER SERVED
YOU OR ME
CORRECTLY.
STUDENTS ARE BEING URGED TO
USE THEIR MAJOR TO MAKE A
DIFFERENCE IN THEIR COMMUNITY.
WE MUST USE WHAT WE'VE GAINED
FROM OUR INSTITUTION TO CHANGE
THE SYSTEM SO NO ONE WILL EVER
VANDALIZE.
WE WILL USE WHAT WE LEARN TO
CHANGE THE POLICIES THAT BROUGHT
US THE PROTESTS AND THE POLICIES
THAT BROUGHT US TO THE FIGHT.
IF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY IS
INCLINED TO ESTABLISH SPECIAL
PROSECUTOR, THEY WILL ALSO
HAVE
TO INCLUDE ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
SO THEY CAN INVESTIGATE THESE