TRY
TRY PROTESTS CONTINUE ACROSS HAMPTON ROADS AND ACROSS THE
COUNTRY FOLLOWING THE DEATH OF
GEORGE FLOYD 13 NEWTOWN. HIS
TEAM COVERAGE FROM VIRGINIA
BEACH TO NORFOLK TO NEWPORT
NEWS. GOOD EVENING AND THANKS
FOR STAYING UP WITH THIS. I'M
DAVID ALAN LET'S GET YOU RIGHT
TO VIRGINIA BEACH. PROTESTERS
ARE MARCHING AT THE OCEAN FRONT
AS WE SPEAK. CHANTING AND
HALTING TRAFFIC. WE'VE BEEN
MONITORING FEEDS IN THE
NEWSROOM TONIGHT. WE HAVE SEEN
SOME WINDOWS SMASHES PROTESTERS
MAKE THEIR WAY UP ATLANTIC
AVENUE. LET'S TURN NOW TO
13 NEWS NOW REPORTER ADRIANA DE
ALBA WHO IS AT THE OCEAN FRONT
TO GIVE US THE LATEST. ADRIANA
IT'S THE NINTH
>> PROTEST STARTED OFF AS
PEACEFUL HERE AT THE OCEANFRONT
BUT OUR NEWSROOM IS MONITORING
FACEBOOK LIE THAN WE HAVE SEEN
REPORTS OF AT LEAST 2
BUSINESSES HAVING THEIR WINDOWS
SMASHED AS THE SUNSET OVER THE
VIRGINIA BEACH OCEAN FRONT.
PEOPLE GATHERED TO PROTEST THE
DEATH OF GEORGE TOGETHER THEY
CHANTED THE MESSAGES WRITTEN ON
SIGNS HELD UP HIGH BEGGING TO
BE HEARD
>> PEOPLE LIKE ME HAPPENED
YET. VIRGINIA
>> BEACH POLICE STOOD BY AS
CROWDS OF PROTESTERS WALKED
ALONG A LONG STRETCH OF
ATLANTIC AVENUE. SAM HOBBS FELT
A RESPONSIBILITY TO JOIN
TONIGHT. HONESTLY THE WORST
PART ABOUT IT WAS THE FACT THAT
BECAUSE I'D BEEN ARRESTED FOR
PEOPLE IN OFFERING MINOR THINGS
WHEN I SAW MY VIDEO I KNEW
EXACTLY WHERE I KNEW AND KNEW
WHAT THAT MAN WAS FEELING WHEN
HE WAS SITTING LAYING ON THE
GROUND WHEN HE MEETING WITH ME
AND THE PEOPLE HERE TONIGHT ARE
CALLING FOR CHANGE.
>> HE DID WHAT WAS DONE. IT IS
COMPLETELY WRONG AND THERE'S NO
JUSTIFYING WHAT HE DID AND HOW
HE ACTED. SO I HAVE NO CHOICE
BUT TO SUPPORT MY COMMUNITY.
IT'S A CALL FOR JUSTICE. THEY
HOPE THE MESSAGE HERE TONIGHT
WILL BE HEARD. JOHN IN VIRGINIA
BEACH ADRIANA AND 13 NEWS NOW
LET'S TAKE A MINUTE TO GET YOU
UP TO SPEED ON THE LATEST
DEVELOPMENTS ACROSS THE NATION.
IT HAS BEEN ANOTHER TENSE AND
FIERY NIGHT TONIGHT IN
MINNEAPOLIS WHAT STARTED AS A
PEACEFUL DAY TOOK A FRIGHTENING
>> TURN? TAKE A LOOK SMI BROKE
THROUGH A BARRIER AND RACED
STRAIGHT FOR A CROWD PROTESTERS
THREW BIKES AT THE TRUCK'S
WHEELS TO SLOW IT DOWN. NO WORD
YET ON THE PERSON BEHIND THE
WHEEL OF THAT SEMI. ELSEWHERE
ACROSS THE COUNTRY A NUMBER OF
STATES HAVE ANTICIPATED AND
ACTIVATED THE NATIONAL GUARD AS
ANGER HAS BOILED OVER.
PROTESTERS FILLING THE STREETS
>> AND FIRES HAVE BEEN SET.
TONIGHT THE COMMONWEALTH IS
UNDER A STATE OF EMERGENCY
GOVERNOR NORTHAM MADE THE CALL
TODAY IN RESPONSE TO ESCALATING
VIOLENCE ACROSS THE STATE. THE
MOVE GIVES CITIES AND COUNTIES
MORE RESOURCES TO DEAL WITH
ANOTHER NIGHT OF PROTESTS. THE
STATE
>> OF EMERGENCY ALLOWS THE
VIRGINIA NATIONAL GUARD TO
ASSIST POLICE IN KEEPING THE
PEACE. THE CALL COMES AFTER
RICHMOND WAS UNDER FIRE LAST
NIGHT. SEVERAL BUILDINGS WERE
SET ON FIRE AND OTHERS WERE
LOOTED. THE MAYOR CONDEMNED THE
BEHAVIOR
>> OF PROTESTERS AND ANNOUNCED
THIS MORNING THAT THE CITY IS
UNDER A CURFEW FROM 8:00
TONIGHT UNTIL 6:00 IN THE
MORNING CAPITAL. POLICE ALSO
ANNOUNCING TONIGHT CAPITAL
SQUARE WILL BE CLOSED UNTIL
FURTHER NOTICE. TURNING TO
NORFOLK. THIS WAS DAY 3 OF
PROTESTS EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON
PROTESTERS HELD SIGNS LISTEN TO
SPEAKERS AND CALLED FOR CHANGE.
13 NEWS NOW REPORTER ANGELA
VARGAS OUR TEAM COVERAGE.
>> ANOTHER LARGE GROUP
GATHERED IN THE STREETS OF
DURING THE THIRD DAY OF PROTEST
BLOCKING MAJOR INTERSECTIONS
THROUGHOUT THE CITY URGING
THEIR VOICES TO BE HEARD
>> THE CROWD IN NORFOLK GREW
THROUGHOUT THE DAY MARCHING AND
BLOCKING THE STREETS
>> SHOWING THEIR MESSAGES ON
THEIR SIGNS WITH THE FACE OF
GEORGE FLOYD MEMPHIS THIS
MORNING. THIS INSPIRED UP LAST
MARCH HERE. MANY
>> CAME OUT KNOWING IT WAS
GOING TO BE PEACEFUL LIKE THIS
>> HIT THE NEWS AS MUCH. YOU
KNOW THIS IS PEACEFUL. NOBODY'S
RIGHT AND NOBODY'S BREAKING
THINGS WE'RE ALL COMING
TOGETHER IT'S A PURPOSE BIGGER
THAN NOT FOR
>> ME PERSONALLY IT MEANS I
HAD THE WHOLE COMMUNITY COMING
TOGETHER. CHINA MIGHT MAKE A
CHANGE OUT HERE SO I DON'T HAVE
TO FEEL SCARED WHEN I WALK
OUTSIDE MY HOUSE AS 1 MARCH
ENDS
>>
ENDS >>
ENDS >> >> ANOTHER BEGINS THIS GROUP
BLOCKING INTERSECTIONS AND CARS
SOME PROTESTERS
>> EMOTIONS ESCALATED WHILE
OTHERS IN THE GROUP CALM EACH
OTHER DOWN AND BROUGHT A MORE
REVERENT FOCUS TO THE EVENT.
GETTING DOWN ON 1 KNEE FOR
GEORGE FLOYD OFFICERS DID STAY
NEARBY TO HELP KEEP THINGS CALM
THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT AND GUIDE
DEMONSTRATORS