THIS VIDEO WAS TAKEN
MOMENTS AGO WHEN MEMBERS OF
WCCO WERE BEING DETAINED BY
POLICE OFFICERS TO MAKE SURE
THEY ARE ACTUAL MEMBERS OF THE
PRESIDENT.
REGGIE CHATMAN WAS THERE.
HE JOINS US LIVE RIGHT NOW.
I CEDAREDGE, YOU ARE OKAY?
YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE AREA NOW?
ARE THEY LETTING YOU WALK
FREELY?
THAT IS RIGHT.
ME AND THE CREW ARE SAFE.
WE MADE IT HERE TO LUTHERAN
CHURCH OF THE MASTER.
AWAY FROM THE POLICE PRECINCT.
THIS IS THE SAFE HAVEN FOR
PEOPLE WHO WERE ABLE TO GET
AWAY AFTER THE STATE PATROL AND
MINNESOTA NATIONAL GUARD
BASICALLY COLLAPSED IN ON THE
PROTESTERS.
YOU CAN SEE ON THE RIGHT
SHOULDER THERE IS A LOT OF
POLICE ACTIVITY.
THEY ARE ARRESTING PEOPLE AS WE
SPEAK.
OVER MY LEFT SHOULDER IS THE
MINNESOTA NATIONAL GUARD
CUTTING OFF THE STREET KNOWING
THE SAFE AREA IS ON THE OTHER
SIDE OF THEIR LINE.
IF YOU LOOK BEHIND ME, I DON'T
KNOW IF WE CAN SWING BEHIND,
THESE ARE THE PEOPLE WHO MADE
IT OUT.
THESE ARE THE PEOPLE WHO GOT TO
THE SAFE PLACE RIGHT HERE AFTER
ALL OF THE CONFUSION OVER THERE
BY THE POLICE PRECINCT.
WE WERE TOLD TO DISPERSE MORE
THAN TWO TIMES.
AFTER THEY TRIED TO BREACH THE
FENCE AGAIN, THAT IS WHEN THEY
MOBILIZED.
YOU CAN SEE THE MINNESOTA
NATIONAL GUARD COMING FROM THE
CELL.
THE STATE TROOPERS COMING FROM
THE NORTH.
ALL OF THOSE PEOPLE IN THERE
THAT HAD A CARS OR PROPERTY
THERE WERE BARBECUE GRILLS,
THERE WERE A LOT OF DIFFERENT
CARS AND SUVS.
THEY ARE STUCK IN THEIR.
THOSE PEOPLE MORE THAN LIKELY
THEIR CARS WILL BE DETAINED.
THEY WILL BE DETAINED.
WE DID GET THE ORDER TO
DISPERSE MORE THAN ONCE FROM
THE PEOPLE INSIDE OF THE
BROOKLYN CENTER POLICE
DEPARTMENT.
WE ARE ALL SAFE.
IT IS THIS I.D THAT GOT US OUR
FREEDOM.
WE ARE THANKFUL FOR THAT.
DON'T KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE WILL
BE ARRESTED TONIGHT BUT IT WAS
A VERY PEACEFUL NIGHT UNTIL THE
LAST HALF AN HOUR WHEN THINGS
GOT OUT OF CONTROL.
THIS WAS ALSO ONE OF THE
THE PAST 5 OR 6 DAYS.
IT REALLY WAS.
THERE WERE ABOUT 1000
THEY WERE EXERCISING THEIR
FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS TO
PROTEST.
IT WAS PEACEFUL AT THE
BEGINNING OF THE PROTEST.
THERE WERE A LOT OF MINISTERS
FROM ALL OVER THE TWIN CITIES
OUT THERE.
THEY PRAYED FOR THE PROTESTERS.
IT WAS MORE OF A JOVIAL TYPE OF
FIELD UNTIL SOMEONE CUT THE ZIP
TIES THAT KEPT THE BARRIER
CLOSED.
ONCE THEY DID THAT, THAT IS
WHEN THE MOOD CHANGED.
LIKE I SAID, IT WAS PEACEFUL
FOR HOURS.
PEOPLE HAVING A GOOD TIME.
PEOPLE FEEDING EACH OTHER.
IT WAS MORE OF A FESTIVE MOOD.
THE PROTESTERS SAID THEY WERE
THERE BECAUSE THEY WANT CHANGE.
THEY WANT CHANGE.
THEY WERE NOT ABOUT THROWING
OBJECTS OVER THE FENCE.
PEOPLE WERE USING BULLHORNS
SAYING DON'T THROW ROCKS OR
BOTTLES OF WATER.
A COUPLE WERE LOBBED OVER AND
THAT IS WHEN THE MOOD CHANGED.
TO BE CLEAR, OUT OF THE 1000
PEOPLE IT SOUNDS LIKE IT WAS A
REAL SMALL GROUP WHO STARTED
THE PROBLEMS THAT CAUSED THE
POLICE TO REACT.
IT WASN'T LIKE EVERYONE POURED
THROUGH THE FENCE.
IT WAS A TINY GROUP, CORRECT?
A HANDFUL OF PEOPLE.
YOU ARE EXACTLY RIGHT.
FOR THE MOST PART, THE
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE OUT HERE
WERE VERY PEACEFUL.
THEY WERE CHANTING.
THEY WERE CALLING FOR CHANGE.
THERE WAS NOBODY THROWING
OBJECTS.
HE WANTED TO BE ABLE TO
PEACEFULLY PROTEST.
THIS WAS NOT A MATTER OF PEOPLE
THEY WERE BREACHING THE FENCE.
EXACTLY!
A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE OUT HERE
BECAUSE IT IS NICE WEATHER.
YOU CAN HEAR THAT FAINTLY.
I HEARD IT PRETTY CLEARLY.
HOW MANY TIMES DID THEY SAY
THAT, RIDGE?
THEY DID GIVE US THE ORDER
TO DISPERSE.
THEY WERE TRYING TO GET PEOPLE
TO GET OUT OF THERE.
THEY TRIED TO BREACH THE FENCE.
IT WAS A SMALL HANDFUL OF
THE PROTESTERS.
I COULD HEAR HER SAYING
MOVED TO THE NORTH.
IF YOU DON'T, YOU WILL BE
ARRESTED.
THEY DID GET OUT THE WARNING.
YES, THEY DID.
I AM SURE IT IS GOING TO BE
A BUMMER TO THOSE OTHER 980 990
FOLKS OUT THERE DOING THE
BARBECUE TRYING TO HAVE FUN AND
EXERCISING THEIR RIGHT TO
PROTEST.
IT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE THE
POLICE WANTED TO AND THAT WAY
AND IT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE THE
MAJORITY OF PROTESTERS WANTED
IT TO END THIS WAY.
YOU ARE EXACTLY RIGHT.
THE PROTESTERS DIDN'T WANT IT
TO HAPPEN.
THEY SAY THEY DON'T WANT TO USE
TEAR GAS.
THEY DON'T WANT TO USE
MUNITIONS ON CROWDS BUT THEY
WERE FORCED TO BECAUSE OF THE
EFFORT TO BREACH THE FENCE.
WE ARE GLAD YOU ARE SAFE AND
OUR PHOTOGRAPHERS OUT THERE ARE
SAFE.
WE ARE GLAD YOU WERE ABLE TO
FILL US OUT ON FILL US IN ON
WHAT IS GOING ON OUT THERE.
IT SEEMS TO BE SLOWING DOWN A
LITTLE BIT RIGHT NOW.
WE ARE SEEING A COUPLE OF
PEOPLE COMING FROM THE AREA.
THEY ARE COMING TO THE SAME
SPOT.
WE ARE SEEING MORE PEOPLE
FALLING IN.
HOPEFULLY THEY WILL HAVE THESE
NUMBERS LATER ON TONIGHT AND