AT,
AT, WE
AT, WE HAVE SEEN A CHECK THE HIGHWAY BUT NOT TO THE EXTENT,
DUE TO THE DEGREE THAT WE HAVE
TONIGHT.
TONIGHT.
TONIGHT. SEVEN LANES HAVE BEEN SHUT DOWN
AND AS YOU HAVE SEEN
GOING TO STAND UP AND WALK OVER
TO THE TELEVISION MONITOR HERE
SO I CAN SEE IT A LITTLE
CLOSER.
CLOSER.
CLOSER. AGAIN, WE ARE COUNTING SEVEN
DIFFERENT LANES.
DIFFERENT LANES. RIGHT NOW, THEY ARE NOT GOING
ANYWHERE.
ANYWHERE.
ANYWHERE. THE ONLY PERSON WHO IS GOING
ANYWHERE IS OUR INTREPID
RICHARDS, WHO IS NOW MAKING HIS
WAY ONTO THE FREEWAY.
LAST TIME WE SAW YOU DOUG, YOU
WERE BELOW IT.
WHY DON'T YOU TELL US WHERE YOU
ARE RIGHT NOW.
WHEN THE IT TURNS OUT WE ARE ON
THE SHOULDER OF I-75 OVER IN
THE DISTANCE. THE FOLKS WHO ARE
WORKING THE HIGHWAY AS CHRIST
SAID SEVEN LANES OF HIGHWAY.
WHAT IS INTERESTING WAS THERE
WAS AN ORGANIZATIONAL ELEMENT,
JEFF TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION.
THEY ASKED THE FOLKS, THEY
ASKED THE WHITE PEOPLE WHO WERE
PART OF THE PROTEST TO GO UP ON
THE HIGHWAY TO BE AT THE FRONT
OF THE PROTEST. AS WE CAN APPEAR
, WE SEE THAT MOST WHAT I SEE
ANYWAY IF MOST OF THE FOLKS WHO
ARE BLOCKING THE HIGHWAY ARE
WHITE FOLKS. BEHIND THAT WAS
THAT THE POLICE WOULD BE LESS
LIKELY TO CONFRONT WHITE PEOPLE
THAN THEY WOULD IF PEOPLE
BLOCKED THE HIGHWAY.
>> DOUG, CAN YOU HEAR ME, HOW
DIVERSE IT TO THE GROUP OF
PROTESTERS TONIGHT?
PROTESTERS TONIGHT? >> Reporter: MIKE, I WAS
LOOKING AT THAT EARLIER, I
WOULD SAY IT IS 80% BLACK FOLKS
BUT THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF WHITE
PEOPLE HERE.
PEOPLE HERE. THEY ARE ENTHUSIASTIC AND WANT
TO HELP.
TO HELP.
TO HELP. WHEN THEY WERE CALLED TO BE IN
THE FRONT, NOT ALL OF THEM WENT
BUT THERE ARE ENOUGH OF THEM
OUT THERE TO BLOCK THE HIGHWAY.
ABSOLUTELY.
ABSOLUTELY. >> MY OTHER QUESTION FOR YOU,
AS A TOOK A LOOK AT
PICTURES, WHAT SORT OF LAW
ENFORCEMENT PRESENCE DO YOU
SEE?
SEE?
SEE? WE
SEE? WE SEE A NUMBER OF APD LIGHTS
THAT ARE FLASHING, AT LEAST IN
THE PICTURES WE SEE HERE ON
11ALIVE AND THE VIEWERS ARE
SEEING BUT ON THE GROUND, WHAT
SORT OF LAW ENFORCEMENT
PRESENCE ARE YOU SEEKING?
I AM GOING TO ASK YOU TO
COMPARE AND CONTRAST TO WHAT
YOU'VE SEEN OVER THE COURSE OF
THE LAST WEEK AND TWO WEEKS IF
YOU WOULD.
YOU WOULD. >> Reporter: MOSTLY IT HAS BEEN
ATLANTA POLICE ON THE HIGHWAY
IT IS GEORGIA STATE PATROL AND
OTHER STATE POLICE.
THERE HAVEN'T BEEN THAT MANY
POLICE OFFICERS IN THE
NEIGHBORHOOD.
NEIGHBORHOOD. MOST OF THEM
HIGHWAY INTO THE OUT-OF-STATE
POLICE BLOCKING THE HIGHWAY.
YOU ALSO SEE MILITARY TRUCKS
BLOCKING THE HIGHWAY.
IT APPEARS EITHER THE NATIONAL
GUARD IN A RETURN VISIT OR SOME
POLICE AGENCIES THAT HAVE
MILITARY TRUCKS WERE ALSO
CALLED IN TO HELP BLOCK THE
ACCESS POINTS TO THE INTERSTATE.
>> DOUG, I HAVE A COUPLE OF
QUESTIONS.
QUESTIONS. WHEN WAS THE UC ATLANTA POLICE
AND OTHER GET ON THE HIGHWAY.
>> DOUG, I AM SEEING REPORTS ON
SOCIAL MEDIA, I DON'T KNOW FROM
YOUR VANTAGE POINT WHAT YOU CAN
AND CAN'T SEE BUT HAVE YOU SEEN
OFFICERS MAKE ANY OF US AT ALL
SINCE YOU HAVE BEEN THERE?
>> Reporter: I HAVEN'T SEEN ANY
ARRESTS BUT THE COMPETITION WE
TALKED ABOUT A LITTLE WHILE AGO
WHERE SMOKE BOMBS WERE EXPLODED
INTO BOTTLES WITH ONE.
I DIDN'T SEE AN ARREST.
THERE MAY HAVE BEEN ONE BUT I
DIDN'T SEE ANY.
FOR THE MOST PART, THE POLICE
ARE BEING VERY STRAINED.
THEY HAVEN'T OPENED THE HIGHWAY
AND.
AND.
AND. TO
AND. TO BE MAKING A MOVE TO OPEN THE
HIGHWAY IS A GOOD DATE OF THE
RESTRAINT THEY ARE SHOWING.
>> WE HAVE SEEN THAT MILITARY
VEHICLES ONTO THE INTERSTATE
THERE.
THERE.
THERE. HAVE YOU SEEN ANY OF THE
NATIONAL GUARDSMEN BARKED OUT
OF THOSE VEHICLES AND GET INTO
FORMATION, ANYTHING OF THAT
NATURE?
NATURE?
NATURE? >> Reporter: THE POLICE
FORMATION HAS BEEN PRETTY
HAPHAZARD, I THINK.
THERE HASN'T BEEN ANY SORT OF
CONFRONTATION.
CONFRONTATION. WAIT A MINUTE.
NOW IN FRONT OF US, A BUS IS
UNLOADING WHAT APPEAR TO BE
RIGHT GEAR CLASS, THOSE APPEAR
TO BE, ARE THOSE ATLANTA POLICE
OFFICERS?
OFFICERS?
OFFICERS? >> FROM WHAT WE ARE SEEING HERE
, WE ARE SEEING OFFICERS IN
WHAT LOOKS LIKE A RIOT GEAR GET
OUT OF THAT MOTOR BUS RIGHT
NOW, LOTS OF THEM.
>> Reporter: THAT ARE COMING
OUT OF A MOTOR BUS.
THEY ARE FACING IN THE WRONG
DIRECTION ON THE NORTHBOUND
LANE OF I-75. THERE ARE
PROBABLY ABOUT 60 OF THEM THERE
AND IT IS UNCLEAR WHERE THEY
ARE GOING
ARE GOING
ARE GOING >> ARE PROTESTERS REACTING TO
THEM, NOT THE BEST CUSTOMER
>> Reporter: THE HIGHWAY IS NOT
BEING BLOCKED ON THE SIDE OF
THE ROAD THAT THEY ARE ON.
THAT IS THE NORTHBOUND SIDE.
IN ORDER FOR THEM