LIFE
LIFE RIGHT NOW. IS ANYTHING GOING ON RIGHT NOW?
>> Reporter: RIGHT
GROUP OF PROTESTERS, I DON'T
EVEN KNOW IF IT'S A DOZEN
PEOPLE WALKING UP THE MIDDLE OF
OLYMPIC PARK DRIVE.
A VERY LARGE GROUP OF LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS.
ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS. A FEW MINUTES AGO WE WERE TWO
BLOCKS AWAY FROM HERE.
AS THE PROTESTERS ARE MARCHING
FORWARD, THE OFFICERS ARE
PACKING UP AND GIVING THEM
THEIR SPACE.
THEIR SPACE. WE DID JUST HEAR A COUPLE OF
MINUTES AGO A POP POP
PEOPLE RAN AWAY BUT NOW THEY
HAVE COME BACK.
IT WAS A GROUP OF PROTESTERS
WHICH IS SIGNIFICANTLY SMALLER
THAN WHAT WE SAW.
RIGHT NOW IT
COUPLE OF THOUSAND ARE HERE.
THERE YELLING A POLICE
OFFICER'S.
OFFICER'S. THIS ONE RIGHT THERE IN THE
MIDDLE OF THE STREET YELLING AT
THEM.
THEM.
THEM. AS
THEM. AS THEY DO, THE OFFICERS MOVED
BACK GIVING THEM THEIR SPACE.
THEY ARE IN THEIR GEAR AND
THEY'VE GOT THOSE LONG BATONS
TO KIND OF PUSH PEOPLE BACK IF
NEEDED.
NEEDED.
NEEDED. THAT'S NOT WHAT IS HAPPENING
RIGHT NOW.
RIGHT NOW. THEY ARE LETTING THEM MOVE IN
AND WE WILL SEE WHAT
NOW.
NOW.
NOW. THERE'S AN OFFICER RIGHT THERE.
I'M NOT SURE IF THAT'S TEARGAS
BUT HE'S AIMING A WEAPON OF
SOME SORT AT
HE'S NOT GIVING ANY COMMANDS AS
FAR AS RIGHT NOW OR AS FAR AS
WHAT THEY WANT.
EVERY TIME THE PROTESTERS CAME
A LITTLE BIT CLOSER, THEY
BACKED UP AND GAVE THEM THEIR
SPACE.
SPACE.
SPACE. WE
SPACE. WE ARE AT THE INTERSECTION OF
CENTENNIAL AND MARIETTA.
WE BACKED UP A FULL TWO BLOCKS
FROM WHERE WE
DO APOLOGIZE IF YOU'RE PICKING
UP ANY OF THIS PROFANITY OVER
THE MICROPHONE.
THE MICROPHONE. I HOPE NO, BUT THERE'S
DEFINITELY A LOT OF ANGER IN
THE STREETS RIGHT NOW.
WE WILL KEEP AN EYE AND SEE IF
ANYTHING HAPPEN
ANYTHING HAPPEN >> I KNOW YOU SAID IT'S A SMALL
GROUP.
GROUP.
GROUP. FOR THE MOST PART FROM WHAT YOU
CAN SEE IT SEEMS TO BE PEOPLE
VENTING THEIR EMOTIONS AND
FRUSTRATIONS OUT THERE RIGHT
NOW AND THAT SEEMS TO BE THE
EXTENT OF
EXTENT OF
EXTENT OF >> YES, THAT IS THE EXTENT OF
IT RIGHT NOW.
I HAVEN'T SEEN ANY BOTTLES OR
ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
IT IS INTERESTING.
THERE ARE A HANDFUL OF
PROTESTERS AND ALSO SPECTATORS
ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE STREET
AND ON THE SIDEWALK.
THEY ARE NOT ACTIVELY ENGAGED
WITH ANY KIND OF PROTESTS.
IT DOES APPEAR THEY ARE ON THE
SIDE BUT THEY ARE GETTING
PRETTY LOUD NOW.
WE HAVEN'T SEEN THEM FOR A
WHILE.
WHILE.
WHILE. THE HOURS HAVE GONE ON.
MOST OF THE CROWD HAS GONE
AWAY.
AWAY.
AWAY. SO
AWAY. SO YOU JUST SEE LITTLE POCKETS.
SOMETIMES WITH THESE PROTESTS
YOU REMEMBER YOU WILL SEE LARGE
GROUPS MARKING DOWNTOWN.
IT DOES APPEAR THAT THIS IS THE
AREA NOW WHERE MOST IF NOT ALL
PROTESTERS ARE DOWNTOWN AND
STANDING AND RIGHT IN THE
MIDDLE OF THE INTERSECTION.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
WE DO WANT TO APOLOGIZE FOR ANY
LANGUAGE OR VULGAR LANGUAGE
THAT YOU SEE OR HEAR IS THIS IS
AN ONGOING SITUATION FROM
DOWNTOWN.
DOWNTOWN.
DOWNTOWN. I'M NOT SURE IF BRIAN JONES CAN
HEAR ME.
HEAR ME.
HEAR ME. ARE YOU THERE?
>> YES.
>> YES.
>> YES. >> IT DOES SEEM AS IF HE IS
SEEING FEWER PEOPLE OUT THERE.
WHEN WE LOOK AT THIS TOWER CAM
SHOT IN THE BUCKHEAD AREA IT
SEEMS TO BE MORE CALM THEIR
WELL.
WELL.
WELL. IT
WELL. IT DOES LOOK LIKE SOMEONE IS
MAY BE GETTING TAKEN INTO
CUSTODY RIGHT NOW.
THERE HAS BEEN A SHIFT THAT WE
HAVE SEEN FROM RYAN KRUGER.
AGAIN, IT DOES LOOK AS OF
SEVERAL PEOPLE,
SEVERAL PEOPLE, >> HE IS NOT AVAILABLE AT
POINT.
POINT.
POINT. WE
POINT. WE DO SEE THESE PEOPLE BEING
TAKEN INTO CUSTODY BY POLICE.
JUST BEFORE RYAN LEFT WE SAW
THIS ONE GUY, HE WAS SAYING IT
WAS GETTING A LITTLE MORE
TENSE.
TENSE.
TENSE. I
TENSE. I WAS JUST ABOUT TO
THE OFFICER IS SEEMING TO
OUTNUMBER.
OUTNUMBER. WE ARE SEEING SEVERAL PEOPLE
THAT ARE BEING TAKEN INTO
CUSTODY.
CUSTODY.
CUSTODY. WERE GOING TO GO BACK OUT TO
RYAN.
RYAN.
RYAN. CAN
RYAN. CAN YOU TALK IS THROUGH WHAT
WERE SEEING RIGHT NOW?
>> YES.
>> YES.
>> YES. BASICALLY ABOUT 30 SECONDS, THE
OFFICERS MOVED IN AND MADE A
HANDFUL OF ARRESTS.
THEY ARE LOADING THEM UP AND
PUTTING THEM IN ZIP TIES.
THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE I'M SEEING
RIGHT NOW, KINDA KEEPS ON
UP.
UP.
UP. THEY
UP. THEY PUT THEM IN THE ZIP TIES
AND NOW THEY ARE WALKING THEM
AWAY TO THE PADDY WAGON.
THE POLICE LINE HAS REFORMED
AGAIN.
AGAIN.
AGAIN. IT
AGAIN. IT HAPPENED
IT HAPPENED I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE CATALYST
OF THOSE PARTICULAR ARRESTS
WERE.
WERE.
WERE. IT
WERE. IT JUST SO HAPPENS THE