WITH
WITH THE
WITH THE TEAM. J.R.: SAME TO YOU. WE'LL CHECK BACK IN WITH YOU IN
JUST A FEW MOMENTS.
PROTESTERS TOOK TO THE STATE
HOUSE AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON IN4@
RESPONSE TO THE DEATH OF GEORGE
FLOYD.
LAUREN THOMAS IS THERE AND WE
HAD A PRETTY PEACEFUL AFTERNOON
COMPARED TO SATURDAY AND
YESTERDAY, CORRECT?
>> YEAH, THAT'S RIGH4@T, J.R.4@
THIS WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A
PEACEFUL4@ PROTEST TODAY AND TH
GOAL WAS TO HAVE A DIE IN, WHICH
IS WHEN4@ PEOPLE LAY ON THE GROD
AND REPRESENT SOME OF THE PEOPLE
THAT HAVE BEEN MURDERED AT THE
HANDS OF LAW ENFORCEMENT AROUND
THE NATION.
BUT JUST A FEW MOMENTS AGO4@
THINGS GOT TESTY4@ HERE.
THERE'S VISIBLE POLICE PRESENCE
IN TERMS OF SHRED AND ONE PERSON
WAS DETAINED A FEW 4@MOMENT'S A
AND WE'RE NOT SURE WHY BUT I
WILL SAY THINGS ARE VERY4@
PEACEFUL BUT ONCE THE PRESENCE4
OF LAW ENFORCEMENT WITH WEAPON
WILL SAY THINGS ARE VERY4@ PEACEFUL BUT ONCE THE PRESENCE4 OF LAW ENFORCEMENT WITH WEAPONS
CAME TO THE STATE4@ HOUSE, IT D
AGITATE SOME OF THE PROTESTERS
AND PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ACTING OUT
AS A RESULT.
OVERALL THIS IS A PEACEFUL4@
PROTEST AND WE DID GET A CHANCE
TO TALK4@ TO ORG4@ANIZERS THAT
THEY REA4@LLY JUST WANT TO GET @
MESSAGE ACROSS THAT THEY'RE
TIRED OF THE POLICE BRUTALITY
AROUND THE NATION AND IN THE
STATE AND THEY WANT THEIR VOICES
HEARD.
TH4@ERE'S HEAVY LAW ENFORCEMENT
PRESENCE AND THERE'S4@ ALSO
OFFICERS THAT ARE FURTHER OFF I@
RIOT GEAR.
AND, SO THAT DID AGITATE SOME OF
TH4@E4@ PROTESTERS OUT HERE TOD
AS WELL.
WE HAVE SEEN STATE HOUSE4@
OFFICERS ALL DAY, AND4@ THAT DI
NOT MAKE ANYONE FEEL
UNCOMFORTABLE AT ALL BUT ONCE4@
THE DNR AND SHRED OFFICERS CAME
OUT WITH VISIBLE WEAPONS, NOT
SURE WHA4@T THEY ARE CARRYING, T
THAT, IN TERMS OF SEEING4@ THOS
LAW ENFORCEMENT PRESENCE IS WHA@
AGITATED 4@PEOPLE.
THERE'S ABOUT 150 PEOPLE OUT
THERE.
THEY'VE BEEN HERE SINCE ABOUT
2:00 THIS 4@AFTERNOON.
PEACEFUL PROTEST.
REALLY JUST TRYING TO EXPLAIN
THEY'RE TIRED OF OVER POLICING
AND POLICE BRUTALITY.
WE GOT A CHANCE TO4@ SPEAK WITH
SOME ORGANIZERS TODAY AND HERE'S
WHAT THEY HAD TO SA4@Y?
>> IT'S A SYSTEM 4@ISSUE.
WE'RE NOT HERE TO FIGHT THE
POLICE OR NECESSARILY THE4@ EVE
THOUGH HE DOES HAVE HIS OWN
THOUGHTS AND THINGS L4@IKE THAT.
THAT ARE RACIALLY OBSCURED BUT
WE'RE HERE TO FIGHT THE SYSTEM.
WE'VE BEEN FIGHTING FOR EVER FOR
OUR FREEDOM.
YOU SEE WE HAVE DIFFERENT RACES
AND COLORS HERE BUT4@ IT J4@UST
LET'S YOU KNOW THAT4@ RACIST
SOMETHING NOT SOMETHING YOU'RE
BORN INTO.
IT'S TAUGHT.
IT'S4@ MADDENING YOU WILL HAVE
RACE.
TREAT ME LIK4@E EVERYBODY ELSE.
THAT'S ALL WE'RE SAYING.
WE'RE HERE FOR PEACE THOUGH.
>> WE DID4@ GET A CHANCE TO SEE
MAJOR BENJAMIN SITTING DOWN WITH
PEOPLE.4@
HE WITH A SMALL CROWD EXPRESSING
SOME SYSTEMATIC CHANGES THAT ARE
TAKING PLACE4@ IN COLUMBIA
INCLUDING HIRING MORE OFFICERS
OF COLOR THAT NEED TO4@ REFLECT
THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT THEY'RE4@
PROTECTING.
>> SO MANY PEOPLE4@ HAVE COMING
THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT THEY'RE4@ PROTECTING. >> SO MANY PEOPLE4@ HAVE COMINGO
OVER THE PAST EKE IN THE WAKE OF
GEORGE FLOYD KILLING.4@
FROM EVERY BACKGROUND.4@
REPS, DEMOCRAT, EVERYONE4@ FEELG
THE SAME PAIN.
THEN WE WATCHED THAT SAME4@ PAI
BRING4@ PEOPLE TOGETHER ON
SATURDAY GO IN A DIFFERENT
PROTEST WHEN THE PROTESTS
EMERGED AND SINCE THEN EVERYONE
HAS JUST BEEN YELLING AT EACH
OTHER.
THERE HAS NOT BEEN A REAL
DISCUSSION.
IT'S SO DIFFICULT JUST TO TALK
TO ONE ANOTHER.
PARTICULARLY WITH THE4@ PANDEMI.
JUST GOT TO COME OUT AND HEAR
WHAT THE YOUNG PEOPLE ARE
SAYING.4@
HEAR THEIR STORY AND LISTEN TO
THEM.
IT'S AN4@ ON-GOING DIALOGUE.4@
♪ HANDS UP ♪
♪ DON'T4@ SHOOT ♪
>> TAKEN AWAY BY A LAUGH YOU
HAVE ONE4@ PERSON THERE.4@
RIGHT NOW WE'RE TRYING TO GET A
BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT
HAPPENED, BUT WE4@ WILL SAY THA
BEFORE LAW ENFORCEMENT4@ WAS
PRESENT OUT HERE, IT4@ WAS
EXTREMELY PEACEFUL.
YOU SEE A LOT OF4@ PEOPLE NOW
BECAUSE THE AGITATION WAS NOT
HERE UNTIL4@ THE OFFICERS WERE
WALKING AROUND WITH WEAPONS IN
THEIR HANDS.
RIGHT NOW AGAIN -4@4@ THEY WANT
WALKING AROUND WITH WEAPONS IN THEIR HANDS. RIGHT NOW AGAIN -4@4@ THEY WANTO
EXPRESS THEIR4@ CONCERNED FOR
POLICE BRUTALITY.
J.R.: I'M4@ NOT SURE IF YOU CA
HEAR ME WITH THE PROTESTERS OUT
THERE, BUT I KNOW WE WERE
WATCHING THE PROTEST EARLIER
TODAY AND IT LASTED ROUGHLY 35
MINUTES BEFORE A GENTLEMEN ON A
BULL HORN SAID,4@ ALRIGHT, GO HE
NOW.
THAT WAS ABOUT 2:354@ THIS
AFTERNOON.
TWO AND A4@ HALF HOURS HATER.
STILL A BIG CROWD AT THE4@ STAT
TWO AND A4@ HALF HOURS HATER. STILL A BIG CROWD AT THE4@ STAT@ HOUSE.
>> YEAH, I'LL SAY THAT.
THE ORGANIZED PART OF THE
PROTESTS.
THE D4@IE IN PORTION WRAPPED UP
PRETTY QUICKLY.
AS YOU HEARD THE4@ ORGANIZERS 4@
SAID, YA'LL CAN GO HOME.
WE WANTED TO EXPRESS OUR CONCERN
AND4@ REPRESENT THE PEOPLE THAT
DIED AT THE HANDS OF LAUGH AND
NOW PEOPLE DECIDE THEY'D DON'T
WANT TO GO4@ HOM4@E YET.
THEY STILL HAVE MORE TO SAY AND