THE
THE MAJOR
THE MAJOR CITIES AROUND TEXAS TO HELP DEAL WITH ALL OF+@ THIS.
>>> THIS ALL STARTED AS A
PEACEFUL PROTEST IN DOWNTOWN
DALLAS.
DALLAS.
DALLAS. ABOUT 700 PEOPLE SHOWED
UP AT CITY HALL AND BEGAN
MARCHING.
MARCHING.
MARCHING. AND IT WAS PEACEFUL,
MARCHING. AND IT WAS PEACEFUL,+@
YOU SEE PEOPLE KNEELING ON THE
STREETS.
STREETS.
STREETS. SOME VERY POWERFUL
MOMENTS TODAY.
MOMENTS TODAY. PEOPLE EXPRESSING
PEOPLE EXPRESSING THEIR FRUSTRATING, THEIR
SADNESS, THEIR ANGER.
BUT THEN
BUT THEN
BUT THEN AFTER SEVERAL HOURS, IT DID
START TO GET TENSE.
AND WHEN IT
DID, THINGS +@WENT SIDEWAYS PREY
QUICKLY.
QUICKLY.
QUICKLY. TIFFANY WAS AT
THAT RALLY ALL DAY LONG TONIGHT.
TODAY.
TODAY.
TODAY. AND WOULDN'T YOU AGREE,
IT WAS PEACEFUL, PEACEFUL,
PE+@ACEFUL.
PE+@ACEFUL. AND THEN ALL OF A
SUDDEN IT, J+@UAN.
AND IT WENT
SOUTH VERY FAST.
>> Reporter: YEAH, IT WENT SOUTH
VE+@RY, VERY Q+@UICKLY.
AND ACTUALLY
AND ACTUALLY IT GOT VERY DANGEROUS VERY
QUICKLY.
QUICKLY.
QUICKLY. RIGHT NOW WE ARE
ACTUALLY JUST OUTSIDE OF
DOWNTOWN DALLAS OFF RIVERFRONT.
THE STATION HAS MADE THE
DECISION TO TAKE US OUT OF THE
RIOTS AND THE PROTESTS TO KEEP
US SAFE.
US SAFE.
US SAFE. BECAUSE LIKE YOU
MENTIONED, WE EXPERIENCED THAT
TEARGAS.
TEARGAS.
TEARGAS. AND IT WAS EXTREMELY
PAINFUL AND VERY, VERY
EXHAUSTING TOO.
EXHAUSTING TOO. BUT I DO WANT TO
WALK YOU GUYS THROUGH WHAT I+@ W
TODAY.
TODAY.
TODAY. WE'LL SHOW YOU SOME OF
THIS VIDEO FROM EARLIER TODAY.
IT STARTED OFF AS PEACEFUL
PROTESTS AROUND 1:00 THIS
AFTERNOON.
AFTERNOON. PEOPLE WERE VOICING
THEIR OPINION, THEY WERE ASKING
FOR CHANGE.
FOR CHANGE. AND THEY'RE
AND THEY'RE FRUSTRATED BY WHAT HAPPENED IN
THE MINNEAPOLIS.
THE MINNEAPOLIS. AND IN HONOR OF
GEORGE FLOYD AND THOSE BEFORE
HIM, THE PROTESTORS MARCHED
AROUND DOWNTOWN ACTUALL
TIMES.
TIMES.
TIMES. AND THEY HELD SIGNS WITH
NAMES THAT WE ARE FAMILIAR WITH,
AND THEY CHANTED.
NO JUSTICE, NO
PEACE.
PEACE.
PEACE. THEY CHANTED BLACK LIVES
MATTER.
MATTER.
MATTER. THAT WAS AROUND 1:00.
IT
IT
IT REMAINED A PEACEFUL PROTEST.
AND
AND
AND IT
AND IT WAS ABOUT TO WRAP UP.
THE
THE
THE ORGANIZERS SAID THIS IS COMING
TO AN END.
YOU CAN STAY IF YOU
WANT.
WANT.
WANT. +@
+@
+@ THAT
+@ THAT IS WHEN THINGS
STARTED TO GET DANGEROUS.
TENSION WAS HIGH.
AND PEOPLE
AND PEOPLE WERE LIT UP.
AND I WAS THERE
TAKING PHOTOS OF GRAFFITI I SA+W
AT CITY HALL WHEN PEOPLE STARTED
KICKING T+@HE POLICE UNITS,
SLAMMING THE WINDOWS WHILE COPS
WERE IN IT.
AND POLICE WERE IN
FULL RIOT GEAR AND THEY WEREN'T
TAKING ANY OF THIS.
SO THEY
SO THEY
SO THEY STARTED THROWING TEARGAS.
WE
WE
WE HEAR+@D A LOT OF FLASH-BANGS.
AND
AND
AND SOME
AND SOME RUBBER BULLETS WERE USED.
S.W.A.T.
S.W.A.T.
S.W.A.T. CAME IN.
CAME IN.
CAME IN. AND WE
AND WE
AND WE WITNESSED SEVERAL PEOPLE GETTING
ARRESTED AS THEY TRIED TO CLEAR
THAT CITY HALL AREA.
I'LL BE
I'LL BE
I'LL BE HONEST, WE ARE PRET EXHAUSTED
FROM, PRETTY EXHAUSTED FROM LAST
NIGHT'S PROTESTS AND RIOTS AND
LOOTING.
LOOTING.
LOOTING. TODAY WE THOUGHT IT WAS
GONNA BE PEACEFUL BUT QUICKLY
TURNED VIOLENT.
TURNED VIOLENT. SO WE JUST HOPE
THAT THE REST OF TONIGHT'S
PROTESTORS WHO ARE OUT THERE,
TRYING TO MAKE A CHANGE AND
USING THEIR VOICES.
WE HOPE THAT
IT REMAINS PEACEFUL TONIGHT.
JASON?
JASON?
JASON? >>
JASON? >> WE KNOW THAT THE DARK OF
NIGHT DOES COMP+@LICATE THINGS R
POLICE.
POLICE.
POLICE. WE HAVE SEEN SOME MORE
DAMAGE.
DAMAGE.
DAMAGE. IN THE DOWNTOWN AND
UPTOWN AREAS.
UPTOWN AREAS. AND I DO HAVE TO
ASK YOU+@, YOU MENTIONED SOME OF
THE GRAFFITI YOU SAW.
WE HAVEN+@'T
WE HAVEN+@'T SEEN THOSE PICTURES.
IT WAS
IT WAS
IT WAS PROFANE STUFF.
PROFANE STUFF. IT'S NOT LIKE YOU
CAN BROADCAST THAT STUFF OUT,
BUT WAS IT FAIRLY SUBSTANTIAL?
>> Reporter: IT WASN'T TOO MUCH.
I SAW TWO OR THREE.
IT REALLY
IT REALLY
IT REALLY DID RAISE AN ISSUE OF A BIGGER
PROBLEM,+@ I GUESS.
PEOPLE ARE
PEOPLE ARE FRUSTRATED WITH CONGRESS AND THE
PRESIDENT AND THEY EXPRESSED
THAT ON THE WALLS OUTSIDE OF
CITY HALL.
THAT ON THE WALLS OUTSIDE OF CITY HALL.+@
CITY HALL.+@ AND THE PLACE WAS
JUST KINDA TRASHED.
AFTER HAVING
AFTER HAVING 1,000 PEOPLE THERE, IT'S
EXPECTED TO BE PRETTY MESSY.
THEY WERE TRYING TO CLEAR PEOPLE
OUT OF THAT AREA.
AND THEN I SAW
THE SECOND GRAFFITI OUT THERE.
BICK RED MARKS ALONG THE WALL.
>> I LIKE HOW+@ YOU PASSED ALONG
THE GIST OF WHAT THEY WERE
SAYING TO IT.
+@AND OF COURSE
CLEANING IT UP HERE FOR OUR
BROADCAST AUDIENCE TONIGHT,
TIFFANY.
TIFFANY.
TIFFANY. THANK YOU FOR THAT.
THAT OBVIOUSLY IS GONNA HAVE TO
BE CLEANED UP.
A MOMENT +@AGO, YOU
WERE LOOKING AT HD CHOPPER 8
VIDEO OF THAT CONTINUING.
IT'S A
IT'S A
IT'S A ROVING PROTEST AT THIS POINT.
IT
IT
IT LOOKS
IT LOOKS LIKE ONE OF THE STREETS
THAT THEY WERE ON JUST A SECOND
AGO LOOKED A L+@ITTLE SMOKY.
BUT
BUT
BUT WE
BUT WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT IS.
WE
WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT IS. WE+@
WE+@
WE+@ DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S SOMETHING
THAT MAYBE PROTESTORS ARE
SETTING OFF.
SETTING OFF. I GOT MY FIRST TWO
SIGNIFICANT WHIFFS OF TEARGAS IN
MY LIFE AS I WAS FORAGING FOR
DINNER IN DOWNTOWN DALLAS
TONIGHT.
TONIGHT.
TONIGHT. EVEN JUST WALKING
AROUND, MANY, MANY BLOCKS AWAY
FROM WHERE THINGS WERE ACTUALLY
HAPPENING.
HAPPENING. IF YOU CAUGHT THE
WIND JUST RIGHT, YOU WILL
DEFINITELY TAKE IT IN.
AND
AND
AND YOU'LL KNOW THAT IT'S TEARGAS
WHEN IT HAPPENS.
>>> ERIC ALVAREZ HAS BEEN
MONITORING THE SITUATION
TONIGHT.
TONIGHT.
TONIGHT. YOU WERE RIGHT DOWN
THERE, SPEAK HAVE GONE TE+@ARGA,
GETTING YOUR TASTE OF IT TODAY
AS WELL AT THAT PROTEST AT CITY
HALL TODAY, ERIC.
WHERE ARE YOU
NOW, AND WHAT HAVE YOU SEEN?
>> Reporter: I AM ADJUST TO THE
WEST OF DOWNTOWN DALLAS.
>> Reporter: I AM ADJUST TO THE WEST OF DOWNTOWN DALLAS.+@
AND I
AND I
AND I CAN
AND I CAN TELL YOU RIGHT NOW, EVERY
FEW MINUTES OR SO, YOU CAN HEAR
THE POLICE SIRENS, THE
HELICOPTERS.
HELICOPTERS. THE FLASHING LIGHTS
MAKING THEIR WAY AROUND THE
PERIMETER.
PERIMETER. AND IF SOCIA+@L MEDIA
IS ANY INDICATION, THINGS ARE
ONLY GETTING MORE AND MORE TENSE
ON THE OTHER SIDE.
+@THIS VIDEO
+@THIS VIDEO POSTED TO THE SNAPCHAT PUBLIC
STORY SHOWS PROTESTORS MAKING
THEIR WAY THROUGH BROKEN WINDOWS
AT A DOWNTOWN CVS.
THE TIMESTAMP
THE TIMESTAMP INDICATES THE VIDEO WAS TAKEN AT
8:45 PM.
8:45 PM.
8:45 PM. YOU CAN SEE OTHER
PEOPLE CLIMBING IN AND OUT OF
THE STORE AS ONLOOKERS CHEER.
WE'VE TOLD YOU ABOUT THE REPORTS
OF PEOPLE BLOCKING INTERSTATES.
ONE USER POSTED THIS VIDE+@O,
GIVING THEIR PERSPECTIVE.
YOU
YOU
YOU CAN
YOU CAN SEE EXACTLY HOW IT LOOKS.
CARS AND TRUCKS STOPPED+@
COMP+@LETELY BECAUSE OF THE
PROTES+@TORS.
PROTES+@TORS. I ALSO SA+@W ONE POST
+@SHOWING SMASHED WINDOWS AT A
SUBWAY RESTAURANT.
SUBWAY RESTAURANT. AND A COUPLE
OF VIDEOS POSTED TO SNAPCHAT
FROM PROTESTORS' POINT OF VIEW
AS THEY ARE APPROACHING A LINE
OF POLICE OFFICERS.
HOWEVER, I
HOWEVER, I HAVE NOT SEEN ANY VIDEOS POSTED
TO SOCIAL MEDIA THAT SHOW ANY
+@INTERACTIONS OR CONFRONT ACHES
BETWEEN PR+@OTESTORS AND THE
POLICE.
POLICE.
POLICE. >> WE ARE SEEING MORE AND+@ MORE
POLICE. >> WE ARE SEEING MORE AND+@ MOR@
POSTS CONTINUE TO COME IN AS THE
NIGHT GOES ON.
>> SORRY TO INTERRUPT YOU THERE.
YOU DID SEE QUITE A FEW ARRESTS
OUT AT CITY HALL EARLIER TODAY.
AND OF COURSE YOU ALSO SAY THAT
RUBBER BULLET BEING OUTSIDE R
USED ON ONE OF THE PROTESTORS,
WHOM WE THINK IS OKAY.
>> Reporter: YEAH, BASED ON WHAT
WE SAW, WE WERE ABLE TO SEE THE
YOUNG MAN HE WANT GOT UP AFTER
BEING HIT+@ WITH THE RUBBER
BULLET.
BULLET.
BULLET. HE WAS WALKING, TALK
WELCOME HIS FRIENDS.
HE W
HE W
HE W OUT
HE W OUT OF VIEW.
HE APPEARED TO BE
ALL RIGHT AS HE WALKED OFF.
THAT
THAT
THAT INCIDENT HAPPENED A FEW MINUTES
AFTER THE POLICE WERE ABLE TO
DISPERSE THE CROWD.
AND THE FEW
PEOPLE THAT REMAINED IN THE AREA
AFTER THEY WERE TOLD, ONE OF THE
OFFICERS SAID THIS IS YOUR LAST
CHANCE.
CHANCE.
CHANCE. +@
CHANCE. +@AND THE PEOPLE THAT
REMAINED THERE, MANY OF THEM, I
SAW AT LEAST A DOZEN PEOPLE
ARRESTED JUST ON THE ONE SIDE OF
CITY HALL.
CITY HALL. +@
CITY HALL. +@AND THEN OF COURSE
THAT YOUNG MAN DID GET HIT
SOMEWHERE IN THE LOWER BODY BY
THAT RUBBER BULLET.
HE DID GET
UP, HE DID WALK AWAY.
HE WAS
HE WAS
HE WAS TALK WELCOME HIS FRIENDS.
HOPEFULLY HE IS ALL RIGHT.
BUT
BUT
BUT WE
BUT WE DON'T KNOW THE EXTE
THOSE INJURIES.
THOSE INJURIES. >> A NOTE TO PROTESTORS WHEN
THEY GET GET THAT FINAL WARNING