>> YEAH.
THE VIDEO IS JUST UNDENYIABLEUND
NOTHING ELSE TO SAY ABOUT IT.
>> HORRID.
>> JOINING US, NBC NEWS CRITICAL
REPORTER SHAQUILLE BREWSTER.
WHAT ARE YOU SEEING ON THE
GROUND?
WE SAW THE THIRD PRECINCT
BURNING.
WE SHOWED LIVE PICTURES OF
BUILDINGS, CONTINUE TO BURN THIS
MORNING.
WHAT ARE YOU SEEING WHERE YOU
ARE?
>> Reporter: IT WAS ANOTHER DAY
OF LARGELY PEACEFUL PROTESTS
THAT THEN TURNED INTO THE
CLASHES.
LAST NIGHT, WE JUST SAW OPEN
RIOTING HERE ON THE STREETS OF
MINNEAPOLIS.
FOR FULL DISCLOSURE, OUR TEAM
PLANNED TO BE RIGHT THERE AT THE
THIRD POLICE PRECINCT WHERE THAT
FIRE HAPPENED.
WHEN WE PULLED UP THIS MORNING,
IT WAS STILL A VERY ACTIVE
SCENE.
THERE WERE STILL SEVERAL
BUILDINGS FULLY ENGULFED IN
FLAMES.
THERE WAS STILL A LOT OF PEOPLE
SHOOTING OFF FIREWORKS AT
DIFFERENT POINTS IN TIME.
IT WAS A VERY ACTIVE SCENE.
WE JUST PULLED OUT.
WE DIDN’T FEEL SAFE BEING THERE,
SO WE CAME ABOUT 6 MILES BACK
DOWNTOWN TO WHERE WE ARE NOW.
WHAT WE DO KNOW, THE MAYOR SPOKE
OVERNIGHT, JUST A COUPLE OF
HOURS AGO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE
TIME, AROUND 2:00 A.M.
WE HEARD FROM THE MAYOR WHO HAD
TOUGH WORDS FOR THE PROTESTERS.
HE ALSO RESPONDED TO WHAT YOU
GUYS WERE TALKING ABOUT, THE
TWEET FROM THE PRESIDENT.
LET’S PULL UP THAT TWEET ONE
MORE TIME.
THE PRESIDENT FIRST STARTS BY
SAYING THAT -- HE’S TALKING
ABOUT THE SITUATION.
HE’S RESPONDING TO THE DRAMATIC
IMAGES.
HE SAYS, I CAN’T STAND BACK AND
WATCH THIS HAPPEN TO A GREAT
AMERICAN CITY, MINNEAPOLIS.
HE THEN GOES INTO A FULL ON
ATTACK ON THE MAYOR HERE, SAYING
HE IS A RADICAL, LEFT-WING
DEMOCRAT.
THEN HE GOES INTO THE SECOND
TWEET.
IT’S THE SECOND TWEET WE HAVE TO
NOTE THAT TWITTER PUTS UP A
WARNER BEFORE YOU CAN SEE IT.
YOU HAVE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT IT
IS A TWEET THAT’S SENSITIVE
BEFORE YOU CAN EVEN VIEW IT WHEN
YOU’RE ON THE APP.
IN THAT TWEET, HE THREATENS TO
SEND IN THE NATIONAL GUARD,
WHICH HAS BEEN ALREADY ACTIVATED
BY THE GOVERNOR.
WE KNOW 500 GUARDSMEN HAVE BEEN
ACTIVATED.
HE WRITES, THE THUGS ARE
DISHONORING THE MEMORY OF GEORGE
FLOYD, AND I WON’T LET THAT
HAPPEN.
HE SAYS HE HAD A CONVERSATION
WITH THE GOVERNOR.
THEN ADDS, ANY DIFFICULTY, AND
WE WILL ASSUME CONTROL.
WHEN THE LOOTING STARTS, THE
SHOOTING STARTS.
HE SAYS, WHEN THE LOOTING
STARTS, THE SHOOTING STARTS.
THAT’S A LINE THAT HAS A LOT OF
SIGNIFICANCE, EVEN WHEN PUT IN
HISTORICAL CONTEXT.
THE MAY
MAYOR FREY RESPONDED TO THAT
EARLIER.
>> WEAKNESS IS REFUSING TO TAKE
RESPONSIBILITY FOR YOUR OWN
ACTIONS.
WEAKNESS IS POINTING YOUR FINGER
AT SOMEBODY ELSE DURING A TIME
OF CRISIS.
DONALD TRUMP KNOWS NOTHING ABOUT
THE STRENGTH OF MINNEAPOLIS.
WE ARE STRONG AS HELL.
IS THIS A DIFFICULT TIME PERIOD?
YES.
BUT YOU BETTER BE DAMN SURE THAT
WE’RE GOING TO GET THROUGH THIS.
>> Reporter: I HAVE TO ADD THAT,
IN MY CONVERSATIONS WITH
PROTESTERS, THEY HAVE ALL
EMPHASIZED THAT, YES, THEY DON’T
LIKE THE RIOTING THAT YOU’RE
SEEING, BUT THEIR MAIN PRIORITY
IS THEY WANT TO SEE THE OFFICER
WHO HAD HIS KNEE ON THE NECK OF
MR. FLOYD, UNTIL HE NO LONGER
WAS RESPONSIVE AND NO LONGER HAD
A PULSE, ACCORDING TO THE EMS
RECORDS, THEY WANT TO SEE THAT
OFFICER ARRESTED.
THAT’S THEIR BOTTOM LINE.
UNTIL THAT HAPPENS, THEY PLAN ON
CONTINUING TO DEMONSTRATE.
HOPEFULLY AVOIDING WHAT WE SAW
LAST NIGHT, BUT THEY CONTINUE TO
PLAN -- THEY CONTINUE TO HAVE
THE PLANS FOR THOSE
DEMONSTRATIONS.
WILLIE?
>> SHAQ, WE WERE TALKING A FEW
MINUTES AGO ABOUT THE HENNEPIN
COUNTY ATTORNEY, WHO SAYS HE HAS
TO MOVE SLOWLY AND INVESTIGATE
ALL THE EVIDENCE, WHICH IS HIS
JOB.
HE ALSO SAID, "THERE IS EVIDENCE
THAT DOES NOT SUPPORT A CRIMINAL
CHARGE."
HE COUCHED THAT LATER IN A
STATEMENT FROM HIS OFFICE.
DO WE HAVE ANY SENSE FOR WHAT
HE’S TALKING ABOUT THERE, THAT
THERE IS EVIDENCE THAT WE HAVE
NOT SEEN, THAT DOES NOT SUPPORT
A CRIMINAL CHARGE IN THE DEATH
OF GEORGE FLOYD?
>> Reporter: NO.
HE HAD TO CLARIFY THAT
STATEMENT.
LET’S JUST START WITH HOW
UNUSUAL THAT IS.
WE HAVE THE STATEMENT COME AND
THE PRESS CONFERENCE COME FROM
THE FBI.
REMEMBER, IN THIS CASE, THERE IS
BOTH THE FEDERAL INVESTIGATION
AND THEN THIS IS ALSO IN THE
HANDS OF THE STATE
INVESTIGATORS.
EITHER OF THOSE TWO BODIES CAN
GO AHEAD AND MAKE CHARGES AND
ACT ON WHAT THEY FIND.
THERE WAS THAT PRESS CONFERENCE
THAT WAS DELAYED FOR SEVERAL
MINUTES.
IT WAS ABOUT 90 MINUTES TO TWO
HOURS, WHERE THE PRESS
CONFERENCE WAS DELAYED.
THE ATTORNEY CAME OUT AND SAID
THAT ONE OF THE REASONS WHY IT
WAS DELAYED IS THEY THOUGHT THEY
WERE GOING TO HAVE SOME OTHER
ANNOUNCEMENT THEY COULD ACT ON.
IT IS NOT CLEAR WHAT HE WAS
REFERRING TO.
HE CAME OUT AND CLARIFIED HIS
STATEMENTS.
IT’S JUST NOT CLEAR EXACTLY WHAT
HAPPENED WITH THAT.
AGAIN, WHAT THE PROTESTERS
CONTINUE TO SAY IS, THAT VIDEO,
THE TEN-MINUTE LONG FACEBOOK
VIDEO THAT WENT VIRAL, THAT IS
ALL YOU NEED TO SEE.
THEY SAY YOU DON’T NEED ANY MORE
EVIDENCE BEYOND THAT.
THAT SHOULD BE ENOUGH TO ARREST
THE OFFICERS.
THAT’S THE MESSAGE THEY CONTINUE
TO SAY IN MY CONVERSATIONS WITH