WE'RE WATCHING KOIN 6 NEWS
AT 10 WATCHING OUT FOR YOU.
HOW IT 10 PROTESTERS ARE
GATHERING IN DOWNTOWN PORTLAND
NEAR THE JUSTICE CENTER
UNIFIED COMMAND IS ALREADY
WARNING THE GROUP TO KEEP THE
STREETS CLEAR AND THAT THERE
WILL BE A HEAVY POLICE
PRESENCE TONIGHT WELCOME TO
KOIN 6 NEWS AT 10 O'CLOCK I'M
WAYNE TONIGHT'S PROTEST COMES
AFTER A FULL DAY OF LEFT WING
AND RIGHT WING PROTESTS AND
COUNTER-PROTESTS IN THE ROSE
CITY. JENNIFER DALLY SHE IS
LIVE DOWNTOWN RIGHT NOW AND
JENNIFER WHAT CAN YOU TELL US
ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING THERE
TONIGHT RIGHT NOW.
WELL WAIT, IT'S A VERY
ACTIVE SCENE AS YOU CAN SEE
BEHIND ME THERE ARE HUNDREDS
OF PEOPLE HERE MAYBE 300
LIGHTS GOING ON THE FANS OVER
THERE THEY'VE BEEN DETAINING
PEOPLE AND TELLING THEM TO
CLEAR OUT OF SOUTHWEST 3RD
TELLING THEM THAT TRAFFIC
NEEDS TO FLOW ON THAT STREET.
SO THAT IS WHY THEY MADE THE
PUSH FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND
FROM THE THE MAKING OVER THE L
RAT. I WE HAVE SEEN AGAIN SOME
15 MINUTES THE CROWD IS
PERSISTENT THEY'RE NOT
LEAVING. SO THERE'S A A
STANDOFF GOING ON OUT HERE BY
THE JUSTICE CENTER TONIGHT AND
EARLIER TODAY OF COURSE WE HAD
ALL THE PROTESTS GOING ON IN
LAW ENFORCEMENT WAS DOING
DIFFERENT GROUPS RIGHT WING
LEFT WING AWAY FROM EACH
OTHER, SO THEY COULDN'T CLASH,
SEEMS LIKE THEY WERE PRETTY
SUCCESSFUL. WE HAVE TENDED
PROTESTS WHERE HUNDREDS
GATHERED PEACEFULLY AT
PENINSULA PART.
ACTIVISTS DIMITRIA HESTER
HAS BEEN PART OF SEVERAL
RECENT PROTESTS. SHE WAS
ASSAULTED BY JEREMY CHRISTIAN
THE DAY BEFORE HE WENT ON TO
STABBED 3 PEOPLE ON A MAX
TRAIN KILLING 2 TODAY TO TALK
ABOUT KEEPING THE BLACK LIVES
MATTER MOVEMENT GOING ME.
HE
HE'S BY AND I WANT TO FIGHT
ANYBODY BUT I THOUGHT MAYBE
SOME PEOPLE LIKE ME SHOULD
COME OUT. AND JUST SAY WHAT I
NEED TO SAY JERRY FOOT WORKED
AS A SCHOOL TEACHER FOR 25
YEARS AND HAS ALWAYS BEEN
AWARE OF HATE GROUPS BUT FEELS
MORE BOLD I'VE NEVER
WHITE-SUPREMACIST BE THIS
PLATE AND I WANT TO SAY NO AND
I WANT OUR CITY GOVERNMENT TO
KNOW.
THAT THEY NEED TO TO REIN
THAT IN AND NOT LET THEIR
POLICE COLLUDE WITH THEM
ANYMORE. NEARLY 1000 SHOWED UP
AT THE PARK, SOME OF THOSE
HERE MAKING A POLITICAL
STATEMENT IN COSTUME OTHERS
WANTED TO SPREAD SOME JOY LIKE
CESAR THE NO DRAMA LLAMA, A
LOCAL THERAPY ANIMAL WE ALSO
CAUGHT UP WITH FREDDIE A
LONGTIME PORTLAND RESIDENT
SELLING SHIRTS AS PART OF A
FUNDRAISER FOR UNITED WE STAND
A GROUP AT TUSKEGEE UNIVERSITY
WHICH HIS DAUGHTER IS A PART
OF THE STAND AGAINST INJUSTICE
AND VIOLENCE.
ALL THE MADNESS THAT WE SEE
THIS GOING ON AND THE COUNTRY.
HE WANTS PEOPLE TO SEE
PORTLAND AS A PLACE OF PEACE
INSTEAD OF JUST AN IMAGE OF
VIOLENCE. THAT'S BEEN REPORTED
NATIONALLY I HEAR THE PHONE
CONVERSATIONS THAT I HAVE WE
SOME OF THE CITIES.
IS PART OF REALLY THAT BAD
AS YOU'D LIKE WHAT DIDN'T ON
WORLD WAR 2 WAS GOING ON SHE
GOT YOU GUYS OK THEY PROMOTE
MOST OF THE VIOLENCE STUFF
THEY DON'T PUT OUT THE
PEACEFUL THINGS IS THAT.
AND BACK OUT HERE AGAIN AN
ACTIVE NIGHT. WE HAVE MUSIC
GOING BUT WE HAVE A HEAVY
POLICE PRESENCE OUT THERE
TRYING TO CLEAR THE STREETS
THEY TOLD PEOPLE THEY COULD
STAY ON THE SIDEWALKS OR IN
THE PARK FOR THE TIME BEING
ALSO WE'VE SEEN A LOT OF
ACTION AS FAR AS THOSE
DETAINMENT AND WE WANT TO
POINT OUT SOME VIDEO FROM
EARLIER IN THE NIGHT WHERE
THEY HAD SOMEONE TO TEEN IN
THE BACK OF ONE OF THEIR VANS
AND THAT PERSON ACTUALLY A
BUSTED OUT OF THE VAN AFTER
BEING IN THERE FOR A FEW
MINUTES IT TOOK OFF ON FOOT
RUNNING SEVERAL OFFICERS TOOK
OFF RUNNING AFTER THAT PERSON
THEY WENT FAST. THEY WENT DOWN
SOUTHWEST, 3RD AND DISAPPEARED
AND PEOPLE YELLING RUN. SO
IT'S BEEN A VERY UNUSUAL NIGHT
OUT HERE VERY PEOPLE REMAIN
OUT HERE THE PROTESTERS. STILL
AT THIS HOUR THE POLICE
ACTIVITY THERE HAVE BEEN
THREATS THAT CROWD CONTROL
MUNITIONS COULD BE USED IF
PEOPLE DON'T STOP DURING
PROJECT AISLES OR DON'T CLEAR
THE STREETS ON SOUTHWEST 3RD
HERE BACK TO YOU ALL RIGHT,
THANK YOU FOR THAT UPDATE
CERTAINLY A LOT HAPPENING DOWN
THERE TONIGHT. THANK YOU
JENNIFER.
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