REACTING
REACTING I'LL PASS IT
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>>> PROTESTS TURN DESTRUCTIVE IN DOWNTOWN SEATTLE TONIGHT.
THIS IS WHAT WE LEARNED AS OF
10:00.
10:00.
10:00. PROTESTS STARTED PEACEFUL BUT
TURNED DESTRUCTIVE WHEN
SOMEONE LIT A SEATTLE POLICE
CRUISER ON FIRE.
SINCE THEN, WE HAVE SEEN
WIDESPREAD LOOTING AND
DESTRUCTION DOWNTOWN.
DESTRUCTION DOWNTOWN. A CURFEW TOOK EFFECT AT 5:00
P.M.
P.M.
P.M. TONIGHT.
TONIGHT.
TONIGHT. IT IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5:00
TOMORROW MORNING.
TOMORROW MORNING. SEATTLE POLICE ARE NOW
BLOCKING ALL TRAFFIC COMING
INTO THE C ITY.
>>> ALSO TONIGHT, WE SHOULD
LET YOU KNOW THAT 200 MEMBERS
OF THE WASHINGTON NATIONAL
GUARD HAVE BEEN CALLED UP TO
COME INTO SEATTLE.
75 HAVE BEEN DEPLOYED TO
SEATTLE TONIGHT.
SEATTLE TONIGHT. THE OTHER 125 WILL ARRIVE IN
THE CITY TOMORROW.
ALL OF THIS STARTED EARLIER
TODAY WITH A PEACEFUL PROTEST
ABOUT NOON JUST OUTSIDE
SEATTLE POLICE HEADQUARTERS.
PEOPLE PROTESTING THE DEATH OF
GEORGE FLOYD IN MINNEAPOLIS,
MINNESOTA.
MINNESOTA. AT 3:00, A LARGE GATHERING
TOOK PLACE.
TOOK PLACE. THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE AT
WESTLAKE PARK IN SEATTLE.
AGAIN, THAT STARTED
PEACEFULLY.
PEACEFULLY. BUT THEN ABOUT 3:45,
PANDEMONIUM BROKE OUT.
THE POLICE CRUISER SET ON FIRE
AS MANY AS EIGHT OTHER POLICE
CARS SET FIRE.
AND THEN POLICE MOVED IN TO
TRY TO DISPERSE THE CROWD.
YOU'RE LOOKING AT POLICE
PEPPER SPRAYING PEOPLE.
AND THERE'S ANOTHER ONE OF
THOSE BURNED VEHICLES RIGHT
THERE.
THERE.
THERE. NOT LONG AFTER THAT, PEOPLE
STARTED BREAKING INTO A NUMBER
OF STORES IN DOWNTOWN SEATTLE.
THE WESTLAKE AREA IS THE
SHOPPING DISTRICT IN SEATTLE.
NORDSTROM, HELLY HANSEN, OLD
NAVY AND A NUMBER OF OTHER S
TORES HAVE BEEN SERIOUSLY L
OOTED.
OOTED.
OOTED. LET'S GO TO KING 5'S MICHAEL C
ROWE.
ROWE.
ROWE. HE'S BEEN COVERING EVERYTHING
SINCE IT BEGAN TODAY.
MICHAEL?
MICHAEL?
MICHAEL? >> Reporter: IT WILL A CHAOTIC
SCENE.
SCENE.
SCENE. A
SCENE. A MAN CAME OVER EARLIER AND
BROKE OUR MICROPHONE.
BACK AT THE T MOBILE BEHIND
US, I HEARD GLASS BREAK.
LOOKS LIKE THEY'RE MOVING
THROUGH.
THROUGH.
THROUGH. IT EBBS AND FLOWS OF VIOLENCE
AND LOOTING.
AND LOOTING. THERE IS A CONTINGENT OF
POLICE STANDING HERE BUT NOT
ENOUGH TO MOVE UP ON THE SIZE
OF THAT GROUP HERE.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE'VE BEEN
SEEING.
SEEING.
SEEING. GROUPS GROW.
GROUPS GROW. TEAR GAS THROWN ONTO THEM.
PEPPER PELLETS OR FLASH BANGS
AND THEN THE GROUP DISPERSES
AND EVENTUALLY CONVERGES
SOMEWHERE ELSE.
SOMEWHERE ELSE. A BUSINESS OWNER HAD BOARDS IN
THE BACK OF HIS TRUCK AND P
ATCHING UP THE WINDOWS OF HIS
BUSINESS.
BUSINESS.
BUSINESS. HE HAS POWERFUL WORDS TONIGHT
AFTER HAVING HIS BUSINESS
LOOTED AND DAMAGED.
>> A SMALL BUSINESS THAT GOT
THE WINDOWS SMASHED OUT OF IT?
WE HAND MAKE ALL OF OUR OWN
PRODUCTS.
PRODUCTS.
PRODUCTS. WE'RE A LOCAL BUSINESS.
I MEAN, THIS IS -- YOU KNOW.
IT'S FUNNY THAT MY WIFE AND I
THIS MORNING WERE HAVING A
CONVERSATION HOW HORRIBLE WHAT
HAPPENED WAS AND THEN WE HAVE
TO DEAL WITH THIS, YOU KNOW?
IT'S --
IT'S --
IT'S -- >> Reporter: I HEAR THE
EMOTION IN YOUR VOICE, MAN.
>> WELL, THIS IS TEN YEARS OF
A LOT OF HARD WORK.
AND, YOU KNOW, YEAH.
>> Reporter: HERE YOU ARE ON A
SATURDAY HAVING TO BOARD IT
UP, YEAH?
UP, YEAH?
UP, YEAH? >> YEAH.
>> YEAH.
>> YEAH. WE HAVE TONS OF STUFF HAND
MADE HERE.
MADE HERE. IT'S NOT LIKE WE'RE
MANUFACTURING STUFF OVER IN
CHINA.
CHINA.
CHINA. IT'S HAND MADE UPSTAIRS.
THIS IS MY DAD HELPING ME
BOARD UP WINDOWS.
YOU KNOW?
YOU KNOW?
YOU KNOW? IT'S TOUGH.
IT'S TOUGH. >> Reporter: WHEN -- HOW DID
YOU FIND OUT ABOUT ALL OF
THIS?
THIS?
THIS? >>
THIS? >> ACTUALLY WE HAD -- WE WERE
JUST HAVING A FAMILY DAY AND
MY MOM CALLED AND SAID, HAVE
YOU TURNED ON THE NEWS?
AND I WAS -- WE HAD BEEN W
ATCHING IT.
ATCHING IT. AND I WAS LIKE, YOU KNOW, WE
HAVE TO GO DOWN AND FIND OUT
WHAT HAPPENED.
WHAT HAPPENED. KEEPING MY FINGERS CROSSED
THAT THERE WOULD BE NOTHING
THAT HAPPENED.
THAT HAPPENED. BUT UNFORTUNATELY, THAT'S NOT
THE CASE.
THE CASE.
THE CASE. >> Reporter: YOU WERE SAYING
YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT HOW IT
WAS TERRIBLE WHAT HAPPENED TO
GEORGE FLOYD AND NOW -- I
MEAN, I JUST -- I DON'T KNOW.
HOW DO YOU FEEL?
HAS ANYTHING ABOUT YOUR
OPINION CHANGED?
OPINION CHANGED? WHAT'S HAPPENED WITH YOU
TODAY?
TODAY?
TODAY? WITH PROTESTS?
WITH PROTESTS? >> NO.
>> NO.
>> NO. I
>> NO. I MEAN, WHAT HAPPENED IS STILL
SUPER, SUPER SUCKY, SUPER
HORRIBLE.
HORRIBLE.
HORRIBLE. I WAS TELLING MY WIFE -- I WAS
LIKE, MAN, I'M JUST, LIKE,
SICK TO MY STOMACH.
DOESN'T CHANGE HOW I FEEL
ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED.
IT'S JUST -- YEAH.
IT'S JUST A JAGGED PILL TO
SWALLOW A LITTLE BIT, YOU
KNOW?
KNOW?
KNOW? >>
KNOW? >> Reporter: I'M SORRY.
I ASKED THAT IN A CLUMSY WAY.
I GUESS WHAT I MEAN IS --
>> Reporter: HEY, GUYS.
AND DEVELOPING SITUATION OUT
HERE.
HERE.
HERE. TALK ABOUT A TALE OF TWO
THINGS GOING ON HERE.
WE JUST SAW THE POLICE TAKE
DOWN THAT GUY IN THE WHITE
HERE THAT THEY'RE MOVING UP AS
-- IT WAS DOZENS OF PEOPLE
THAT WERE INSIDE THAT T-MOBILE
STORE L OOTING IT.
AND THEN THE POLICE WERE
PULLING THEM OUT OF THE WINDOW
BODILY.
BODILY.
BODILY. AND THEY'RE STILL RUNNING OUT.
YOU CAN SEE THIS.
AND POLICE ARE TRYING TO GET
THE FEW STILL INSIDE.
SO THAT LOOKS LIKE ARRESTS
BEING MADE FOR SURE.
CERTAINLY WE'VE SEEN SOME
PEOPLE GET AWAY FROM THOSE
BEFORE.
BEFORE.
BEFORE. BUT LOOTING FROM THE T-MOBILE
STORE.
STORE.
STORE. THEY BROKE THE WINDOW.
FINALLY POLICE HAD ENOUGH N
UMBERS TO MOVE UP IN THERE AND
TAKE ACTION ON THAT.
AND THEY ARE TAKING PEOPLE TO
THE GROUND MAKING ARRESTS
RIGHT NOW.
RIGHT NOW. BUT THERE'S JUST TOO MUCH
GOING ON.
GOING ON.
GOING ON. IF YOU LOOK TO THE RIGHT HERE,
WE HAVE A SECURITY GUARD HERE.
PRIVATE SECURITY.
PRIVATE SECURITY. LOOKS LIKE PROTECTING ONE OF
THE BROKEN WINDOWS AT THE
NORDSTROM.
NORDSTROM. I JUST SAW SOME GUYS COME UP
TO HIM AND THEN HE TOLD HIM TO
LEAVE AND THEN THEY GO DOWN TO
THE OTHER BROKEN WINDOW AT
NORDSTROM WHERE THEY'RE B
LATANTLY IN AND OUT OF THE
WINDOW TAKING MERCHANDISE
RIGHT NOW.
RIGHT NOW. THERE'S JUST TOO MUCH GOING ON
HERE DOWNTOWN WHEN THESE
MOMENTS OF LOOTING AND
VIOLENCE HAPPEN.
VIOLENCE HAPPEN. THEY'RE -- I JUST KEEP SAYING
WACK A MOLE.
I DON'T HAVE ANOTHER WORD FOR
I T. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE SEEING.
THERE'S TOO MANY PEOPLE HERE
LOOTING AND CAUSING TROUBLE.
THERE'S A FLASH BANG AGAIN AND
THE CROWD WILL DISPERSE.
SOMEBODY THREW IT BACK.
I THINK THAT WAS A CAN.
IT'S JUST UNREAL.
IT STOPS FOR A LITTLE BIT AND
THEN WE HAVE ANOTHER THING
LIKE THIS.
LIKE THIS. THE CROWD WILL DISPERSE.
THAT WAS SOME PHYSICAL STUFF.
I COULD SEE COPS GRABBING THEM
BY THE SHOULDER AND PULL THEM
FROM THE WINDOW THERE BECAUSE
THERE WAS JUST DOZENS OF
PEOPLE THAT HAD GROWN IN SIZE
AND GOT INSIDE THERE.
IT'S JUST UNREAL.
PEOPLE ARE GETTING REALLY
BOLD.
BOLD.
BOLD. I
BOLD. I HAD SOMEONE COME UP TO ME ON
THE GROUND NOT FIVE MINUTES
AGO.
AGO.
AGO. I
AGO. I HAD MY MICROPHONE ON THE
GROUND AND THEY KICKED IT OUT
OF THE WAY AND BROKE IT
PARTIALLY.
PARTIALLY. PEOPLE ARE GETTING VERY BOLD
OUT HERE.
OUT HERE.
OUT HERE. CERTAINLY WE'VE SEEN THAT G
ROWING OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF
HOURS HERE.
HOURS HERE. SO -- AND AGAIN, YOU CAN SEE
NOW IT'S KIND OF BACK TO CALM,
R IGHT?
R IGHT?
R IGHT? PEOPLE ARE BACK TO RECORDING.
THE POLICE ARE MOVING UP ON
THE BIKE.
THE BIKE.
THE BIKE. BUT IT HAS SLACKED OFF A
LITTLE BIT FROM THE ACTION.
IT'S THE EBBS AND FLOWS WE'RE
SEEING HERE THROUGH THE NIGHT
HERE IN DOWNTOWN SEATTLE.
AND AGAIN, I'M JUST ONE --
[EXPLOSION]
[EXPLOSION] >> Reporter: THERE'S ANOTHER
FLASH BANG.
FLASH BANG. AND YOU CAN SEE THAT'S A GAS
CANISTER THEY JUST THREW DOWN
THERE.
THERE.
THERE. NOBODY IS REALLY SURE WHEN
THEY'LL STOP DOWN HERE.
THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE RIGHT
HERE.
HERE.
HERE. WE'LL SEND IT BACK TO YOU.
>> KING 5'S MICHAEL CROWE.
THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. ALSO OUR AMY MARINO HAS BEEN
COVERING EVERYTHING SINCE
EVERYTHING UNFOLDED AT 4:00.
AMY, WHAT'S GOING ON?
WHERE ARE YOU?
>> Reporter: WE'RE UP AT 7TH
AND PINE JUST A FEW BLOCKS
AWAY FROM WHERE MICHAEL IS.
AND WE STILL HAVE SOME
TACTICAL OFFICERS OUT HERE.
THIS GROUP WITH THE BELLEVUE
POLICE DEPARTMENT.
POLICE DEPARTMENT. BUT WE CAN ACTUALLY SEE JUST
HOW MUCH DESTRUCTION IS OUT
HERE.
HERE.
HERE. IF
HERE. IF YOU JUST KIND OF LOOK ALONG
THE SIDEWALK, YOU SEE SO MUCH
BROKEN GLASS.
BROKEN GLASS. THERE'S JUST TRASH THROWN
EVERYWHERE.
EVERYWHERE. IT'S THROWN OUT IN THE STREET.
I SAW A TRUCK ROLL THROUGH
HERE JUST A FEW MINUTES AGO.
THE WHOLE BACK OF IT WAS JUST
FULL OF PIECES OF WOOD, FLY
WOOD PLYWOOD FOR OVER
WINDOWS.
WINDOWS.
WINDOWS. THIS IS GOING TO BE A HUGE,
HUGE CLEANUP OPERATION.
THERE'S GRAFFITI ON WINDOWS.
THERE'S GRAFFITI ON BUILDINGS.
THERE'S GRAFFITI ON ALL KINDS
OF SURFACES; MARBLE, THINGS
LIKE THAT.
LIKE THAT. IT'S JUST GOING TO BE A
TREMENDOUS CLEANUP OPERATION
TO RESTORE DOWNTOWN.
YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE SOME
PIECES OF PLYWOOD.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN PICK
THEM UP.
THEM UP.
THEM UP. BUT THEY'RE JUST LYING OVER
THERE ON THE STREET AND THE
SIDEWALK.
SIDEWALK.
SIDEWALK. THEY WERE ACTUALLY ON A
BUSINESS AND THEY WERE PULLED
OFF BY SOME OF THE PEOPLE ON
HERE TONIGHT.
HERE TONIGHT. A NEARBY RESTAURANT WAS BROKEN
INTO.
INTO.
INTO. AND
INTO. AND THEY ACTUALLY PULLED
CHAIRS AND HIGH CHAIRS AND
SOME OF THE THINGS ON THE
STREET.
STREET.
STREET. MANY OFFICERS OUT HERE TRYING
TO GET A HANDLE ON THE
SITUATION.
SITUATION. AND AMONG ALL THE TRASH I'M S
EEING, SOMETHING WE FOUND,
TOO, IS YOU'RE SEEING SOME OF
THE DEBRIS FOR WHAT THE POLICE
WERE INVOLVED.
WERE INVOLVED. THIS IS WHAT THEY CALL A FOAM
BATON.
BATON.
BATON. IT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT
THEY -- ACTUALLY WHEN THEY CAN
SHOOT THESE OUT TO TRY TO
SHOOT PROTESTORS BACK.
WE'RE FINDING BITS LIKE THIS
THAT SHOWS WHAT THE POLICE
WERE USING TO DEAL WITH THE
CROWD.
CROWD.
CROWD. HAS A LITTLE BIT OF FOAM ON
THE END.
THE END.
THE END. AND THEY USE THINGS LIKE THIS
TO FIRE OUT AT PROTESTORS TO
TRY TO PUSH THEM BACK.
IT'S ONE OF THEIR NONLETHAL
MEASURES THAT THEY USE.
AND ONCE AGAIN, POLICE VERY
ACTIVE OUT IN THE AREA.
WE'RE STILL SEEING, YOU KNOW,
PEOPLE CIRCULATE AND IT IS A
MUCH, MUCH SMALLER CROWD THAN
IT WAS BEFORE.
ASK YOU OBVIOUSLY, THERE'S
STILL A LOT TO BE DONE OUT
HERE.
HERE.
HERE. AS
HERE. AS WE SAW WITH MICHAEL A
MOMENT AGO, THERE'S STILL
PEOPLE H EAVILY INVOLVED WITH
WHAT'S GOING ON.
I'LL SEND IT BACK TO YOU,
MARK.
MARK.
MARK. >>
MARK. >> Reporter: KING 5'S AMY
M ORENO.
M ORENO.
M ORENO. HELLY HANSEN, NORDSTROM,
TARGET, ALL THOSE STORES HAVE
BEEN EXTENSE I HAVELY LOOTED.
>>> WANT TO TALK MORE ABOUT
THE FIRES.
THE FIRES. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT IN SEATTLE
HAD A HARD TIME GETTING TO
VEHICLES ON FIRE TODAY.
FIRE CHIEF HAROLD SCOGGINS
ADDRESSED THE MEDIA ABOUT THE
DIFFICULTIES HIS DEPARTMENT IS
FACING TONIGHT.
FACING TONIGHT. >> YOU MAY HAVE SEEN US
WAITING TO RESPOND TO VEHICLE
FIRES.
FIRES.
FIRES. I
FIRES. I WANT YOU TO KNOW I HAVE A
DUTY TO KEEP OUR FIREFIGHTERS
SAFE.
SAFE.
SAFE. AND
SAFE. AND WE'RE WAITING TO
EXTINGUISH THESE FIRES UNTIL
WE CAN ACTUALLY GET IN AND DO
THE GOOD WORK.
AND I THINK THAT'S WHY I THINK
IT'S IMPORTANT OUR PARTNERSHIP
WITH SPD AND THE ESCORTS THEY
HAVE BEEN PROVIDING US
THROUGHOUT THE DAY AND
THROUGHOUT THE EVENING.
I ALSO WANT TO END WITH R
EMINDING THOSE WHO ARE
STARTING FIRES IN THE DOWNTOWN
AREA THAT THEY HAVE VERY MANY
UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES.
UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES. YOU MAY BE HURT.
THOSE PROTESTING MAY BE HURT.
THOSE WHO LIVE, VISIT, AND
WORK HERE WHO MAY BE HERE NOW
MAY BE HURT.
THESE FIRES SPREAD VERY
QUICKLY AS YOU'VE SEEN AROUND
THE NEWS AND THE NATION.
ADDITIONALLY, WHEN YOU BLOCK
STREETS, YOU'RE BLOCKING OUR
ROUTES FOR OUR EMS AND
EMERGENCY VEHICLES.
EMERGENCY VEHICLES. AS YOU HEARD THE CHIEF CORDNER
SAY, PEOPLE HAVE BEEN INJURED.
IT HAS BEEN DIFFICULT TO GET
TO THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN INJURED
AS YOU'RE MOVING THE RAILINGS
AROUND AND THE TREES AND
EVERYTHING ELSE.
EVERYTHING ELSE. YOU'RE BLOCKING ACCESS ROUTES
TO GET PEOPLE HELP.
AND THAT COULD BE YOU TOO.
>> Reporter: SO WE SAW AT
LEAST FOUR