VERY
VERY GOOD. DANNY, WE APPRECIATE THAT.
STAY WITH A IF YOU CAN.
WE WANT TO CHECK IN NOW WITH
MILES KIPPER.
MILES KIPPER. HOPE I'M PRONOUNCING THAT
RIGHT.
RIGHT.
RIGHT. HE
RIGHT. HE WAS ON THE PHONE AND HE WAS
ON THE BRIDGE WHEN THAT TANKER
WENT THROUGH THAT LARGE GROUP
OF PROTESTORS.
OF PROTESTORS. MILES, CAN YOU HEAR ME?
>> IT IS MILES, CORRECT.
>> THANKS FOR JOINING US.
WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN SHOW
VIDEO EITHER OF THE -- I'M T
ALKING TO THE PRODUCERS NOW.
IS THIS MILES?
THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. MILES, TELL US WHAT WE'RE L
OOKING AT HERE.
>> I LOOK UP TO SEE THIS SEMI
BARREL INTO PROTESTORS.
IN THE PICTURE WE'RE LOOKING
AT, IT WAS A PROTESTOR THAT
CLIMBED UP ON THE WINDOW TO
STOP HIM.
STOP HIM.
STOP HIM. AND THE VIDEO THAT IS CURRENTLY
PLAYING IS THIS TRUCK GETTING
MOBBED, BACKING UP INTO
PROTESTORS AND THEN EYED ANY I
DON'T KNOW ANY MOTIVES BESIDES
THAT.
THAT.
THAT. >>
THAT. >> DEDESCRIBE THE VIDEO SCENE
-- DEVIBE WHAT YOU D ESCRIBE
WHAT YOU WERE T HINKING WHEN
YOU STARTED S HOOTING THIS
VIDEO.
VIDEO.
VIDEO. >>
VIDEO. >> I STARTED SHOOTING THE VIDEO
THINKING I WAS GOING TO SHOOT
THIS GUY GOING OVER PROTESTORS.
I SAW HIM PULLED OUT OF THE
CAB.
CAB.
CAB. I
CAB. I REALIZED THIS WAS A VIDEO OF
A GUY GETTING BEAT TO DEATH.
WE HEARD HIM SCREAMING.
YOU COULD HEAR THE CROWD
SCREAMING.
SCREAMING. AND I THOUGHT THEY WERE GOING
TO THROW HIM OVER THE BRIDGE.
>> I WAS THINKING THE SAME T
HING.
HING.
HING. >>
HING. >> AS MY CAMERA CUT, THAT WAS
THE TIME I RAN INTO THE FREIGHT
AND JOINED THE LINE OF I DON'T
KNOW HOW MANY OTHER PROTESTORS.
BUT WE TOOK THE LINE AND WE
PROTECTED THAT GUY.
>> Reporter: DESCRIBE THAT
SCENE.
SCENE.
SCENE. WHAT WAS THAT LIKE?
WE SAW PEOPLE TRYING TO GET
UNDER CONTROL.
UNDER CONTROL. DESCRIBE THAT SCENE.
>> I'M ON THE LEFT SIDE.
I'M IN A RUGBY PLAYER.
SO BEING IN A SCRUB IS NOT
SOMETHING I'M NOT USED TO.
BUT IT FELT LIKE AN ANGRY SCRUB
WITH A TEAM OF REALLY ANGRY
PEOPLE KICKING AND PUNCHING AND
SCREAMING BLOODY MURDER.
AND A TIGHT GROUP OF PROTESTORS
OUT THERE FOR THE RIGHT
REASONS SCREAMING THAT THIS
ISN'T WHAT THE MOVEMENT IS
ABOUT.
ABOUT.
ABOUT. WE
ABOUT. WE CAN'T HURT THIS GUY.
IF WE HURT HIM, WE'RE SCREWED.
I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG IT LAST
LASTED.
LASTED.
LASTED. I
LASTED. I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG WE WERE
IN THERE.
IN THERE.
IN THERE. >> IT WASN'T VERY LONG, MILES,
TO BE HONEST WITH YOU.
ONCE HE WAS PULLED OUT, YOU --
THE PEOPLE THAT WERE THERE
TRYING TO PRODETECT HIM SO THAT
HE WASN'T HURT AS BADLY AS HE
WAS -- IT WASN'T THAT LONG
BEFORE THE POLICE SHOWED UP.
DID YOU GUYS THEN DELIVER THE
DRIVER TO THE POLICE?
>> WE DELIVERED THE DRIVER TO
THE POLICE, YES.
AND WE ALL GOT MACED AT THE END.
WE WERE IN A SCARY POSITION.
I'M REALLY HAPPY THAT NO ONE
GOT KILLED AND NO ONE GOT
SERIOUSLY HURT.
SERIOUSLY HURT. >> Reporter: IT'S FUNNY YOU
SAY THAT BECAUSE AS WE WERE
WATCHING THIS ALL TAKE PLACE ON
LIVE TV AND THE POLICE -- I
THINK THERE WERE THREE SQUADS
THAT FIRST SHOWED UP IN THAT
AREA, THEY WERE COMPLETELY O
UTNUMBERED.
UTNUMBERED. THERE'S NO DOUBT ABOUT IT THAT
THAT COULD HAVE TURNED UGLY IN
SO MANY DIFFERENT WAYS.
AND OBVIOUSLY CAN'T FAULT THE
POLICE FOR USING THAT TYPE OF
PROTECTION FOR THEMSELVES.
DID YOU BY CHANCE -- WHEN YOU
WERE STANDING THERE -- BECAUSE
ALL WE SEE IS THE AFTERMATH OF
THE TRUCK BEING STOPPED.
COULD YOU HEAR THE HORN?
COULD YOU HEAR PEOPLE SCREAMING
GET OUT OF THE WAY?
I MEAN, WHAT COULD YOU HEAR?
>> I TALKED TO OTHER PEOPLE
ABOUT IT BECAUSE IT WAS A
TRAUMATIC EXPERIENCE.
TRAUMATIC EXPERIENCE. AND I WANT TO REMEMBER IT
ACCURATELY.
ACCURATELY. THE BEST OF MY RECOLLECTION, WE
WERE ALL NEILING ON THE
FREEWAY.
FREEWAY.
FREEWAY. AT THAT POINT, I HEARD
SCREAMING COMING FROM THE FAR
SIDE OF THE CROWD ALONG WITH A
HONKING HORN AND A REVVING
ENGINE.
ENGINE.
ENGINE. AT FIST YOU SEE THIS IN VIDEOS
BUT YOU'RE LIKE, IT'S NOT HERE.
MY WONDERFUL GIRLFRIEND ABOUT A
FEW FEET AWAY FROM ME AND I
SCARED HER HALF TO DEATH.
AND THIS TRUCK SCARED HER HALF
TO DEATH AS WE FLED.
PLED FROM THEIR LIFE.
AND HE DELIBERATELY SWERVED
TOWARDS THE MEDIAN, TOWARDS
PROTESTOR'S IS WHAT IT LOOKED
LIKE.
LIKE.
LIKE. EVERYONE PARTED LIKE THE RED S
EAS.
EAS.
EAS. I
EAS. I HAD HEARD THE TRUCK WAS L
EAKING GAS.
EAKING GAS. THAT IS NOT CORRECT.
PEOPLE WERE THROWING WATER
BOTTLES.
BOTTLES.
BOTTLES. I HAVE PICTURES THAT THERE WAS
NO GAS LEAK.
WE WEREN'T IN DANGER OF GETTING
BLOWN UP.
BLOWN UP.
BLOWN UP. WE WERE LIKE, THIS PERSON IS
COMING AT US FOR NO REASON.
IT WAS TERRIFYING.
>> TELL ME ABOUT HIM.
WAS HE WHITE?
AFRICAN AMERICAN?
AFRICAN AMERICAN? >> HE WAS A WHITE MALE.
PROBABLY 5'8" OR 5'10".
SKINNY GUY WITH GLASSES ON.
I HAVE PICTURES OF HIM THROUGH
THE WINDSHIELD LOOKING T
ERRIFIED.
ERRIFIED.
ERRIFIED. I HAVE HIM CURLED IN A FETAL
POSITION SCREAMING FOR HIS LIFE
AS PEOPLE KICKED HIM IN THE H
EAD.
EAD.
EAD. I
EAD. I DIDN'T GET A GOOD LOOK AT
HIM.
HIM.
HIM. >>
HIM. >> Reporter: HOW MANY OF YOU
STEPPED IN TO TRY TO PREVENT
THAT.
THAT.
THAT. >>
THAT. >> I DON'T HAVE MUCH AWARENESS
PAST THAT.
PAST THAT. BUT I WOULD ESTIMATE EIGHT ORE
TEN.
TEN.
TEN. AND,
TEN. AND, YEAH, IT -- IT FELT -- I
HAD NO IDEA WHERE THE END WAS.
WE JUST STOOD THERE TRYING TO
SAVE THIS GUY'S LIFE AS HE
SCREAMED AND CRAWLED BEHIND US.
AND THE PEOPLE TRIED TO REACH
THROUGH US TO GET RIGHTFUL
JUSTICE.
JUSTICE.
JUSTICE. A LOT OF THESE PEOPLE ALMOST
GOT RUN OVER.
A LOT OF PEOPLE'S KIDS WERE
THERE.
THERE.
THERE. A
THERE. A LOT OF THESE PEOPLE'S LIVES
WERE THERE.
WERE THERE. I UNDERSTAND WHY THEY WERE MAD.
BUT A MAN BEING MURDERED IS
WHAT STARTED THIS.
PEOPLE STANDING BY AND PEOPLE
GETTING KILLED BY ANOTHER GROUP
IS WHY WE'RE ALL IN THIS
SITUATION WE'RE IN RIGHT NOW.
MY FAMILY HAS A VERY LONG
HISTORY IN MINNEAPOLIS -- WE
WERE A RED LINE FAMILY.
WE MOVED ACROSS A RED LINE.
MY GRANDPA SERVED IN WORLD WAR
II AND MIGRATED FROM PARIS,
MISSOURI.
MISSOURI.
MISSOURI. MY YOU THINKAL IS A COMMUNITY
LEADER -- UNCLE IS A COMMUNITY
LEADER.
LEADER.
LEADER. WE A LOT OF HISTORY HERE.
AND WE CAN'T STAND BY AND WATCH
OUR CITY BEING TORN APART.
AND I CAN'T STAND BY AND LET US
LOOK LIKE A BUNCH OF JERKS BY
THE NATIONAL MEDIA BECAUSE THIS
ISN'T WHO WE ARE.
>> TALK ABOUT THE -- DESCRIBE
THE -- A LOT OF PEOPLE WOULD
TURN AND RUN AND WE SAW A LOT
OF PEOPLE TURN AND RUN.
AND NOT KNOWING THE SITUATION.
THERE WERE A LOT OF PEOPLE IN
THAT DIDN'T.
THAT DIDN'T. WHY YOU?
WHY YOU?
WHY YOU? WHY DID YOU DECIDE TO BE ONE OF
THOSE PEOPLE TO STEP IN AND
STOP WHAT'S HAPPENING TO THIS
GUY WHERE HE COULD BE ARRESTED
AND TAKE INTO CUSTODY?
>> AS I STATED, PEOPLE STANDING
BY AND DOING NOTHING IS WHY WE
ARE IN THIS SITUATION THAT
WE'RE IN.
WE'RE IN.
WE'RE IN. I HAVE BEEN WITH THESE PROTESTS
EVERY DAY AND EVERY NIGHT.
I HAVE BEEN OUT THERE WITH MY
CAMERA AND TRIED TO SHARE WHAT
I'M SEEING AND SHARE BOTH SIDES
OF THIS.
OF THIS.
OF THIS. AND FROM THAT POINT TO TURN AND
RUN -- IF THAT GUY HAD DIED, I
WOULD NEVER HAVE FORGIVEN M
YSELF.
YSELF.
YSELF. >>
YSELF. >> THIS IS ABOUT FOUR HOURS
AFTER THIS HAS HAPPENED AND WE
APPRECIATE YOU SHARING THIS
VIDEO WITH US.
AND MORE THAN THAT, SHARING THE
PERSPECTIVE OF WHAT IT WAS LIKE
DOWN THERE WHEN ALL OF THIS
TOOK PLACE.
TOOK PLACE. AND LIKE I SAID, WE REALLY DO
THANK YOU, MILES, FOR JOINING
US TONIGHT.
US TONIGHT.