PERFECT
PERFECT DISTRICT 10. PERFECT 10.
PERFECT 10. >> Reporter: PERFECT 10 KYLE.
I AM HERE AT THE CORNER OF
GRANT AND COLFAX.
PRETTY MUCH CATTY CORNER FROM
WHERE CHRIS VANDERVEEN IS AND I
JUST RAN INTO CHRIS HEINZ, HOW
ARE YOU?
ARE YOU?
ARE YOU? >> SAFE.
>> SAFE.
>> SAFE. HOW ARE YOU?
>> Reporter: WHY ARE YOU OUT
HIRE TONIGHT?
HIRE TONIGHT? >> I AM A PUBLIC SERVANT AND I
THINK THAT WHAT WE'RE HEARING
TODAY FIRST OF ALL IS THAT
PEOPLE ARE AFRAID THAT YOU
KNOW, SOMEONE HAS BEEN
MURDERED.
MURDERED.
MURDERED. RIGHT?
RIGHT?
RIGHT? BUT WE ALSO HEAR TIME AND TIME
AGAIN THEY DON'T BELIEVE THAT
GOVERNMENT IS REPRESENTATIVE OF
THEM.
THEM.
THEM. AND
THEM. AND I'M A PUBLIC SERVANT AND
I'M TRYING TO PUT THE SERVANT
BACK INTO PUBLIC SERVANT AND I
THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR ME TO
BE OUT HERE SEEING WHAT'S GOING
ON IN MY DISTRICT AND INMY
CITY.
CITY.
CITY. >>
CITY. >> WHAT DID YOU SEE WHEN YOU
WERE OUT HERE TODAY?
>> I SAW DAY AND NIGHT.
I SAW THERE ARE A LOT OF
PEACEFUL PROTESTS DURING THE
DAY AND MA I SEE TONIGHT IS I
SEE DUMPSTER FIRES.
THE DUMPSTER FIRE RIGHT THERE A
DUMPSTER FIRE OVER THERE AND
THERE'S ONE OF 16th.
I SEE PEOPLE THAT ARE THROWING
ROCKS AND I SEE A LOT OF
VANDALISM.
VANDALISM. AND I -- FULLY SUPPORT THE
PEOPLE'S RIGHT TO PEACEABLY
ASSEMBLE AND THEIR FREEDOM TO
SPEAK.
SPEAK.
SPEAK. AND BE HEARD.
BUT THIS DAMAGE THAT IS
HAPPENING RIGHT NOW IS JUST --
IT'S UNACCEPTABLE.
IT'S UNACCEPTABLE. >> Reporter: COULD YOU ANALYZE
THE POLICE RESPONSE FOR US?
WHAT DID YOU SEE AND HOW DID
YOU FEEL THE POLICE RESPONDED
TO THIS TONIGHT?
>> WELL, SO -- I WOULD SAY DUH
-- YOU KNOW START ON THURSDAY,
THURSDAY YOU KNOW, I SAW THAT
THERE WAS A FACEBOOK POST ON
WEDNESDAY.
WEDNESDAY. AND THERE WERE MAYBE 60 PEOPLE
WHO WERE SUPPOSED TO COME.
AND WE WERE TOTALLY UNPREPARED.
I MEAN YOU KNOW WE DID NOT
EXPECT THE KIND OF RESPONSE
THAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED.
SO -- SORRY.
UNDERSTOOD PREPARED.
UNDERSTOOD PREPARED. NOT TOTALLY UNDERPREPARED.
I THINK THAT'S UNFAIR.
SINCE WE'RE LIVE ON CAMERA.
BUT YOU KNOW, WE DID NOT EXPECT
WHAT HAPPENED.
WHAT HAPPENED. AND THEN FRIDAY WAS WAY WORSE.
AND SO YOU KNOW, I SUPPORT THE
MAYOR'S DECISION TO -- TO HAVE
A STRONGER RESPONSE AND FOR US
TO HAVE THE FIRST SHUTDOWN IN
RECENT HISTORY.
RECENT HISTORY. IN THE CITY OF DENVER.
BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE
WHO ARE -- WHO ARE BENT ON
DESTROYING PROPERTY AND ARE
NOT --
NOT --
NOT -- >>
NOT -- >> MIND OVER PROPERTY.
>> Reporter: I'M GOING TO TRY
TO MOVE THE MICROPHONE AWAY
FROM THE PROFANITY.
BECAUSE WE'RE ON LIVE
TELEVISION.
TELEVISION. BUT -- COUNCILMAN, I DO SEE IT
IN YOUR EYES, YOU TOOK A LITTLE
BIT OF THIS TEAR GAS TONIGHT.
CAN YOU DESCRIBE HOW THAT
FEELS?
FEELS?
FEELS? >>
FEELS? >> YEAH.
>> YEAH.
>> YEAH. IT'S -- SO IT'S ACTUALLY -- I
HAD TEAR GAS LAST NIGHT AND THE
NIGHT BEFORE.
NIGHT BEFORE. RIGHT BEFORE THE CURFEW, THEY
RELEASED A NEW YOU KNOW, NEW
FOR THESE EVENTS HERE IN
DENVER, TYPE OF GAS I COULD CS
GAS.
GAS.
GAS. QUITE A BIT MORE DESTRUCTIVE.
AND BUT YOU KNOW, FOR ME.
BUT AGAIN, IT'S -- I SHOULD BE
OUT HERE WHILE EVERYONE ELSE IS
SUFFERING I SHOULD BE OUT HERE
YOU KNOW OBSERVING AND
DOCUMENTING.
DOCUMENTING. AND JUST AS YOU ARE SO THANK
YOU VERY MUCH FOR DOING THAT.
>> Reporter: AND COUNCILMAN THE
LAST QUESTION FOR YOU.
WHAT DO YOU EXPECT TO SEE
TOMORROW AND IN THE COMING
DAYS?
DAYS?
DAYS? DO
DAYS? DO YOU EXPECT THIS TO CONTINUE
TO INTENSIFY OR DO YOU THINK
TONIGHT KIND OF PUT NOT AN END
TO IT BUT KIND OF SLOWED IT
DOWN?
DOWN?
DOWN? >>
DOWN? >> I DON'T KNOW.
I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE A CRYSTAL
BALL AND TELL THE FUTURE AND BE
A FORTUNE TELLER.
I SEE ESCALATION.
YOU KNOW, THERE'S -- THERE'S
FIREWORKS PEOPLE ARE BRINGING
FIREWORKS FOR -- I WOULD AGREE
THAT THERE SHOULD BE LIVES OVER
PROPERTY.
PROPERTY.
PROPERTY. BUT WE SHOULD -- HOW ABOUT WE
HAVE BOTH?
HAVE BOTH? HOW ABOUT WE HAVE LIVES AND
PROPERTY?
PROPERTY?
PROPERTY? SO -- THANK YOU.
>> Reporter: APPRECIATE YOUR
TIME.
TIME.
TIME. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
STAY STAY OUT HERE TONIGHT.
COUNCILMAN CHRIS HEINZ JOINING
ME LIVE AT THE CORNER OF --
GRANT AND COLFAX.
HARD TO BELIEVE THAT YOU RUN
INTO A DENVER CITY COUNCILMAN
AT 9:55 AT NIGHT ON A NIGHT
LIKE TONIGHT.
LIKE TONIGHT. BUT WE'RE SEEING SOME ACTIVITY
STARTING TO MOVE.
[ SIRENS ]
HERE DOWN COLFAX.
OOH.
OOH.
OOH. SOMEONE JUST THREW SOMETHING --
I LOVE THAT MOTION WHERE
SOMEBODY THROWS SOMETHING AT
THE POLICE CAR GOING BY.
AND THEN THEY INSTANTLY PUT
THEIR HANDS UP LIKE I DIDN'T
THROW THAT.
THROW THAT. IT WAS -- IT'S A FASCINATING
MANEUVER.
MANEUVER.
MANEUVER. I SHOULD NOTE KYLE, THAT GOING
AROUND THE CORNER RIGHT NOW, IS
A TEAM FROM THE ADAMS COUNTY
SHERIFF'S.
SHERIFF'S. WE SAW THE AURORA POLICE
DEPARTMENT SO FAR TONIGHT.
AND AS YOU MENTIONED.
WE SAW JEFFCO LAST NIGHT.
THE ADAMS COUNTY SHERIFF HAS
BEEN HELPING OUT AND WE SAW
THEM STABILIZING SOME AREAS
AROUND THE 16th STREET MALL AND
IT LOOKS LIKE DENVER FIRE WHO
HAS A VERY BUSY