TO LEAVE THEM THAT EXIT
BACK TO UGS BANK STADIUM.
THEY ARE IN A DEAD SPRINT
RIGHT NOW OVER HERE AND RUNNING
TOWARDS BOBBY & STEVE'S CAR
WASH, PEOPLE ARE FAMILIAR WITH
IT.
THEY ARE TRYING TO GET OUT OF
HERE AND I DON'T KNOW IF THE
POLICE IS LEAVING THEM AN EXIT.
THAT'S AS CLOSE AS WE HAVE SEEN
TO VIOLENCE HERE.
NOW THEY ARE STARTING TO THROW
WATER BOTTLES AT THE POLICE.
, WHICH WOULD BE CONSIDERED
FAIRLY HARMLESS, PLASTIC
BOTTLES OF WATER.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WOULD SAY
ANYTHING ON THE POLICE SIDE.
THEY HAVE THEM PINCHED ON THE
POLICE SIDE BECAUSE THEY ARE
TRYING TO GET OUT ON THE OTHER
SIDE OF BOBBY & STEVE'S.
THEY ARE JUMPING THE FENCE
BACK TO THE HIGHWAY.
I DON'T KNOW IF THEY CAN GO
THERE, BUT THEY DON'T KNOW THAT
BECAUSE AS YOU JUMP THE FENCE,
THEY CAN'T SEE WHAT'S ON THE
OTHER SIDE.
NOW THEY ARE COMING BACK HERE.
THEY ARE OBVIOUSLY PINCHED ON
THAT SIDE BECAUSE THEY ARE
COMING BACK ON THE FENCE FROM
THAT SIDE AS WELL.
AND THEY HAVE GOT NO ROOM HERE.
THEY ARE GOING TO START
SHOOTING RUBBER BULLETS IN A
SECOND.
THEY ARE DRAWN.
YEAH, YOU MIGHT WANT TO GET
OUT OF THERE
YEAH, NOBODY KNOWS WHAT'S
COMING NEXT.
BUT THEY HAVE GOT EVERYBODY
BLOCKED.
.
WE ARE IN THE GARAGE AND
SAFE.
.
HERE IS A LIVE AERIAL VIEW
OF WHAT YOU ARE EXPERIENCING AT
BOBBY & STEVE'S, WHERE THOSE
FOUR TOW TRUCKS ARE.
MIKE MAX IS LITERALLY INSIDE
EITHER THE CAR WASH OR THE AREA
THEY KEEP THE DUMPSTER.
THIS GROUP IS DISPERSING
QUICKLY.
THEY HAD NOWHERE TO GO.
YOU SAW SOME JUMP THE FENCE AND
SOME HEAD UP TOWARD THE TOP OF
YOUR SCREEN.
NOW THOSE SAME PEOPLE ARE
COMING BACK DOWN TOWARD THE
BOTTOM OF THE SCREEN.
POLICE HAVE WASHINGTON AVENUE
BLOCKED OFF, THE ON-RAMP AND
OFFRAMP OF 35W BLOCKED OFF.
NOW THIS GROUP HERE ON THE
INTERSTATE BEGAN ABOUT 8:04.
NOW IT'S 8:42.
I HAVE SOMETHING TO TELL
YOU.
THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE SAY THIS
GROUP WILL NOT BE ARRESTED.
THEY WERE IN A PEACEFUL
PROTEST.
THEY GOT TRAPPED.
SO THEY HAVE 30 MINUTES TO
CLEAR OUT
WHAT'S REMARKABLE ABOUT THAT
IS YOU SAW THE TWEET FROM THE
POLICE SAYING THEY WILL
DISFUSION AND NOW A TWEET FROM
THE GOVERNOR.
STATE PATROL, IT WASN'T
GOVERNOR.
STATE PATROL.
EVERYTHING IS BEING MADE IN
ST. PAUL.
SO THAT'S INTERESTING BECAUSE
IT'S JUST REMARKABLE THAT THEY
ARE LETTING THEM DO THIS.
THIS IS JUST SUCH A DIFFERENT
TENOR AND FEEL.
WE HAVE DESIGNATED YOU A
PEACEFUL GROUP.
WE SAW YOU ARE TRY TO BE
PEACEFUL.
WE FEEL BAD ABOUT THE INCIDENT
WITH THE TRUCKER AND WE ARE
GIVING YOU A WAY TO LEAVE.
MAYBE WE SPOKE TOO SOON BECAUSE
NOW WE SEE FROM OUR SKY 4 SHOT
THEY HAVE GOT THEM CORRALLED
AND TEAR GAS ON THE UPPER PART
OF THE SCREEN.
THEY HAVE NOWHERE TO GO TO THE
LEFT.
MAYBE THEY ARE NOT
COMMUNICATING BECAUSE WE HAVE
FIRST STATE OFFICIALS SAYING
IT, SO WHO KNOWS IF THIS HAS
BEEN COMMUNICATED OR WHAT
HAPPENED THERE BECAUSE CLEARLY
THEY ARE THROWING TEAR GAS NOW.
AND WE ARE STUCK, SO WE
CAN'T HEAR ANYTHING.
THE INTERESTING THING IS WE SAW
THIS YESTERDAY.
IN BATTLE TIME THEY CALL IT THE
FOG OF WAR.
JUST SO MUCH CONFUSION.
PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND TO GET
ORDER.
SEEMS LIKE THERE IS A DIRECTION
FROM LEADERSHIP SAYING LET
THESE PEOPLE GET OUT OF HERE.
HAS THAT BEEN COMMUNICATED?
I DON'T KNOW.
AND WE DON'T NEED TO
SPECULATE ABOUT THAT.
WE CAN TELL YOU PHYSICALLY WHAT
IS HAPPENING IN FRONT OF US.
THIS GROUP HAS GONE BACK AND
FORTH TWICE.
ONCE OVER WASHINGTON AVENUE
TOWARD BOBBY & STEVE'S AND NOW
THEY ARE COMING BACK AND OUR
REPORTER IS IN A GARAGE IN A
TRASH BIN WITH ABOUT 12
PROTESTERS AND THESE FOLKS --
OBVIOUSLY THEY SAID THEY ARE
GOING TO DEFY THE ORDER AFTER
8:00 AND NOW THERE IS ANOTHER
FLASH AND CHASING THEM BACK THE
OTHER WAY.
WHAT IS THE END GAME?
ARE THEY WEARING THEM OUT?
YOU HAVE TO KIND OF WONDER,
UNLESS THEY ARE GOING TO CORNER
THEM AND SURROUND THE GROUP AND
ARREST AS MANY AS THEY CAN.
BUT THE STATE PATROL GOVERNMENT
ORDER THAT SAYS WE ARE GOING TO
LET THESE PEOPLE GO.
WE DON'T KNOW IF IT'S PLAGUE
OUT ON SUNDAY MAY 31ST OR NOT.
BUT WE DO KNOW THIS GROUP THAT
IS TRYING TO GO BACK AND FORTH
TRYING TO FIND A ROOM TO
ESCAPE.
LET'S GO TO MAXY.
WHAT'S GOING ON?
THEY PINCHED EVERYBODY IN.
BEHIND US IS THE FIRST LINE OF
THE STATE PATROL AND, TOM, IF
YOU CAN COME OVER HERE, THIS IS
PRETTY IMPRESSIVE.
THEY ARE WALKING CLOSELY AND
ASKING US TO STAY BACK, THERE
IS AN HUMV IN FRONT OF THEM.
THEY ARE WITH THE STATE PATROL
AND A POLICE HUMV BEHIND THEM
AND THEY HAVE MASKS AND CLUBS
AND SUFFICE TO SAY THE PICTURES
TELL THE STORY.
THEY NOW HAVE A GROUP OF
PROTESTERS PINCHED INSIDE THERE
AND THE QUESTION IS WHAT DO
THEY WANT TO DO WITH THEM?
I DON'T KNOW.
THEY HAVE GOT THEM.
THEY USED TEAR GAS BEFORE.
I DON'T KNOW IF THEY ARE GOING
TO TRY TO MAKE THIS -- IF THEY
ARE GOING TO ALLOW PEOPLE TO GO
BACK TO THEIR HOMES TO THEIR
CARS?
TOM IS GOING TO GIVE US A
BETTER SHOT.
THEY ARE ON THE FENCE UP
AGAINST BOBBY AND STEVE'S AUTO
WORLD.
MAXY.
I SEE A POLICE OFFICER IS
GIVING SOME COMMANDS AND YOU
CAN'T TELL WHAT THOSE ARE.
SO I CAN'T EXACTLY SEE WHAT YOU
SEE BECAUSE I HAVE -- TOM IS UP
SHOOTING.
I WILL LET YOU DESCRIBE WHAT
YOU SEE.
I SEE A BUNCH OF OFFICERS
GOING OVER THERE.
BEFORE WE SAW THE PROTESTERS
RUNNING BACK AND FORTH. WE
WERE CONFUSED BECAUSE WE WERE
TOLD THEY WEREN'T GOING TO
ARREST BECAUSE THEY ARE A
PEACEFUL PROTEST.
BUT IT DOESN'T LOOK THAT WAY.
YOU CAN SEE THEY ARE NOW
SURROUNDING BOBBY & STEVE'S.
THERE IS A FENCE AND SOME THINK
THEY CAN GET OUT THAT WAY.
IF THEY JUMP, THEY WILL
ENCOUNTER POLICE OFFICERS.
THEY WERE THROWING BOTTLES OF
WATT TORE THE POLICE.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT TRIGGERED
ANYTHING, IF THAT WAS A PART OF
IT OR IF THAT CHANGEDED THE
TENOR, BUT THEY HAVE HAD WAVES
COMING IN AND FLAT OUT
CONTROLLED THIS SCENE AND LEFT
LITTLE ROOM FOR PROTESTERS.
THEY CAN'T ESCAPE.
NOW WE HAVE THE SHERIFF'S
DEPARTMENT.
THIS IS THE THIRD WAVE WE HAVE
SEEN AND BEHIND THEM, TOM,
LET'S SEE, WE HAVE GOT SOME
HUMV'S AND VEHICLES.
THAT'S A FOURTH LINE.
SOME ARE COMING IN THE FORM OF
CARS AND HUMV'S, THEY ARE
COMING IN.
DON'T KNOW WHAT THE STRATEGY OR
PLAN IS HERE, BUT PRETTY SOON
IT'S PRETTY TIGHT QUARTERS FOR
ANY PROTESTERS LEFT TO TRY TO
MAKE A MOVE BECAUSE THERE IS
NOWHERE TO GO.
JUST TOO MANY BODIES.
YOU SEE POLICE OFFICERS GETTING
OUT OF THEIR CARS.
THEY HAVE A STAGING AREA BACK
THERE WHERE THEY HAVE EVEN
MORE.
SO THEY ARE VERY COMMITTED TO
THIS MISSION AND THIS CAUSE.
I DON'T KNOW IF THEY IDENTIFIED
THIS AS ONE OF THE HOT SPOTS
TONIGHT.
THEY HAVE NO OPTIONS OF MINUTES
THEY HAVE NOWHERE TO GO.
OF COURSE THESE FOLKS ARE
COMMITTED.
THEY ARE HERE BECAUSE OF THE
DEATH OF MR. FLOYD ON MONDAY
EVENING AND THEY MADE SOME
CONSCIOUS DECISIONS TO SAY WE
WANT TO BE CIVILLY DISOBEDIENT
AND THEY ARE PRACTICING THAT
RIGHT.
THESE ARE -- OTHER FOLKS
COMMITTED TO THE CAUSE.
WE SAW THEY MIGHT BE WILLING TO
GO TO JAIL IN THE EFFORT OF
WHAT THEY ARE DOING, TRYING TO
SEEK SOME CHANGE.
THIS IS A BIG LINE OF LAW
ENFORCEMENT, LITERALLY CIRCLING
THEM.
YOU HEARD THE TERM CIRCLE THE
WAGONS.
THIS IS CIRCLE THE POLICE
OFFICERS SURROUNDING ALL THESE
PROTESTERS DEAD CENTER IN YOUR
SCREEN RIGHT NOW.
MAXY, IT SAYS IF YOU CAN
TALK TO US, HAVE YOU FOUND OUT
ANYTHING ELSE, MAXY?
YOU CAN SEE IT.
THERE IS PROTESTERS IN THE
MIDDLE.
THEY ARE SITTING DOWN.
SOME HAVE BICYCLES.
THEY ARE NOT GOING ANYWHERE.
THAT'S THE BOTTOM LINE AND THEY
ARE GOING TO HAVE TO CHOOSE HOW
THEY EXIT HERE.
BUT YOU CAN SEE THIS.
THEY ARE SLOWLY WALKING IN.
IS THAT TEAR GAS?
I CAN'T TELL FOR SURE.
AND THERE IS ANOTHER WAVE OF
POLICE OFFICERS COMING BEHIND
THEM AND I CAN SEE THEM RIGHT
NOW.
THEY HAVE BILLY CLUBS AND
WALKING IN FROM BEHIND.
THEY HAVE DONE THIS EACH AND
EVERY STEP.
THEY COME AND GET TO THE LINE.
THEY DON'T INCITE ANYTHING AND
DON'T TRY TO ENGAGE THE
PROTESTERS IN ANY KIND OF
VERBAL OR ANYTHING ELSE.
THEY JUST STAND THEIR LINE AND
EVENTUALLY THEY MOVE AGAIN AND
BEHIND THEM KEEP COMING MORE
ENFORCEMENTS AND HUMV'S AND
EVERYTHING ELSE.
THIS IS AN INCREDIBLY WELL
ORCHESTRATED THING.
IF IT WAS TO PINCH THEM INTO
ONE SPOT, THIS IS AN INCREDIBLY
EFFICIENT AND EFFECTIVE PLAN.
WE HAVE SEEN NO REAL VIOLENCE
SO FAR AND YET THEY HAVEN'T
LEFT THE PROTESTERS A CHOICE.
THEY DID GIVE THEM TIME EARLIER
ON TO DISPERSE AND GO HOME.
I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S THEIR
INTENT ON ARRESTING THESE KIDS.
THERE IS A BULL HORN GOING NOW
AND I'M NOT SURE WHO IS
TALKING.
.
CAN YOU HEAR WHAT THEY ARE
SAYING, MAXY?
I DIDN'T HEAR IF THEY ARE
GIVING THEM THAT OPTION OR NOT?
.
HANG ON A SECOND HERE.
IT'S NOT A HUGE GROUP COMPARED
TO WHAT WE SAW EARLIER IN THE
DAY.
IT'S WHAT'S LEFT.
SOME OF THEM REALLY JUST GOT
CAUGHT AND TRIED TO GET OUT
HERE AND TOO LATE.
THEY WERE PINCHING EVERY ANGLE.
OTHER PEOPLE WERE ABLE TO GET
OUT EARLIER.
THERE WAS NOT AS MANY PEOPLE
THAT THEY NOW HAVE SURROUNDED
AS THERE WERE EARLIER ON.
FIND OUT IF THERE WAS SOME
MISCOMMUNICATION BECAUSE WHAT
WE HEARD CALLING INTO OUR
OFFICE, STATE OFFICIALS SAYING
THAT THESE WERE PEACEFUL
PROTESTERS, GIVE THEM 30
MINUTES TO GET OUT.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WAS 30
MINUTES FROM 8:00.
FRANK AND AMELIA, THIS IS
WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE WHEN YOU GET
ARRESTED.
YEP.
AND THOSE WERE SOME THAT
TRIED TO GET OUT.
.
MIKE FROM SKY 4, YOU SEE A
GROUP TO THE LEFT.