PAUSE
PAUSE BECAUSE OF A SURGE IN COVID-19 CASES.
COVID-19 CASES. >>> WE HAVE LEARNED THE CITY OF
SEATTLE IS GETTING IN TO
DEMANDS TO GIVING UP AN OLD
FIRE STATION.
FIRE STATION. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.
I'M JESSICA JANNER CASTRO.
>> THE CITY OF SEATTLE SAID IT
WOULD TRANSFER THE
DECOMMISSIONED FIRE STATION SIX
TO BECOME A COMMUNITY CENTER IN
THE CENTRAL DISTRICT, THAT WAS
ONE OF THE REQUESTS FROM THE
ADVOCACY GROUP AFTER MEETING
WITH KING COUNTY LEADERS ABOUT
RACIAL EQUITY.
RACIAL EQUITY. THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE TODAY JOINED
THE MARCH TO BEACON HILL.
ORGANIZERS WITH BLACK LIVES
MATTER, SEATTLE, KING COUNTY
ARE CALLING FOR RACISM TO BE
DECLARED A PUBLIC CRISIS.
THE PRESIDENT'S FOCUS MEANTIME
IS STILL ON THAT SO-CALLED
CAPITOL HILL AUTONOMOUS ZONE.
HE COMPARED THE AREA TAKEN OVER
BY PROTESTERS TO TERRORIST WHO "
BURN AND PILLAGE OUR CITY."
WE HAVE COVERAGE OF BOTH OF
THESE STORIES TONIGHT.
IN JEFFERSON PARK, WHERE THOSE
DEMONSTRATORS MARCHED TODAY.
>> Reporter: WE ARE AT
JEFFERSON PARK WHICH IS THE
ENDING POINT OF THAT SILENT
MARCH FOR BLACK LIVES MATTER,
YOU CAN SEE PEOPLE ARE ACTUALLY
MAKING THEIR WAY INTO JEFFERSON
PARK, THIS STARTED AT JUDKINS
PARK SEVERAL HOURS AGO, PEOPLE
MARCHED IN THE DOWNPOUR, IT WAS
COMPLETELY POURING RAIN, AND IN
SILENCE.
SILENCE.
SILENCE. THE PURPOSE OF THE SILENCE FOR
TODAY'S EVENT, ONE IS TO HONOR
THE LIVES LOST, PEOPLE LIKE
GEORGE FLOYD, AND AS WELL AS TO
PREVENT THE SPREAD OF COVID-19,
HERE IS SOME AERIAL SHOTS FROM
SKY KING OF HOW MANY PEOPLE
WERE INVOLVED WITH THIS MARCH
TODAY, YOU CAN SEE THOUSANDS OF
PEOPLE AND FOR THE MOST PART,
EVERY SINGLE PERSON IS WEARING
A MASK.
A MASK.
A MASK. WHEN WE FIRST GOT HERE, ONE OF
THE ORGANIZERS SAID IF YOU DO
NOT HAVE A MASK, WE WILL GIVE
YOU ONE.
YOU ONE.
YOU ONE. ONE OF THOSE REASONS IS TO
PREVENT THE SPREAD OF COVID-19,
AND THEY HAVE FIVE GOALS AS
WELL THAT THEY ARE TRYING TO
PROMOTE WITH THIS EVENT, SOME
OF THOSE ARE DEFUNDING POLICE
COMMUNITY WELLNESS, AND RACISM,
AND STOP SENDING MINORS TO JAIL.
SPD WAS KIND OF DIRECTING THE
MARCH AS WELL WHEN MARCHERS
WOULD GET TO INTERSECTIONS,
THEY WOULD STOP TRAFFIC AND
ALLOW PEOPLE THROUGH BUT WE ARE
GOING TO BE HERE THROUGH THE
REST OF THE EVENING.
YOU CAN SEE PEOPLE ARE STILL
HERE AT JEFFERSON PARK BUT FOR
NOW, I WILL SEND IT BACK TO THE
STUDIO.>>> THANK YOU, WE WILL
CHECK IN WITH YOU THROUGHOUT
THE DAY.
THE DAY.
THE DAY. THE CITY OF SEATTLE IS BANNED
FROM USING TEAR GAS AND OTHER
LESS LETHAL WEAPONS AGAINST
PROTESTERS.
PROTESTERS. THE JUDGE ISSUED A 14 DAY
RESTRAINING ORDER TODAY, HE
SAYS TEAR GAS, PEPPER SPRAY AND
EVEN RUBBER BULLETS CAN ONLY BE
USED ON INDIVIDUALS, NOT GROUPS
AND ONLY WHEN ALL OTHER OPTIONS
HAVE BEEN EXHAUSTED.
A 14 DAY BAN COMES WHILE THE
GROUP CONTINUES ITS LAWSUIT
AGAINST THE SEATTLE POLICE
DEPARTMENT.
DEPARTMENT. >>> CHECK OUT THIS SHOT OF THE
CAPITOL HILL AUTONOMOUS ZONE, OR
CHAZ, YOU CAN SEE THE MURAL AT
THE CENTER OF THE AREA TAKEN
OVER BY PROTESTERS.
THE NEIGHBORHOOD IS BECOMING
THE CENTER OF A NATIONAL DEBATE
NOW OVER POLICING AS WELL AS
PUBLIC SAFETY.
PUBLIC SAFETY. THE PRESIDENT ONCE AGAIN URGED
THE CITY OF SEATTLE TO SHUT IT
DOWN AND REPUBLICANS ACROSS THE
COUNTRY ARE USING A SPOTTER FOR
POLITICAL DISCUSSIONS.
POLITICAL DISCUSSIONS. CHRIS DANIELS VISITED THE CHAZ
TODAY, WHAT DID YOU SEE?
>> Reporter: WE SAW A MIX OF
PEOPLE, WE SAW FAMILIES WITH
YOUNG CHILDREN, YES, WE SAW SOME
YOUNG MEN ACTING AGGRESSIVELY
TOWARDS MEMBERS OF THE MEDIA,
WE ALSO SAW SOME PEOPLE
ADMIRING THE ARTWORK THAT HAS
GROWN IN THE AREA.
IT'S NOT NECESSARILY THE PICTURE
THAT SOME PEOPLE ARE SEEING
FROM OUTSIDE THE CITY.
>> THIS IS NO DIFFERENT THAN
ISIS TAKING OVER CITIES IN THE
MIDDLE EAST.
MIDDLE EAST. >> Reporter: THAT IS THE TEXAS
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR ADDING FUEL
TO THE FIRE, IGNITED BY
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP WHO
SUGGESTED JENNY DURKAN SHUT THE
AREA DOWN OR HE WILL.
THE MAYOR TOURED THE AREA TODAY
, IT'S AN AREA THAT HAS EVOLVED
OVER SEVERAL DAYS AFTER POLICE
EVACUATED THE PRECINCT.
THERE IS A LARGE BLACK LIVES
MATTER MURAL PAINTED OUTSIDE
CAL ANDERSON PARK AND THERE
ALSO APPEARS TO BE NO RESOLUTION
CLOSE.
CLOSE.
CLOSE. I
CLOSE. I SPOKE WITH YOUNG MAN WHO
SEEMED TO BE PATROLLING THE
ZONE, I ASKED IF THERE IS A
SCENARIO WHERE THE POLICE
PRECINCT AND THE CHAZ CAN
COEXIST?
COEXIST?
COEXIST? >> IT IS A DAY BY DAY THING, IT
IS A BOOK WE ARE ALL PARTAKING
IN AND THINGS ARE NOT
NECESSARILY KNOWN WHAT'S ON THE
NEXT PAGE.
NEXT PAGE. >> Reporter: THE SEATTLE POLICE
CHIEF REITERATED TODAY ON KING
5 THAT SHE PLANS ON GETTING
OFFICERS BACK INTO THE BUILDING
ON A FULL-TIME BASIS AND IF YOU
HAVE ALREADY REENTERED THE EAST
PRECINCT.
PRECINCT.
PRECINCT. SHE ALSO SAID AGAIN TODAY THAT
THE RESPONSE TIMES FOR THE
POLICE HAVE GROWN LONGER SINCE
THAT PRECINCT HAS BEEN SHUT
DOWN.
DOWN.
DOWN. THAT IS THE STORY FOR NOW.
>> I WANT TO TALK TO YOU MORE
ABOUT THE RESPONSE TIMES, A LOT
OF PEOPLE ARE WONDERING, WHAT
IS THE ENDGAME AND ULTIMATELY,
WHO IS LIABLE?
IT WAS VERY CLEAR THAT THE
POLICE CHIEF AND THE MAYOR WERE
NOT ON THE SAME PAGE WHEN IT
CAME TO THE EAST PRECINCT, WHO
IS HELD RESPONSIBLE?
>> Reporter: THAT IS A GREAT
QUESTION, JESSICA, WE CAN ONLY
GAGE BY THE FACT THAT THE MAYOR
WAS THERE TODAY, THERE WAS SOME
SORT OF NEGOTIATION TAKING
PLACE.
PLACE.
PLACE. JUST IMAGINE THE FIRE STATION,
THAT WAS ONE OF THE DEMANDS
FROM THE PEOPLE ON THE SITE,
THEY ALSO WANTED A BANDING OF
THE FLASH GRENADES AND THE
TEARGAS.
TEARGAS.
TEARGAS. THERE HAVE BEEN SOME
CONCESSIONS FROM THE CITY AND
THE RULING FROM THE FEDERAL
COURT.
COURT.
COURT. PERHAPS THAT IS THE PATH TO
GETTING SOME SORT OF COMPROMISE
WITH THAT AREA, BUT IN TERMS OF
WHO LEGITIMATELY WOULD HAVE
RESPONSIBILITY IN CASE
SOMETHING GOES WRONG, THAT IS
ONE OF THOSE QUESTIONS, WE JUST
DON'T HAVE THE ANSWER TODAY.
>> THANK YOU FOR YOUR REPORT WE
WILL CONTINUE TO FOLLOW THIS
STORY. A LOT OF QUESTIONS STILL
LINGERING.
LINGERING. >>> THE CHIEF OF THE WASHINGTON
STATE PATROL SAYS THE AGENCY
WILL NO LONGER USE TEARGAS AND
ILLUSTRATIONS EITHER, AT LEAST
DURING THIS PANDEMIC.
THE LONGTIME POLICE CHIEF TELLS
DREW MIKKELSEN, WHEN IT COMES
TO POLICE REFORM, THERE IS A
LOT OF WORK TO BE DONE.
>> Reporter: JOHN BATISTE
GRADUATED FROM THIS ACADEMY IN
1978, HE SAYS WHILE THE MISSION
OF THE PATROL HASN'T CHANGED,
HE ADMITS, IT'S TIME THE
POLICING SHOULD CHANGE.
>> I'M VERY CONCERNED, WHEN I
SEE INCIDENTS OCCUR WITH GEORGE
FLOYD, THAT COULD HAVE BEEN ME,
I HAVE BROTHERS, IT COULD HAVE
BEEN ANY OF MY BROTHERS AND I
HAVE GRANDSONS.
HAVE GRANDSONS. >> Reporter: DURING A MEDIA
EVENT, CHIEF JOHN BATISTE SAID
THE EVENTS OF THE PAST WEEKS
HAD HIM AND THE STATE PATROL
WILLING TO LOOK AT REFORMS, HE
SUPPORTS GOVERNOR JAY INSLEE'S
PROPOSALS TO BANJO COLDS -- BAN
CHOKE HOLDS.
CHOKE HOLDS. >> I HAVE BEEN ON THE RECEIVING
END THAT HAS BEEN VERY HURTFUL,
AND I THINK WE NEED TO START
LISTENING TO ONE ANOTHER,
CARING FOR ONE ANOTHER AND NOT
JUST IN TALK, BUT IN DEED.
>> Reporter: WE WILL HEAR ABOUT
THE POLICY TO BAN CHOKE HOLDS.
>>> TONIGHT, THE STATE OF
OREGON IS PRESSING PAUSE ON THE
REOPENING PROCESS, THE GOVERNOR
SAYS ALL PENDING APPLICATIONS
TO MOVE INTO A HIGHER PHASE
WILL BE PUT ON HOLD FOR ONE
WEEK.
WEEK.
WEEK. OREGON HAS SEEN A SURGE IN
COVID-19 CASES OVER THE PAST
SEVEN DAYS, INCLUDING 178 CASES
YESTERDAY.
YESTERDAY. THAT IS THE HIGHEST SINGLE DAY
TOTAL SINCE THE OUTBREAK BEGAN.
>> I KNOW THIS IS EXTREMELY
FRUSTRATING, I KNOW WE ARE ALL
REALLY DISAPPOINTED, I
PERSONALLY MISS GOING TO MY
FAVORITE RESTAURANTS AND MY
FAVORITE BOUTIQUES AND I KNOW
OTHER PEOPLE DO AS WELL.
>> IT'S THE ONLY COUNTY THAT