LAUREN
LAUREN IS
LAUREN IS AT 15th AND LAKE, WHAT ARE YOU SAYING AT THIS
MOMENT, LAUREN?
MOMENT, LAUREN? OR 14th AND LAKE, I APOLOGIZE.
>> WE ARE A COUPLE OF BLOCKS
AWAY FROM THERE BECAUSE WE CAN
GET TO 15th AND LAKE, THE
PROTESTERS WERE HEADED TOWARDS
THE SOUTH SIDE, WE DIDN'T KNOW
WHERE THEY WERE GOING BUT WE
ARE HERE NOW BECAUSE THERE ARE
SOME REPORTS THAT THERE WERE
SHOTS FIRED IN THIS AREA.
A SOURCE IS TELLING US THAT
SOUGHT SHOTS WERE FIRED AT
POLICE OFFICERS IN THE AREA.
WE DON'T HAVE FULL CONFIRMATION
FROM MPD, BUT THERE ARE REPORTS
OF THAT.
OF THAT.
OF THAT. WE HAVE BEEN TOLD BY A SOURCE
THAT THERE WERE IN FACT SHOTS
FIRED.
FIRED.
FIRED. WE
FIRED. WE GOT TO THE SCENE AND OFFICER
SAID WE COULD GO ANY FURTHER,
BECAUSE THEY HAVE DOGS IN THE
AREA AND THEY ARE TRYING TO
MAINTAIN THE SAME.
AT THIS POINT WE DO NOT HAVE
REPORTS OF INJURIES BUT WE HAVE
MULTIPLE REPORTS THAT SHOTS
WERE FIRED AT OFFICERS IN THE
AREA AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU
CAN COME THIS WAY, AND TAKE A
LOOK DOWN THE STREET HERE, THIS
IS 31st STREET, I BELIEVE, EAST
31st STREET, AND YOU CAN KIND
OF SEE THE LIGHTS FLASHING AT
EVERY INTERSECTION.
EVERY INTERSECTION. IT IS SO MUCH QUIETER HERE NOW
THAT YOU CAN SEE, THE FACT THAT
JUST A SHORT WHILE AGO WE HAD
SHOTS FIRED SHOWS HOW THESE
THINGS SPARK UP, AND DIED DOWN,
AND THE AREA IS CLEAR AND THEY
DIED OUT.
DIED OUT.
DIED OUT. AGAIN, THE SHOTS WE ARE TOLD
WAS FIRED AT LAKE STREET, WE
CAN'T GET THERE BUT WE ARE
HEARING SIRENS IN THE AREA, WE
ARE SEEING POLICE CARS, WE KNOW
THERE'S A CRIME SCENE THAT DOGS
ARE WORKING ON YOUR. BUT, IT
DOES SEEM LIKE THINGS ARE CALM
ARE NOW HERE.
I THINK IT'S JUST THE NATURE OF
WHAT WE ARE SEEING IN
MINNEAPOLIS AS POLICE AND THE
NATIONAL GUARD HAVE BEEN ABLE
TO CLEAR MOST OF THE LARGE
PROTEST AREAS OR AT LEAST MANY
OF THE LARGE PROTEST AREAS BUT
THERE ARE STILL POCKETS OF
RESISTANCE THAT POP UP.
>> WE LEFT THAT GROUP QUITE A
WHILE AGO, WE HAD TO GET BACK
TO OUR VEHICLE.
THERE WERE ABOUT 100 PEOPLE AND
I DON'T KNOW WHETHER THEY GOT
HERE, WE LEFT THEM AFTER THEY
HAD CROSSED OVER INTERSTATE 94
BUT DID NOT MAKE IT DOWN INTO
THIS AREA WITH THEM.
THEIR HOPE WAS TO MEET UP WITH
PEOPLE WHO THEY HAD BEEN WITH
EARLIER, AND THEY DIDN'T SEEM
INTENT ON CAUSING ANY TROUBLE,
WE DON'T KNOW IF THEY RAN INTO
ANY SITUATIONS DOWN THERE OR
NOT.
NOT.
NOT. I
NOT. I WOULD ESTIMATE ABOUT 100
PEOPLE, THEY WERE MARCHING AND
THEY WERE TRYING TO STEER CLEAR
OF ANY TROUBLE, LETTING CARS
THROUGH.
THROUGH.
THROUGH. BUT WE DON'T KNOW WHAT BECAME
OF THAT GROUP OR REALLY ANY OF
THE OTHER GROUPS THAT WE'VE
SEEN AROUND THIS AREA.
OFFICERS ARE PUSHING PEOPLE
BACK, TELLING PEOPLE WHO ARE
WALKING OUT OF THEIR HOUSES TO
GET BACK IN THEIR HOUSES.
I WILL SEND IT BACK TO YOU
GUYS, WE ARE TRYING TO GET MORE
INFORMATION THERE.
INFORMATION THERE. >> LET'S HEAD BACK TO AJ RIGHT
NOW.
NOW.
NOW. >>
NOW. >> HEY GUYS, YEAH, KIND OF A
TENSE SITUATION OUT HERE AT
EASTLAKE AND SOUTH CEDAR.
OFFICERS CLEARLY VERY MUCH ON
EDGE, THEY SEE ANYONE ON THE
STREETS AND THEY ARE SCREAMING,
GO HOME, THEY ARE NOT MESSING
AROUND.
AROUND.
AROUND. IF THERE'S A VEHICLE COMING,
THEY ARE DOWN ON AMY AND THEY
ARE FIRING CLEARLY A LESS
LETHAL ROUND, I'M NOT SURE WHAT
THEY ARE FIRING, THEY ARE NOT
GAS CANISTERS, IT MAY POSSIBLY
BE RUBBER ROUNDS, IN THE LAST
FIVE MINUTES, WE'VE SEEN AT
LEAST 10 OR 15 SHOTS FROM THOSE
FIRED IN VARIOUS DIRECTIONS
DOWN THE STREET, AS SOON AS
THEY ARE SEEING ANYBODY OUT AND
ABOUT, THEY ARE SCREAMING GO
HOME AND GIVING THEM A WARNING
AND THEY ARE FIRING.
>> JUST FOR REFERENCE FOR
PEOPLE, HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN
AT THIS LOCATION?
BECAUSE --
BECAUSE -- >> I'VE BEEN AT THIS LOCATION,
ABOUT AN HOUR NOW.
I THINK I PULLED UP ABOUT 10:20
WITH MY PHOTOGRAPHER, DEVON,
AND ARE ARE A LOT LESS OFFICES
HERE NOW, IT SEEMED THEY WERE
STAGING AT THIS INTERSECTION AT
ONE POINT, AND THERE WAS A MUCH
BIGGER NATIONAL GUARD PRESENCE,
I DON'T SEE AS MUCH OF THE
GUARD NOW, IT'S ALL STATE
PATROL NOW, AND WE THINK THEY
HAVE PUSHED THE BIGGER CROWD
DOWN LAKE STREET, HEADED WEST
INTO MINNEAPOLIS, I KNOW THERE
WERE REPORTS THAT THEY WERE ON
THE LAKE STREET BRIDGE NEAR ST.
PAUL, THIS LOOKS LIKE THEY WERE
PUSHING THEM BACK THE OTHER
WAY.
WAY.
WAY. AND
WAY. AND AS YOU HEARD, SOME OF THE
REPORTERS DESCRIBED SAYING THAT
THERE IS AN EFFORT IT SEEMS TO
PUSH THE CROWDS OUT IN VARIOUS
DIRECTIONS, AND THEN NEIGHBORS
ARE SCREAMING AT ANYBODY WHO'S
WALKING DOWN THE STREET TO GO
HOME, THEY DON'T WANT THEM
HERE, SO IT'S ENTIRELY A
DIFFERENT SITUATION THAN WE'VE
SEEN IN PRIOR NIGHTS.
>>
>>
>> >>
>> >> ABSOLUTELY, AND IT SEEMS
THAT WHEN THEY ARE YELLING AT
THESE PEOPLE TO GO HOME, NO ONE
IS INTENTIONALLY TRYING TO
ENGAGE DIRECTLY WITH THE
OFFICERS, THEY SEEM TO BE MAYBE
NOT LISTING THE FIRST TIME BUT
WHEN THEY THROW THOSE
CANISTERS, THE MESSAGE IS BEING
SENT?
SENT?
SENT? >>
SENT? >> IN SOME CASES, IT ALMOST
SEEMS LIKE THERE ARE PEOPLE
TRYING TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO
MAYBE EVEN GET HOME TO MOVE
AROUND THE CITY AT ALL. BECAUSE
THERE ARE SO MANY INTERSECTIONS
BLOCKED, AND YOU HAVE PEOPLE
SAYING I'M STUCK ON THE WRONG
SIDE, I NEED TO GET OVER THERE
AND THEY'RE NOT ALLOWED, THEN
THEY GO INTO A DIFFERENT
NEIGHBORHOOD AND PEOPLE ARE
SCREAMING, OH, THERE'S
SOMETHING GOING ON RIGHT NOW.
I THINK YOU ARE WATCHING THE
OFFICERS, THEY HAVE BROUGHT
THEIR FIREARMS ON THEIR
SHOULDER, I THINK THEY ARE
SAYING SWAT, AND THEY ARE
LETTING THE VEHICLE COME DOWN
THE STREET.
THE STREET. ANY VEHICLE ON THE STREET, THEN
YOU SUDDENLY SEE WEAPONS
BROUGHT UP TO SHOULDERS, AND
THEY ARE AT THE READY.
>> YOU CAN DEFINITELY FEEL THE
TENSION THERE.
TENSION THERE. >> HYPERVIGILANCE.
>> HYPERVIGILANCE. >> BUT OTHERWISE, VERY QUIET
TONIGHT.
TONIGHT.
TONIGHT. >> AS YOU HEARD WHAT LAUREN IS
TALKING ABOUT --
>> GO AHEAD.
>> I'M SORRY, I DIDN'T MEAN TO
INTERRUPT.
INTERRUPT. >> IT LOOKS LIKE OFFICERS ARE
PICKING UP THE ROUNDS NOW THAT
WERE HERE IN THE STREET, THEY
ARE JUST KIND OF KEEPING AN EYE
DOWN, RIGHT NOW YOU ARE LOOKING
EAST DOWN LAKE STREET.
WE ARE SPINNING AROUND AND
LOOKING NOW WEST AFTER HEARING
THAT ONE ROUND GO OFF, IT
CERTAINLY A SITUATION WHERE
IT'S HARD TO TELL WHERE IT'S
COMING IN CERTAIN POINTS.
>> YOU HAD A SCARY INCIDENT
EARLIER BUT YOU FEEL PRETTY
SAFE NOW, I'M ASSUMING?
OCCASIONALLY THE HEART RATE
MUST START GOING UP WHEN YOU
SEE OFFICERS DRAW THEIR
WEAPONS?
WEAPONS?
WEAPONS? >> CERTAINLY, WE ARE IN A SPOT
THAT I WOULD SAY IS VERY SAFE
FOR US RIGHT NOW, I MEAN,
THERE'S 100 OFFICERS, AND SOME
NATIONAL GUARDSMEN ALL AROUND,
WHERE WE ENDED UP WITH THE
PROBLEM WAS WE GOT IN AN AREA
WHERE THERE WAS A SMALLER CROWD
AND ZERO LAW ENFORCEMENT
PRESENCE IN ALL, AND THAT WAS
WHERE YOU WOULD RUN INTO SOME
BAD ACTORS WHO WERE BENT ON
DOING BAD THINGS, AND THOSE
WERE KIND OF WHAT YOU HAD TO
KEEP AWAY FROM, IT'S GETTING IN
SOME AREAS WHERE THERE'S NOT
VERY MANY PEOPLE OUT, CLEARLY
BECAUSE WE ARE UNDER CURFEW, SO
THOSE THAT ARE, ARE OUT FOR BAD
REASONS.
REASONS.
REASONS. >> CAN YOUR CAMERA GUY GO BACK
TO THOSE PEOPLE, DOWN THE
STREET THERE.
STREET THERE. ARE THOSE PEOPLE JUST HANGING
OUT ON THE CORNER?
OR ARE THOSE OFFICERS, ARE
THOSE OFFICERS, OR IS THAT JUST
RESIDENCE?
RESIDENCE? >> I CAN'T TELL, I THINK THOSE
ARE RESIDENTS OR FOLKS, THEY'VE
BEEN DOWN THERE FOR QUITE A
WHILE, THAT'S A BLOCK AWAY FROM
US, AND I CAN'T TELL WHO THEY
ARE.
ARE.
ARE. THERE HAVE BEEN A LOT OF FOLKS
THAT ARE OUT ON THEIR PORCHES,
OUT IN FRONT YARDS.
BUSINESS OWNERS STAYING IN
FRONT OF THEIR BUSINESSES,
BECAUSE THEY WERE AFRAID TO
LEAVE THEM, FOR FEAR OF A
REPEAT OF WHAT WE SAW LAST
NIGHT.
NIGHT.
NIGHT. >>
NIGHT. >> DID THOSE BUSINESS OWNERS
IDENTIFY THEMSELVES WHEN THE
POLICE SHOW UP?
BECAUSE I'M SURE THAT COULD BE
A TENSE SITUATION, TOO, NOT
KNOWING WHO THEY ARE.
>> IT IS, THAT IS CERTAINLY A
BIG CONCERN.
BIG CONCERN. WE'VE GOT ANOTHER SITUATION
WHERE IT LOOKS LIKE THERE ARE
VEHICLES COMING DOWN THE ROAD.
SO OFFICERS ARE PREPARING FOR
WHATEVER IT IS THE VEHICLES
LOOK LIKE THEY ARE TURNING
AROUND.
AROUND.
AROUND. TURNING AROUND AS THEY SEE THE
OFFICERS POINTING AT THEM DOWN
THE STREET.
THE STREET. YOU CAN IMAGINE.
>> LIKE IF YOU'RE TRYING TO GO
TO WORK RIGHT NOW AND YOU COME
TO AN INTERSECTION, THEY ARE
NOT MESSING AROUND AT ALL.
AS I SAID, ANYBODY WHO'S
WALKING DOWN THE STREET OR
SIDEWALK, YOU CAN'T, AND