WE WILL TELL YOU HOW THAT MIGHT
IMPACT PROTESTERS THERE.
WE HAVE BEEN WATCHING
THAT
PROTEST AND THE SIT IN IN
BEAVERCREEK FOR THE PAST HOUR.
AT ONE POINT POLICE FIRED TEAR
GAS TO GET THEM OUT OF A BUSY
INTERSECTION.
KRISTEN IS THERE LIVE.
WE HAVE BEEN MONITORING THE
SITUATION.
FOLKS ARE CROSSING THE STREET.
WHAT HAD HAPPENED WAS
THE CROWD
GATHERING IN FRONT OF THE
BEAVERCREEK WATHEY MARCHED DOWN THE STREET
INTENDING TO GO DOWN TO THE
BEAVERCREEK POLICE DEPARTMENT.
THAT IS A FOUR MILE WALK.
THEY CROSSED NORTH FAIRFIELD
WROTE THEY WERE WALKING IN THE
ROAD AND THAT IS WHEN POLICE,
THEY, THEY FIRED THOSE TEARGAS
CANISTERS.
THEY HAD STUCK TO THE GRASS FOR
30 OR 40 MINUTES.
BUT NOW THAT HAS BROKEN OFF AND
FOLKS ARE WA -- WALKING ACROSS
THE STREET ON BOTH SIDES.
OFFICERS MONITORING THE
SITUATION.
POSSIBLY RADIOIN
G SOMEBODY.
RIGHT NOW NORTH FAIRFIELD ROAD
REMAINS CLOSED AT PENTAGON
BOULEVARD.
WE ARE CONTINUING
TO MONITOR THE
SITUATION AS PEOPLE BEGIN TO
WALK ACROSS NEAR FAIRFIELD ROAD
BACK AND FORTH SHOUTING HANDS
UP, DON'T SHOO
AND THEY SEEM TO
BE DIFFERING
BETWEEN A COUPLE A DIFFERENT
CHANYS.
OFFICERS ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF
THE INTERSECTION TRYING TO
FIGURE
YOU SEE ONE GRABBING A PLASTIC
SHIELD.
RIGHT NOW THE ROAD REMAINS
CLOSED.
EARLIER IT WAS NOT.
OFFICERS ASKED THEM TO CLEAR THE
STREETS AND THAT IS WHEN T
GAS.
SINCE THEN, THAT WAS AROUND
4:20.
WE HAVE NOT SEEN TEARGAS OR
ANYTHING ELSE DEPLOYED BY
IT WAS SORT OF A STANDSTILL OUT
HERE BETWEEN THE PROTESTERS A
THEY WERE STICKING TO THE SIDES
OF THE ROAD, STAYING IN THE
GRASS, CHANTING, KNEELING AT
TIMES, HOLDING UP SIGNS.
THE OFFICERS WERE STANDING IN
THE MIDDLE OF THE INTERSECTION
MAKING SURE THINGS DAAND THEY ARE GRABBING PLASTIC
SHIELDS AND PREPARED FOR
SOMETHING TORIGHT NOW WE HAVE NOT SEE THAT
HAPPEN YET.
TEARGAS CANISTERS ARE IN THE
MIDDLE OF THE STREET FROM 4 GOES -- MINUTES AGO WHEN
IT WAS DEPLOYED.
WE ARE SEEING IT COME DOWN A
LITTLE BIT IN THE MIDDLE OF TH
IT WENT FROM SEVERAL HUNDRED
PEOPLE WALKING ACROSS THE ROAD
NOW TO JUST A COUPLE HERE.
MAYBE A DOZEN.
THE
OFFICERS ARE CONTINUING TO
MONITOR THIS.
THEY ARE
THE ROAD STILL IS BLOCKED OFF
AND WE DO NOT JUST HAVE
BEAVERCREEK POLICE.
THERE ARE SEVERAL STATRVEHICLES BLOCKING OFF NORTH DO
FIELD ROAD.
INTO RUSH HOUR KICK KEEP THAT IN
MIND.
OFF OF EXIT 17 HERE.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE
SITUATION BUT FOR NOW YOU SEE
RIGHT NOW THE CROWD, FEWER
PEOPLE IN THE ROAD.THEY ARE HEADING BACK TO THE
CORNERS OF THE INTERSECTION INTO
THE GRAS
SO HOPEFULLY THINGS DO NOT
ESCALATE ANY FURTHER.
NOW BACK TO MARK AND BROKE IN
THE STUDIO.
GREAT REPORTING THERE.
YOU MAY HAVE SEEN THIS EARLY.
K POLICE
DID ISSUE A STATEMENT EARLY.
"WE ARE AWARE OF A SCHEDULED
PEACEFUL PROTESTS ORGANIZED
TODAY.
MORE TEARGAS.
WHAT ARE YOU SEEING?
THE OFFICERS JUST THROUGH
TEARGAS CANISTER AT THE FOLKS INETSOME OF THEM HAVE DISBURSED TO
THE SIDE.
OTHERS HAVE
THEY ARE CONTINUING TO
THROW
THESE HERE.
THESE SEEM TO BE BEAVERCREEK
OFFICERS THROWING TEARGAS
CANITHEY ARE FILLING NORTHFIELD
ROAD.
EVEN THOUGH THEY BLOCKED THE
ROAD OFF WITH POLICE CRUISERS
THEY DO NOT WANT THE PROTESTERS
IN THE INTERSECTION.
THAT'S RIGHT.
BECAUSE BEFORE WE HAD SEEN WHEN
THEY BLOCKED DOOR -- NORTH
DEERFIELD ROAD BEFORE IT WAS
SHUT DOWN IN THE POLICE ASKED
THEM TO DISPERSE AND THEY DID
NOT ANY TO THE TEARGAS
CANISTERS, THE CROWD SPLIT IN
HALF.
HALF WENT TO ONE QUARTER OF THE
INTERSECTION AND THE OTHER HALF
WENT TO THE OTHER QUARTER.
FOR 45 MINUTES WE SAW NO
MOVEMENT BETWEEN THE TWO GROUPS.
THEY SKATE EACH IN THE GRASS.
CHANTING, PROTESTING AND
KNEELING AT TIMES.
BUT THEN AT THE TOP OF THE HOUR,
5:00, WE SAW THAT SEVERAL DOZEN
IF NOT HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE WALKED
ACROSS THE ROAD BACK AND FOR
AND THE OFFICERS WERE WAITING
FOR A COUPLE OF MINUTES FOR
THINGS TO CALM DOWN.
THEY DID NOT.
AND THEN YOU JUST SAW A COUPLE
OF LEVER CREEK POLICE OFFICERS
THROW THE DEER -- THE TEARGAS
CANISTERS.
THEY HAVE THEIR HELMETS AND
MASKS ON
BUT RIGHT NOW EVERYBODY IS BACK
ON THE SIDES OF THE ROADNO ONE IS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE
ROAD.
NO MORE TEARGAS INTRICATE
-- NO MORE TEARGAS BEING
THROWN.
THEY ARE WALKING TOWARDS THE TGI
FRIDAY'S.
IT IS NOT CLEAR IF FOLKS ARE
GOING TO LEAVE ARE GOING TO
MARCH ELSEWHERE BUT SO FAR SOME
FOLKS ARE BACKING OFF FROM THE
INTERSEC>> FOR NOW BACK TO YOU.
AGAIN, BACK TO THAT
SWEET I WAS
READING EARLY.
ISSUED BY BEAVERCREEK POTHEY HAVE PUT OUT THE WORD THIS
AFTERNOON THE DEPARTMENT WOULD
BE OUT TO ENSURIGHTS ARE PROTECTED.
WE ASKED THE DEMONSTRATORS
UTILIZE PUBL AREAS IN THE
SPACE AND DO NOT ENTER THE
ROADWAY OR INTERSECTION FOR YOUR
SAFETY AS WELL AS THE SAFETY OF
THAT APPARENTLY WAS THE LINE
THAT BEAVERCREEK
PD DREW.
THEY DID NOT WANT PEOPLE IN THE
ROAD.
ONCE PEOPLE UNDER THE ROAD, THAT
IS WHEN THE SCENE CHANGED.
IS THAT WHAT YOU SAW?
I WOULD SAY SO.
THAT IS A REALLY ACCURATE
DESCRIPTION OF WHAT WE HAVE SEEN
WE ARE
SEEING A HANDFUL OF FOLKS
BACK ACROSS THE ROAD.
SO FAR -- THERE WAS A LARGE
CROWD IN THE MIDDLE OF THE
SCREEN.
WHEN THE ROAD WAS OPEN AND NOW
WHEN IT IS CLOSE.
THAT IS WHEN THE TEARGAS WAS
BEING THROWN.
IT APPEARS THAT BEAVERCREEK
POLICE ARE HOLDING UP THE ORDER
OF THOSE -- NOT STAYING IN THE
STREET.
WE US HERE IN A COUPLE
MORE
PEOPLE WALK ACROSS THE STREET
WITH THEIR HANDS UP.
MOST OF YOU FOLKS ARE STAYED IN
THE GRASS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE
INTERSECTION.THERE WERE SEVERAL HUNDRED
PEOPLE OUT HERE.
AND RIGHT NOW, MORE TEARGAS WAS
THROWN.
SO FAR NO INDICATION OF PEOPLE
DISPERSING OR LEAVING THE AREA.
WE SAW SOME FOLKS SCURRY DOWN
THE HILL FURTHER OFF THE ROAD
WHEN THE TEARGAS WAS BEING
NOW THEY ARE CLOSER TO THE CURB
AND NOW WE ARE MORE FOLKS
WALKING ACROSS THE STRYOU HAVE TO WONDER IF SOMETHING
ELSE IS GOING TO HAPPEN.
THE OFFICERS ARE STANDING BY
WATCHING THE SITUATION.
RIGHT NOW NO INDICATION THAT
MORE TEARGAS MIGHT BE THROWN.
THE ANNOUNCEMENT OVER THE
LOUDSPEAKER.
ONE OF THE OFF
WE ARE GOING TO GIVE YOU A
BREAK.
WHEN YOU GATHER NEW INFORMATION.
IN THE MEANTIME WE HAVE A SECOND
CREW ON SCENE AS WELL.
IF YOU ARE READY TO GO, TELL US
WHERE YOU ARE IN WHAT YOU
SEEING.
WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE
ROAD, KEEPING PEOPLE OUT OF THE
POLICE SAY THAT IS WHAT THE
PROTESTERS WERE CROSSING.
THAT IS WHAT WE SEE RIGHT NOW I
KNEW GERMANY WROTE THAT TURNS IT
PENTAGON ROAD.
THIS IS THE EAST SIDE OF THAT
INTERSECTION.
ACROSS FROM WHERE KRISTIN THE REVERSE ANGLE OF THAT.
THE TEARGAS CANISTER WERE THROWN
TO THE PEOPLE OUT OF THE STREET.
WE ARE HEARING DOZENS OF PEOPLE
SHOUTING TO FELLOW PROTESTERS
GET OUT OF THE STREET.
EVEN THOUGH TRAFFIC HAS BEEN
BLOCKED OFF FOR SEVEL BLOCKS
AROUND THIS INTERSECTION, THEY
ARE KEEPING PEOPLE OUT OF THE
AS WE SHOW TO THE
RIGHT, A LOT
OF PEOPLE ARE STARTING TO
VIOLATE THAT AND CROSS THE
STREET.
WE HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE ON THE
GRASS AND SIDEWALKS ON THE
INTERSECTION THAT WERE PUSHED
BACK FROM THAT TEARGAS AS THE
WIND WAS STARTING TO PUSH NORTH.
THEY STARTED TO COME BACK AND
NOW THEY ARE CROSSING THE
I DO NOT KNOW IF THIS
IS BEING
ALLOWED BY POLICE OR LETTING
THIS HAPPEN BUT PEOPLE ARE
CROSSING THE STREET.
ACROSS DEERFIELD -- FAIRFIELD
ROAD TOWARDS THE INTERSECTION
FOR WALMART.
THEY ARE ASKING ALL PROTESTERS
TO STAY OUT OF THE STREET.
THERE IS A WOMAN WITH A HAT AND
MASKS.
SHE SEEMS TO BE ORGANIZING A
LITTLE BIT.
I WILL TALK TO HER IN A MOMENT.
WE ARE TRYING TO SEE HOW
CONCERTED THIS IS, HOW ORGANIZED
IT IS.
RIGHT ON THE CORNER BEHIND THE
JOHN CRAWFORD SIGN.
A TABLE WITH SNACKS, BANANAS AND
WATER.
ACROSS THE STREET NOW ON THE
NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE
INTERSECTION IS WHERE THE
MAJORITY OF THOSE PROTESTERS ARE
NOW GATH
WE DO NOT SEE POLICE GOING UP TO
THEM PROVOKING THEM.
THEY HAVE NOT MOVED IN ON ANY OF
THE PROTESTERS.
THE ONLY COUNTERMEASURES HAVE