>>> AS WE MENTIONED, WE ARE
KEEPING A CLOSE EYE ON THE
PROTESTS TONIGHT IN MINNEAPOLIS
FOLLOWING THE DEATH OF GEORGE
FLOYD, THE UNARMED BLACK MAN WHO
DIED AFTER A WHITE OFFICER
DETAINED HIM AND PINNED HIM DOWN
BY KNEELING ON FLOYD’S NECK.
FOUR OFFICERS HAVE BEEN FIRED
FROM THE FORCE.
BUT TODAY THE CITY’S MAYOR
CALLED FOR CRIMINAL CHARGES
AGAINST THE OFFICER INVOLVED.
PROTESTS HAVE ALSO BROKEN OUT IN
LOS ANGELES LATE TODAY OVER
FLOYD’S DEATH.
DEMONSTRATORS COULD BE SEEN
DAMAGING A CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY
PATROL CRUISER ON THE FREEWAY
AFTER ONE DEMONSTRATOR HAD
CLIMBED ONTO A CHP CRUISER, HAD
FALLEN OFF, AND WAS SUBSEQUENTLY
KNOCKED UNCONSCIOUS.
NOW, BACK TO THE SITUATION IN
MINNEAPOLIS.
GEORGE FLOYD’S SISTER SPOKE WITH
LAWRENCE O’DONNELL EARLIER
TONIGHT.
>> I DON’T KNOW BECAUSE I WAS
NOT THERE.
BUT HEARING THE STORIES OF WHAT
HAPPENED, HE GAVE NO REASON TO
DO WHAT Y’ALL DID TO HIM.
HE GAVE Y’ALL NO REASON.
THEY MURDERED MY BROTHER.
AND THEY’RE GOING TO PAY.
THROUGH THE COURTS.
>> AS WE MENTIONED, THE STREETS
OF MINNEAPOLIS GOT MORE VIOLENT
AS DARKNESS FELL TONIGHT, WITH
POLICE USING NON-LETHAL WEAPONS
AND FLASH-BANG GRENADES TO
DISPERSE THE CROWDS.
OUR OWN SHAQUILLE BREWSTER IS
LIVE IN MINNEAPOLIS TONIGHT.
SHAQUILLE, I’VE BEEN MONITORING
A FIRE AT AN AUTO ZONE THERE
THAT PROMPTLY WENT TO TWO ALARMS
AND THERE WAS SOME TROUBLE
GETTING APPARATUS THERE TO FIGHT
THE FIRE AS POLICE HAVE CHANGED
THE CROWD LINES GOING BACKWARDS.
WHAT CAN YOU REPORT FROM THERE
TONIGHT?
>> Reporter: YOU GOT IT, BRIAN.
I’M SURE YOU SAW THE IMAGES FROM
THIS FEED.
LET ME JUST WARN YOU AND OUR
VIEWERS THAT AS I DO THIS LIVE
SHOT YOU MAY HEAR FLASH BANGS.
YOU MAY HEAR FIREWORKS.
YOU MAY HEAR SOME FOUL LANGUAGE
BY SOME OF THE PROTESTERS.
BUT THAT IS JUST THE SCENE THAT
WE’RE SEEING RIGHT NOW.
WHAT YOU HAVE IS AN ANGRY
REACTION.
FOR SOME IT’S AN ANGRY REACTION
TO WHAT THEY CONSIDER AND HAVE
CALLED A SENSELESS DEATH,
ANOTHER SENSELESS
POLICE-INVOLVED DEATH OF A BLACK
MAN.
BUT FOR OTHERS THEY’RE OPENLY
SAYING THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY.
THEY’RE EXPLOITING AN
OPPORTUNITY, AN OPEN WOUND THAT
YOU SEE IN THE COMMUNITY.
LET ME LET YOU LOOK AROUND A
LITTLE BIT.
THE POLICE LINE IS BACK THERE.
YOU SEE THE FRONT LINE OF
PROTESTERS THERE.
IN THE DISTANCE THAT’S THE AUTO
ZONE.
THAT’S THE AUTO ZONE THAT WAS ON
FIRE.
THEY HAD TO CALL IN
REINFORCEMENTS TO COME SEPARATE
THE PROTESTERS AND ALLOW SPACE
FOR THE FIREFIGHTERS TO DO THEIR
WORK.
IF YOU COME AND SWING THIS WAY,
YOU SEE A PARKING LOT ON THIS
SIDE.
THIS IS WHERE THE TARGET AND A
GROCERY STORE, THEY WERE GETTING
OPENLY LOOTED.
PEOPLE WALKING IN AND OUT,
RUNNING OUT WITH ITEMS.
ANYTHING FROM DIAPERS TO TVs TO
FURNITURE, BRIAN.
PEOPLE TRYING TO -- EXPRESSING
FRUSTRATION THAT WE WERE SHOWING
THE FOOTAGE EVEN THOUGH THEY HAD
THEIR CELL PHONES OUT AND
BRAGGING ABOUT WHAT THEY WERE
DOING.
BRIAN, THE SADNESS HERE TODAY IS
THEY’D WE LEARNED A LOT MORE
ABOUT GEORGE FLOYD THROUGH HIS
FAMILY.
HIS FAMILY EMPHASIZED HE WAS
SOMEONE WHO WAS ATHLETIC.
THEY SAID HE COACHED -- HE
COACHED CHILDREN IN HIS SPARE
TIME.
THEY SAID THAT HE LIKED
CHILDREN, HE WAS A RAPPER ON THE
SIDE.
AND THE THING YOU HEARD FROM
FAMILY MEMBERS AND FRIENDS OVER
AND OVER IS THAT HE WAS A MAN OF
PEACE, HE WAS SOMEONE WHO WAS
KIND.
I’M NOT GOING TO PRESUME TO KNOW
WHAT HE WOULD BE THINKING RIGHT
NOW, BUT THIS IS NOT THE PEACE
THAT YOU SEE AND THE PEACE THAT
WAS DESCRIBED BY HIS FAMILY.
WHAT WE DO KNOW, BRIAN, AND WHEN
YOU LISTEN TO WHAT THE
PROTESTERS ARE SAYING, THE
PEOPLE WHO ARE TRYING TO STAY
AWAY FROM THE ACTUAL CONFLICTS
WITH POLICE, THEIR MAIN MESSAGE
AND WHAT THEY WANTED THEIR MAIN
MESSAGE TONIGHT TO BE IS THAT
THEY WANT CHARGES AGAINST THOSE
OFFICERS.
WE KNOW THE FOUR OFFICERS WHO
HAVE NOW BEEN NAMED IN THE DEATH
OF GEORGE FLOYD, THEY -- THOSE
OFFICERS HAVE NOW BEEN NAMED.
WHAT THEY WANT IS CRIMINAL
ACTION.
THEY WANT THOSE OFFICERS
ARRESTED.
THAT’S A MESSAGE THAT’S BEING
ECHOED BY THE MAYOR OF
MINNEAPOLIS.
THAT’S A MESSAGE THAT YOU’RE
HEARING BEING ECHOED BY
OFFICIALS HERE.
THE PROBLEM IS IT’S SIMPLY NOT
HAPPENING FAST ENOUGH.
FAST ENOUGH FOR THESE PROTESTERS
AND FAST ENOUGH FOR THE PEOPLE
WHO WANT TO SEE ACTION
IMMEDIATELY.
BRIAN?
>> SHAQUILLE BREWSTER, THANK YOU
FOR THAT REPORT.
YOU TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF AND
OUR CREW CERTAINLY.