>> Sandra: THE CITY BRACING
FOR DUELING PROTESTS THIS
WEEKEND BY FAR RIGHT END AND
THIEF ACTIVISTS.
THE FBI CALLED IN TO ASSIST
LOCAL POLICE AS AN ADDED
PRECAUTION AFTER VIOLENCE
ERUPTED DURING DEMONSTRATIONS
BACK IN JUNE.
THAT WAS WHEN A CONSERVATIVE
JOURNALIST WAS BRUTALLY
ASSAULTED WHILE COVERING THIS
STORY.
PORTLAND MAYOR JOINS US NOW.
GOOD MORNING TO YOU.
WHAT IS YOUR MESSAGE TO ANYONE
WHO IS PLANNING TO PROCESSED
VIOLENTLY THIS WEEKEND?
>> OUR MESSAGE IS A SIMPLE ONE.
WE ARE UNIFIED AS A CITY, WE ARE
OPPOSED TO VIOLENCE, IF YOU
BRING YOUR VIOLENCE HERE, WE
WILL HAVE THE PEOPLE, WE WILL
HAVE THE PERSONNEL, WE WILL HAVE
THE RESOURCES TO ENFORCE THE LAW
AND WE WILL BE READY FOR YOU.
WE ARE ASKING PEOPLE NOT TO COME
HERE IF THEY ARE PLANNING ON
COMMITTING VIOLENCE.
THAT'S NOT OUR VALLEY AND WE
DON'T WANT IT.
>> Bill: WHAT HAVE YOU DONE
WITH LOCAL AND STATE POLICE?
>> THE FIRST THING WE HAVE DONE
IS WE BUILD PARTNERSHIPS.
WE HAVE SPOKEN TO FEDERAL STATE
REGIONAL AND LOCAL
LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS.
WE HAVE THE PERSONNEL WE NEED,
WE HAVE THE RESOURCES WE NEED.
PEOPLE ARE GOING TO SEE A MUCH
LARGER POLICE PRESENCE, WE'VE
WORKED WITH OUR LOCAL DISTRICT
ATTORNEY SO IF THERE IS A
PROTEST WE CAN PROCESS THAT.
WHAT IS DIFFERENT THIS TIME IS
OUR CITY HAS NEVER BEEN A MORE
UNIFIED.
WE HAVE GOVERNMENT LEADERS,
BUSINESS LEADERS, FAITH LEADERS,
LABOR LEADERS, SCHOOL LEADERS.
ALL COMING TOGETHER WITH A CLEAR
MESSAGE.
IF YOU ARE COMING TO OUR CITY TO
COMMIT ACTS OF VIOLENCE YOU ARE
NOT WELCOME HERE.
>> Bill: I JUST WANT TO
FOLLOW-UP ONE THING.
THE THING WE LEARNED ABOUT
CHARLOTTE, THEY HAD ALL THAT IN
PLACE TOO.
THEY LOCAL POLICE, SHERIFFS
DEPUTIES DEPUTIES COME OF IT
STRAIGHT TRUE PEERS.
THEY MIGHT'VE HAD SOME ELEMENTS
OF THE STATE CARDS THERE AS
WELL.
THE MISTAKE THEY MADE WAS
ALLOWING THESE TWO GROUPS TO GET
IN PHYSICAL CONTACT WITH EACH
OTHER.
HOW CAN YOU PREVENT THAT, MAYOR?
>> THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT.
ALL POLICE AGENCIES ACROSS THE
NATION, INCLUDING OUR OWN HAVE
LEARNED A LOT FROM THE
CHARLOTTESVILLE EXPERIENCE.
THE KEY IS FROM THE VERY
BEGINNING, KEEP THOSE DIFFERENT
FACTIONS SEPARATED.
GIVE PEOPLE THE SPACE THEY NEED
TO EXERCISE THEIR RIGHT TO
ASSEMBLY AND THE RIGHT THE FIRST
AMENDMENT RIGHTS AS LONG AS THEY
ARE BEING PEACEFUL.
WE ARE GOING TO KEEP PEOPLE
SEPARATED, WE ARE GOING TO MAKE
SURE THAT WE KEEP PERSONNEL AND
OTHER TACTICS TO KEEP THAT
SEPARATION AND ON THE WHOLE WE
HAVE BEEN VERY GOOD AT THAT.
THAT'S WHAT WE ARE GOING TO
CONTINUE TO DO.
SPEEDED THERE HAVE BEEN NO
ARRESTS, WE KNOW THAT THEY ARE
STILL IN THE PROCESS OF TRYING
TO MAKE AN ARREST IN THE CASE.
WHAT MESSAGE DOES THAT SEND IF
THERE WAS NOT FOLLOW THROUGH
THEIR ON WHAT HAPPENS TO ACTIVE
JOURNALISTS?
>> WITH ALL DUE RESPECT I
DISAGREE.
WE DON'T TOLERATE ANY ACTS OF
VIOLENCE, NOT A THAT ACT OF
VIOLENCE OR ANY OTHER.
THE POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING AND
THEY ARE FOLLOWING UP ON LEADS.
>> Bill: HERE IS THE TWEET
FROM ANDY, I WAS BEATEN ON THE
HEAD AND ARRIVED ON JUNE 29TH
AND PEOPLE CONTINUE TO THROW
MILK SHAKES AT MY BLEEDING FACE.
I WAS HOSPITALIZED WITH A BRAIN
HEMORRHAGE COME THERE STILL
HASN'T BEEN A SINGLE ARREST.
THERE ARE CAMERAS EVERYWHERE THE
CAPTURE THAT INCIDENT.
>> INDEED THERE ARE'S.
AND POLICE HAVE ASKED FOR THAT
VIDEO FOOTAGE IS LIT RECENTLY AS
A FEW DAYS AGO, THEY PUT THAT
CALL AGAIN.
THEY HAVE PHOTOGRAPHS OF SOME OF
THE INDIVIDUALS THEY BELIEVE
WERE THE PERPETRATORS, I KNOW
THAT THE INTELLIGENCE UNIT
CONTINUES TO FOLLOW-UP ON THOSE
LEADS AND I AM CONFIDENT THAT
THERE WILL BE A LOT RESTS IN THE
PARTICULAR CASE.
>> Bill: OKAY.
SPEEDED WHAT DO YOU EXPECT FROM
THIS WEEKEND BASED ON THE
PRECAUTION IN THE PLANNING THAT
YOUR CITY HAS DONE.
HOW PREPARED ARE YOU?
>> WE ARE VERY PREPARED.
WE HAVE SEEN THIS NATIONAL
RISING TIDE OF VIOLENCE AND HATE
SPEECH AND INTOLERANCE AND IT
HAS MOSTLY BEEN GEARED TOWARD
WOMEN COME UP TOWARD PEOPLE OF
COLOR, TOWARD IMMIGRANTS, THAT'S
NOT WHO WE ARE.
WE KNOW THE PEOPLE ARE COMING
HERE FROM OTHER PARTS OF THE
COUNTRY, WE KNOW THAT THEY
INTEND TO ENGAGE AND ASK OF
VIOLENCE, AND WE WANT TO PUT UP
THE MESSAGE, WE WILL BE READY
FOR THEM, WE WILL BE ENFORCING
THE LAW.
>> AND I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT
COMMUNE OF THE RECORD OF AND
THIEF AS?
>> LOOK.
THIS ISN'T ABOUT ANYBODY'S
POLITICS, THIS IS ABOUT
BEHAVIOR.
WHETHER THEY ARE COMING HERE,
WHETHER THEY LIVE HERE, IF THEY
ARE ENGAGED IN ACTS OF VIOLENCE,
IF THEY ARE BREAKING THE LAW, WE
ARE GOING TO ENFORCE IT AND HOLD
PEOPLE ACCOUNTABLE.
>> Sandra: OBVIOUSLY YOU ARE
DOING YOUR BEST TO TRACK THEIR
MOVEMENTS AND THEIR PLANS FOR
THE WEEKENDS.
THE LOCAL ENTITY FOR AN
AFFILIATE, THEY CLAIMED
RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE ATTACK OF
ANDY.
WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT THEIR
WHEREABOUTS AND THEIR PLANS FOR
THE WEEKEND?
IT'S BECAUSE THE POLICE
COMMISSIONER MY BROUGHT JOB IS
TO GIVE BROAD STRATEGIC DIRECT
ACTIONS.
WHAT I AM SAYING IS NO VIOLENCE,
NO VANDALISM, DON'T LET THE CITY
GETS SHUT DOWN, MAKE SURE PEOPLE
HAVE THE ABILITY TO GO ABOUT
THEIR BUSINESS, DON'T LET PEOPLE
STOP THIS CITY.
THEY OPERATIONALIZED THAT AND SO
I WOULD DEFER TO THEM IN TERMS
OF THE INVESTIGATION.
I DON'T PERSONALLY AS THE MAYOR
GET INVOLVED IN INVESTIGATIONS
BUT I KNOW THAT THEY ARE MOVING
FORWARD.
SPILL AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR