WE'LL KEEP YOU UPDATE ON THESE PROTESTS THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT
CHL.
CHL. >>> THE GRAND JURY IN MISSOURI
DECIDED NOT TO INDICT A POLICE
OFFICER ON THE SHOOTING DEATH OF
MICHAEL BROWN.
MICHAEL BROWN. HAY STARTED A 135 MILE MARCH.
THE IDEA WAS WHEN THEY REACHED
THE MISSOURI STATE CAPITAL, THEY
CALLED FOR A NEW LEADERSHIP AND
CALLED FOR A NATIONWIDE POLICING
ROW E REFORMS.
I SHOULD TELL YOU THE MARCHING
HAS ALSO MADE THE DECISION THAT
THEY WERE GOING TO WALK THESE
135 MILES WITHOUT POLICE,
WITHOUT ANY SORT OF POLICE
ESCORT.
ESCORT. JUST THEIR OWN SMALL GROUP OUT
ON THE HIGHWAY ALONE, FOR MOST
OF IT.
OF IT. FOR THE PAST WEEK, THEY'VE
AVERAGED ABOUT 20 MILES A DAY.
THEY'VE HELD SOME RALLIES AND
SIT-INS ALONG THE WAY.
THEY'VE STAYED IN ON LOCAL
CHURCHES.
CHURCHES. THEY'VE RETS E RESTED WHEN THEY
STOPPED ON BUSS THAT FOLLOWED
THEM WHILE THEY WALKED.
IT HAS BEEN A SMALL MARCH.
A COLD ONE AT TIMES.
IT HAS BEEN A VERY LONG MARCH,
135 MILES.
135 MILES. IT HAS ALSO, AT TIMES, BEEN A
PRETTY DISTURBING TEST.
THIS IS A LITTLE BIT UP SETTING.
ON WEDNESDAY OF THIS WEEK, THE
MARCHERS REACHED THE SMALL TOWN
OF ROSEBUD, MISSOURI.
ROSEBUD, MISSOURI, HAS ABOUT 400
PEOPLE.
PEOPLE. IT'S 97% WHITE.
AT FIRST, SOME PEOPLE TRIED TO
BLOCK THE BUSS UNTIL THE POLICE
CAME AND CLEARED THE WAY.
EVEN THEN, THE CROWD MADE IT
CLEAR THAT THESE MARCHERS COMING
THROUGH THEIR TOWN WERE NOT
WELCOME.
WELCOME. COMING TO ST. LOUIS AMERICAN,
SAID THERE WERE PEOPLE ON BOTH
SIDES OF THE STREETS.
>> THEY LED ABOUT 20 PEOPLE
THROUGH ROSEBUD.
THROUGH ROSEBUD. THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE ALONG THE
STREET.
STREET. YELLED OBSCENITIES AND HELD
OPPOSING SIGNS.
OPPOSING SIGNS. SOMEONE PUT AN EMPTY BOTTLE OF
BEER, A MELON AND FRIED CHICKEN
IN THE PATH OF PROTESTERS.
>> FRIED CHICKEN, MELON, A BIG
40 OUNCE BEER LEFT OUT IN THE
STREET FOR THE CIVIL RIGHTS
MARCHERS AS THEY PASSED THROUGH
THE ALL-WHITE TOWN.
LOCAL ADULTS AND CHILDREN
HOLDING UP SIGNS AND WAVING
CONFEDERATE FLAGS.
CONFEDERATE FLAGS. YELLING MICHAEL BROWN DESERVED
WHAT HE GOT.
TELLING THE PROTESTERS TO GO
HOME.
HOME. ON WEDNESDAY, THE BACK WINDOW OF
THE MARCHER'S BUS GOT SHOT OUT.
THEY'VE BEEN WELCOMED IN A LOT
OF PLACES.
OF PLACES. THIS WAS A GAUNTLET THEY HAD TO
GO THROUGH IN PARTS OF MISSOURI.
TODAY, THE MARCHERS WALKED THE
LAST MILES OF THEIR JOURNEY.
WHEN THEY GOT THERE, MICHAEL
BROWN'S MOTHER WAS AMONG THEM TO
MEET THEM.
MEET THEM. JOINING US NOW IS CORNELL
BROOKS.
BROOKS. MR. BROOKS, THANK YOU FOR BEING
HERE.
HERE. >>> OBVIOUSLY, THOSE ARE VERY
UGLY PICTURES OUT OF ROSE BUD.
HOW DO YOU CONTEXTUALIZE THAT?
>> IT WAS A VERY UGLY EXPERIENCE
RUNNING A GAUNT LENT OF
STEREOTYPES.
STEREOTYPES. BUT THE OVERWHELMING MAJORITY OF
PEOPLE WE MET WERE KIND AND
GRACIOUS.
GRACIOUS. THE WAY I THINK ABOUT IT, 1% OF
THE PEOPLE WERE RACIST AND MEAN
SPIRITED.
SPIRITED. BUT THE OTHER 99% WERE KIND AND
GRACIOUS.
GRACIOUS. THE PEOPLE IN ROSEBUD WERE MORE
FEARFUL.
FEARFUL. AS A CONSEQUENCE, LITERALLY
DISPLAYED A SIDE OF AMERICA THAT
IS RARE.
IS RARE. BUT HAS TO BE DEALT WITH.
I SAW PARENTS USING RACIST
EPITHETS IN FRONT OF THEIR
CHILDREN.
CHILDREN. WILL SAW THIS BAND OF MARCHERS
TAKING OFF TIME OF WORK TO
MARCH.
MARCH. THIS WAS A DISTURBING
EXPERIENCE.
EXPERIENCE. THAT'S WHAT THIS MARCH WAS
ABOUT, RACHEL.
ABOUT, RACHEL. THINK ABOUT IT THIS WAY.
NEARLY 50 YEARS AGO MARCHERS, A
SMALL GROUP OF MARCHERS, 50,
NEARLY 50 YEARS LATER, INVOKING
DEEP CIVIL RIGHTS HISTORY TRYING
TO DO SOMETHING SIMILAR IN TERMS
OF CONFRONTING A MASSIVE
INJUSTICE IN THE COUNTRY.
WE'RE ONE OUT OF EVERY FOUR
AFRICAN AMERICAN MALES REPORTS
IN A GIVEN MONTH THAT THEY'VE
BEEN MISTREATED AT THE HANDS OF
THE POLICE.
THE POLICE. WHERE AFRICAN AMERICAN YOUNG MEN
ARE 21 TIMES MORE LIKELY TO LOSE
THEIR LIVES AT THE HANDS OF THE
POLICE.
POLICE. THIS IS A SERIOUS AND PROFOUND
CHALLENGE.
CHALLENGE. THE POINT BEING HERE IS
PROFILING HAS TO BE GRAPPLED
WITH.
WITH. AND WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE
DISTRACTED BY A FEW ANGRY
RACISTS.
RACISTS. >> CORNELL BROOKS, PRESIDENT OF
THE NAA CONTRACTICP WHO LED AND
IN THIS 135 MILE MARCH.
THANK YOU, SIR.
>> THANK YOU, RACHEL.
>> APPRECIATE HAVING YOU HERE.
>> ALL RIGHT.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO KEEP AN EYE
ON THE ON GOING PROTESTS THAT
ARE HAPPENING AROUND THE COUNTRY
TONIGHT.
TONIGHT. ALSO, SOME NEW REPORTING OUT OF
NEJ NJ.
NEJ NJ. A POLITICAL STORY THERE THAT
WE'VE BEEN FOLLOWING FOR A VERY
LONG TIME THERE.