>>> TEAR GAS GUYS. >> TEAR GAS DEPLOYED. PROTESTORS HAULED OFF IN
HANDCUFF.
STARING DOWN POLICE.
LOCKED ARM IN ARM AS DETROIT
8:00 O’CLOCK CURFEW CAME AND
WENT.
>> VAST MAJORITY HAVE BEEN
PEACEFUL.
WE SUPPORT THEM.
WE HAVE BEEN PATIENT.
SO THIS IS NOT ABOUT THEM.
>> THIS IS A LIVE LOOK AT THE
SITUATION RIGHT NOW.
IT HAS BEEN MORE THAN TWO HOURS
SINCE OFFICERS BROKE UP
TONIGHT’S MISS PERU AT THAT
TIME PROTEST.
THINGS CALMED DOWN ANOTHER
TENSE NIGHT IN DETROIT.
POLICE CHIEF CRAIG SAYS TEAR
GAS WAS DEPLOYED AFTER
PROTESTORS BEGAN THROWING
THINGS AT HIS OFFICERS.
>> THE CHIEF SAYS IT WAS THESE
RAILROAD SPIKE BEING HURLED AT
MISS TONIGHT.
PROTESTOR AFTER PROTESTOR WAS
TAKEN AWAY IN CUFFS.
CITY STANDING THE GROUND ON
CURFEW SET BECAUSE THINGS
ESCALATED LAST NIGHT.
WE HAVE LIVE TEAM COVERAGE FOR
YOU TONIGHT WITH MULTIPLE CREW
ON THE GROUND.
VICTOR WILLIAMS HAS THE
STANDOFF BETWEEN POLICE AND
PROTESTORS.
LET’S BEGIN WITH LARRY AND THE
OUT COME.
WHAT CAN YOU TELL US.
OUT COME.
WHAT CAN YOU TELL US.
>>Reporter: WE ARE LIVE OUTSIDE D PD HEAD QUURERS AND TAKING A LOOK BEHIND ME IT IS
CLEAR.
DOESN’T LOOK LIKE ANYTHING
HAPPENED BESIDES JUST A COUPLE
OF DEBRIS ACROSS THE STREET BUT
ABOUT 3 HOURS AGO AT 8:00
O’CLOCK THIS WAS A COMPLETELY
DIFFERENT PICTURE.
AT 8:00 O’CLOCK PROTESTORS
LINED UP FORM AGO HUMAN CHAIN.
SYMBOLIZING THEY WOULDN’T LEAVE
AT THE 8:00 O’CLOCK HOUR.
WE HAVE VIDEO OF THE VERY
MOMENT.
THAT IS WHEN MOVERS HAD TO
THROW TEAR GAS INTO THE CROWD
TO GET THEM TO LEAVE TO
DISBURSE.
THEY DIDN’T WANT TO DO IT.
THEY WARNED THE CROWD TO LEAVE.
THEY SAID THE CURFEW IS IN
PLACE.
THEY ASKED THEM TO HEAVE
MULTI-PL TIMES BUT THE CROWD
REFUSED SO THAT’S WHEN THEY HAD
TO THROW TEAR GAS INTO THE
AUDIENCE TO GEM GET THEM TO
LEAVE.
I JUST SPOKE WITH CHIEF CRAIG
AND SAYS HIS OFFICERS HANDLED
THE SITUATION LIKE THEY WERE
TRAINED TO DO.
CITY OF DETROIT STANDS BY WHAT
THE OFFICERS DID TODAY.
>> PEST WAY TO ADDRESS OUR
ANGER IS THAT WE PROTEST IN
PEACEFUL MANNER.
DETROIT DON’T WANT PEOPLE COME
INTO OUR CITY WHO ARE NOT FROM
HERE CREATING CHAOS AND
RAVAGING THE CITY.
THEY DON’T WANT IT.
RAVAGING THE CITY.
THEY DON’T WANT IT.
>>Reporter: WE WERE OUT HERE AS POLICE OFFICERS STOOD WITH THE GEAR ON.
FACING THE PROTESTORS.
THEY DID NOT MOVE.
DIDN’T DO ANYTHING WHATSOEVER.
THEY ALLOW THE PROTESTORS TO
STAND HERE AND SAY THE CHANT
AND MESSAGES BUT THERE WAS A
MOMENT WHERE THEY START
THROWING WEAPON AT POLICE
OFFICERS.
CHIEF CRAIG SAID THEY HAD TO
ACTIVATE.
WE WERE HERE WHEN ALL THAT
HAPPENED.
MY COLLEAGUE VICTOR WILLIAMS HE
STARTED TO FOLLOW THE
PROTESTORS ONCE THEY LEFT THE
AREA VICTOR YOU HAD THAT PART
OF THE STORY.
>> YES.
IT WAS REALLY INTERESTING HARRY
JUST BEING OUT THERE BEING IN
THE MID OF ALL THAT.
NOW KEEP IN MIND THIS ALL
STARTED AS VERY PEACEFUL
PROTEST.
THAT LASTED FOR MILES
IT WAS A MITCH MONTH AND PEOPLE
WERE JUST LETTING THE OPINIONS
AND LETTING THE VOICES BE HEARD
BUT IT WAS AT THE END OF THAT
MARCH THAT OFTEN RETURNED TO
THE HEAD QUARTER IS AND WE
TOUCHED ON THIS EARLIER.
THERE WAS THE LARGE AMOUNT OF
PEOPLE ALL MAKING ONE TYPE OF
CHAIN RIGHT ON THE FRONT-LINES
GOING FACE-TO-FACE WITH THE
OFFICERS THAT WERE THERE.
NOW WE PUT UP SOME VIDEO FROM
THAT EARLIER.
THERE WAS A COMMUNITY ACTIVIST
DOWN THERE BY THE NAME OF
PASTOR WHO TRIED HIS ABOUT EAST
TO GET THE CROWD TO DISBURSE AS
MUCH AS THEY COULD.
UNFORTUNATELY THAT DIDN’T
HAPPEN.
HERE’S WHAT HE HAD TO SAY
DURING THE PEOPLE DURING THAT.
>> BE REAL.
GO HOME.
YOU MADE YOUR POINT.
YOU MADE YOUR POINT.
LOUD AND CLEAR.
THE WORLD SEES YOU.
WHAT DO YOU WANT NOW?
WHAT DO YOU WANT CAN’T GET
JUSTICE CAN’T GET JUSTICE
TONIGHT.
CAN’T GET IT TONIGHT.
DO HOME AND BE SAFE TONIGHT AND
FINT ANOTHER DAY.
DO HOME AND BE SAFE TONIGHT AND
FINT ANOTHER DAY.
>>Reporter: ONCE AGAIN THE OFFICERS ARE TRYING TO BE VERY LENIENT WITH THE PROTESTORS
TELLING THEM TO LEAVE.
THE OCCUR FEW WAS SUPPOSED TO
BE AT 8:00 P.M.
THEY GAVE THEM UNTIL ABOUT 8:43
BEFORE THEY DEPLOYED THAT TEAR
GAS AND THIS RIGHT NOW IS WHAT
IS GOING ON.
YOU GUYS CAN SEE RIGHT HERE
BEHIND ME.
WE HAVE THE OFFICERS THAT ARE
OUT HERE AND THEY ARE STILL
JUST SURVEYING THE STREET.
LOOKING FOR ANY ONE THAT IS OUT
HERE AND THEY HAVE BEEN LOCKING
UP PEOPLE LEFT AND RIGHT.
SO THIS IS THE RESULT OF THAT.
THESE STREETS ARE A LOT
CLEARER.
WHOLE LOT CALMER.
WE WERE ON WASHINGTON AVENUE
EARLIER AND YOU CAN JUST SEE
THE TEAR GAS ALL OF IT JUST IN
THE AIR AS OFFICERS TRIED TO
GET PEOPLE TO INDEED GO INSIDE
BUT IT LOOKS LIKE WE DID DODGE
A BIG BULLET.
LOTS OF OTHER CITIES GOING
THROUGH THE PROTEST.
THEY HAD A LOT OF VANDALS AND
THAT DIDN’T HAPPEN THAT MUCH IN
THE CITY OF DETROIT WHICH IS A
GOOD THING OF COURSE.
BUT WE ARE STAYING OUT HERE AND
WE ARE GOING TO BE LOOKING FOR
ANY TYPE OF POLICE ACTIVITY AND
IF WE FIND IT WE’LL BRING IT
RIGHT HERE LIVE TO YOU ON THE
SHOW REPORTING LIVE.
VICTOR WILLIAMS LOCAL 4.
>> MUCH DIFFERENT SCENE THAN A
FEW HOURS AGO.
OF COURSE WE CONTINUE TO CHECK
IN WITH VICTOR AND LARRY
THROUGHOUT OUR NEWSCAST