TWENTY
TWENTY SOMETHING 13 IS NOW BEGINS WITH BREAKING NEWS. ANOTHER TENSE NIGHT IN
ELIZABETH CITY. WE ARE 3 HOURS
PAST CURFEW AND PROTESTERS ARE
STILL IN THE STREETS CALLING
FOR JUSTICE FOR ANDREW BROWN
JR. THIS IS THE SECOND THEY'VE
BROKEN CURFEW. THANKS FOR
STAYING UP. I'M NICOLE
NIKOLAEV'S >>
AND I BELIEVE IT. ALAN, WE
LEARNED TODAY THAT 7 PEOPLE
WERE ARRESTED LAST NIGHT AND
TONIGHT IT'S SHAPING UP TO BE A
SIMILAR SCENE. EUGENE DANIEL IS
LIVE OUTSIDE THE SHERIFF'S
OFFICE WATCHING ALL OF THIS
PLAY OUT AT THIS HOUR IN
EUGENE. I UNDERSTAND POLICE ARE
NOW IN POSITION, DAVID >>
.THAT'S RIGHT. BUT WE'RE NOT
INSIDE OUTSIDE OF THE SHERIFF'S
OFFICE NOW. WE'RE ACTUALLY
OUTSIDE OF CAMDEN BRIDGE AND
THIS IS THE SCENE RIGHT NOW.
JUST GO AHEAD AND GET OUT THE
WAY YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE ARE
AGENCIES AND POLICE OFFICERS
HERE ACTUALLY FROM BOTH SIDES
THAT HAVE GOTTEN IN POSITION
AND THEY'RE MOVING PEOPLE AWAY
.IT LOOKS LIKE RIGHT NOW THEY
ARE ACTUALLY GETTING CLOSER TO
FOLKS. I DON'T KNOW IF THIS MAN
IS BEING ARRESTED AT THIS
MOMENT. PEOPLE ARE STARTING TO
LEAVE AT THIS POINT AS YOU CAN
SEE NOW THIS CROWD IS ACTUALLY
MUCH SMALLER THAN THE CROWD
THROUGHOUT THE DAY. EVEN LAST
NIGHT IT'S DWINDLED THROUGHOUT
THE NIGHT AND WHEN POLICE GOT
HERE PEOPLE STARTED TO KIND
OF LEAVE AWAY. I'M JUST GOING
TO LET YOU GUYS SEE THIS AT
THIS MOMENT. A CURFEW WAS SET
IN PLACE TONIGHT OF 8 O'CLOCK
IS THE SECOND DAY THE MAYOR
ISSUED THAT CURFEW AND
YESTERDAY A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE
SAYING THAT THEY WERE TELLING
ME US TODAY AS WELL THAT THEY
BELIEVE THAT THE CURFEW WAS NOT
PUT INTO PLACE, THAT THEY
WOULDN'T EVEN BE HERE RIGHT
NOW. THEY WOULD HAVE ALREADY
GONE HOME BY THIS TIME OF NIGHT
.A LOT OF PEOPLE FELT THAT IT
WAS A SLAP IN THE FACE BECAUSE
THEY HAVE BEEN VERY PEACEFUL
FOR THE LAST SEVERAL DAYS AND
RIGHT NOW YOU SEE THE POLICE
ARE GETTING IN POSITION. THEY
ARE TELLING PEOPLE TO MOVE AND
THE PEOPLE ARE MOVING OUT THE
WAY AT THIS MOMENT. YOU KNOW,
THE THING ABOUT THIS IS FOR THE
LAST 7 DAYS AS I WAS SAYING 8
DAYS THESE PROTESTS HAVE BEEN
EXTREME PEACEFUL. IN FACT,
PROTESTERS AND ORGANIZERS HAVE
CONTINUED TO SAY THAT WE WILL
BE NONVIOLENT AND WE WILL BE
PEACEFUL. OH, SOMEONE STARTING
SOMETHING AT THIS POINT RIGHT
NOW. SO YOU'RE SEEING A VERY
TENSE SCENE AT THIS MOMENT.
WE'RE GOING TO BACK UP OUT
OF THE WAY OUT OF THE LINE
OF EVERYTHING AT THIS MOMENT.
AGAIN, IT'S THIS IS NOT
INDICATIVE OF WHAT HAS HAPPENED
THROUGHOUT THE DAY. YOU'VE HAD
HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE
COME INTO THE STREETS HERE IN
ELIZABETH CITY. THEY'VE BEEN
PROTESTING IN THE WAKE OF THE
DEATH OF ANDREW BROWN JR. WHO
WAS SHOT AND KILLED BY
PASQUOTANK SHERIFF DEPUTIES
JUST A WEEK AGO TODAY PEOPLE
HAVE BEEN ASKING FOR THE
RELEASE OF VIDEOTAPE FROM THE
BODY CAMERAS OF THAT INCIDENT
AND TODAY A JUDGE RULED THAT
THAT WOULD NOT BE IMMEDIATELY
RELEASED TO THE PUBLIC ALTHOUGH
THE FAMILY CAN SEE THAT VIDEO
AND A LOT OF PEOPLE HERE
BELIEVE THAT THAT DECISION BY
THE JUDGE NOT TO GET THAT VIDEO
OUT TO THE PUBLIC ON TOP OF THE
CURFEW IS ENERGIZE THEM IN A
WAY IN WHICH THEY WERE
PASSIONATE TO CONTINUE TO DO
WHAT THEY'RE DOING TODAY BUT
ALSO THEY WERE UPSET. 1 PERSON
TOLD ME THEY FELT THAT IT WAS A
SLAP IN THE FACE WAS ADDING
INSULT TO INJURY TO AN ALREADY
HURTING COMMUNITY AND YOU'RE
SEEING SOME OF THAT TODAY RIGHT
NOW IN THIS MOMENT AS IT
UNFOLDS, YOU CAN SEE SOME
POLICE OFFICERS THAT ARE JUST
TRYING TO TELL PEOPLE RIGHT NOW
JUST TO GO AWAY, JUST TO GO
BACK THERE TRYING TO MAKE SURE
THAT THIS ENTIRE EVENT HERE
REMAINS PEACEFUL AGAIN, WHICH
IS IT HAS BEEN OVERWHELMINGLY
FOR THE LAST SEVERAL DAYS.
THAT'S WHERE THEY WANT THE
FOCUS TO REMAIN HERE. AGAIN,
WE'RE JUST KIND OF WATCHING TO
SEE HOW THIS UNFOLDS AT THE
MOMENT. EUGENE, I WANT YOU TO
CLARIFY FOR ME ARE ARE THERE
ACTUAL PROTESTERS THAT ARE
ENGAGING THE POLICE? DAVID >>
?THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. I DID
SEE 1 PERSON THAT JUST THREW A
WATER BOTTLE IT LOOKS LIKE
WHICH IS THE FIRST TIME I'VE
SEEN ANYBODY THROW ANYTHING
SINCE THIS ENTIRE THESE
DEMONSTRATIONS HAVE STARTED
DEFINITELY IN THE LAST 2 NIGHTS
IT LOOKED LIKE THERE WAS A
PERSON WHO ALLOWED HIMSELF TO
GET REALLY CLOSE TO POLICE AND
WHICH THEN THEY GRABBED THAT
PERSON. BUT OVERWHELMINGLY IT
LOOKS LIKE FOR THE CROWD IT'S
STILL HERE THAT THEY ARE
BACKING UP. HE GOT A FEW PEOPLE
WHO WERE SAYING THINGS THAT
POLICE BUT THEY'RE BACKING UP.
THEY'RE LEAVING RIGHT NOW JUST
A FEW ARE KIND OF STANDING
STRONG BUT THEY'RE NOT WHAT I
WOULD SAY ENGAGING POLICE IF
THAT ANSWERS YOUR QUESTION,
EUGENE, I SEE A SHOW OF FORCE
THERE WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT IS
THAT ELIZABETH CITY POLICE
OFFICERS OR DO THEY HAVE SOME
TYPE OF BACKUP HELP THERE? NO,
THEY HAVE CALLED IN OTHER
AGENCIES TO COME IN AND HELP
OUT TONIGHT. THIS IS NOT WHAT
YOU'RE SEEING ALL ELIZABETH
CITY AND MATTER OF FACT, I
DON'T BELIEVE THAT THESE ARE
ALL EVEN FROM HERE LOCALLY
WITHIN THE COUNTY WE'RE SEEING
SOME THERE ARE POLICE HERE. I
DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHERE
THEY'RE FROM. YOU SEE SOME
SHERIFF PEOPLE FROM THE
SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT AS WELL.
BUT I'M NOT SURE WHERE THEY'RE
ALL FROM. BUT I DO KNOW THAT
THERE HAVE BEEN CALLS FOR
AUTHORITIES FROM OTHER AREAS TO
COME HERE TONIGHT NEWTOWN
YOU'RE SAYING THAT MOST OF THE
PROTESTERS HAVE BACKED OFF
CORRECT? YES >>
,THEY'RE BACKING OFF. I MEAN
AT THIS POINT YOU PROBABLY HAVE
ABOUT MY COUNT 10 OR SO PEOPLE
WHO ARE BACKING UP AS THE
POLICE COME FORWARD. BUT A LOT
OF THE PEOPLE WHO WERE HERE
EARLIER EVEN AN HOUR AGO AND
WHEN THE POLICE SHOWED UP ABOUT
30 MINUTES AGO BEFORE THEY
STARTED MOVING FORWARD, THOSE
PEOPLE SEEM TO HAVE CLEARED
OUT. YOU JUST HAVE MAYBE A
HANDFUL OF FOLKS WHO ARE HERE
WITHIN THIS CROWD OF MEDIA
PERSONNEL AS WELL. BUT >>
A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE ALREADY
CLEARED I UNDERSTAND WHAT SEEMS
TO BE SOMEONE STANDING IN A
WHITE T SHIRT. AM I CORRECT
THAT SEEMS TO BE STANDING CLOSE
TO THE POLICE LINE. YOU SEE
HIM? HE IS HE IS HE HE'S
SITTING THERE. HE'S RECORDING A
LOT OF PEOPLE. THAT'S WHAT
THEY'VE BEEN DOING. RIGHT. THEY
THEY'VE BEEN COMING >>
OUT AT THIS POINT. THEY'VE BEEN
PULLING OUT THEIR PHONES
BECAUSE THEY WANT TO DOCUMENT
WHAT HAPPENS. THERE ARE A FEW
PEOPLE I TALKED TO TONIGHT WHO
SAID THEY WERE READY TO BE
ARRESTED. IN FACT, I SPOKE WITH
1 WOMAN WHO ACTUALLY WORKS WITH
A PROGRAM IN NORTH CAROLINA IN
WHICH SHE HELPS TO HELP BOND
PEOPLE OUT. SHE'S STILL OUT
HERE WITHIN THE CROWD JUST TO
MAKE SURE IF ANYONE DOES GET
ARRESTED THAT THEY'RE ABLE TO
GET OUT TOMORROW. IN FACT, SHE
BONDED OUT SEVERAL OF THE
PEOPLE THE 7 PEOPLE WHO WERE
ARRESTED YESTERDAY. SO YOU HAVE
A FEW PEOPLE AGAIN THEY'RE
TRYING TO DOCUMENT THIS
EXPERIENCE AND BE HERE FOR
THEM. YEAH, THEY'RE MOVING IN.
THEY'RE GOING TO TRY TO GET
THEM ALL THE WAY BACK OUT
AGAIN. THIS IS FOR PEOPLE NOT
TO BE IN THE STREET. THEY WANT
TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY CLEAR
OUT OF THE COMMUNITY. SO
THEY'RE GOING TO PROBABLY
CONTINUE THIS ALL THE WAY UNTIL
PEOPLE COMPLETELY CLEAR AND WE
HEAR CORRECTLY THEY WERE
YELLING MOVE RIGHT >>
NOW. YEAH >>
,THEY'RE THEY'RE YELLING MOVE
BACK THEN THE THE POLICE HAVE
THEIR OWN WAY IN WHICH THEY'RE
COMMUNICATING WITH EACH OTHER
TO STAY STAY IN TUNE WITH THEIR
OWN MOVEMENTS. EUGENE >>
,DOES IT SAY SHERIFF ON SOME
OF THOSE SHIELDS THAT THE
OFFICERS HAVE THEIR >>
YEAH. YEAH. DAVID, AS I
MENTIONED A LITTLE BIT BEFORE,
IT DOES WHAT I'M UNCERTAIN
ABOUT IS WHETHER OR NOT THOSE
ARE PASQUOATANK SHERIFFS.
RIGHT. PEOPLE FROM THE
PASQUOATANK SHERIFF DEPARTMENT
OR IF IT'S ANOTHER AGENCY WHICH
WE HAVE SEEN OTHER SHERIFF'S
DEPARTMENTS FROM ACROSS THE
REGION THAT HAVE COME DOWN HERE
IN THE LAST FEW DAYS TO ASSIST
LAW ENFORCEMENT DEFINITELY OUT
IN FULL FORCE THERE TONIGHT.
EUGENE, BE SAFE. HOPEFULLY
THINGS WILL REMAIN PRETTY CALM
AND YOU HOLLER AT US >>
IF WE IF WE NEED TO COME BACK
TO YOU BUT BE SAFE >>
.ABSOLUTELY. ALL RIGHT. WE'LL
GET BACK TO YOU, GENE, IF WE
NEED TO HEAR THE PROTESTERS
SHUT DOWN ROUTE 17 EARLIER
TONIGHT FORCING AUTHORITIES TO
DIVERT TRAFFIC TO THE AREA.
THEY WERE JOINED BY CITY
COUNCILMAN KIM SPENSE. IF IT
WAS NOT ABOUT PEACE, I WOULD
NOT BE. HOWEVER IT'S NECESSARY
AT SOME POINT IT HAS TO IT HAS
TO STOP. >>
THE GROUP DID NOT BREAK