WE'RE
WE'RE WAKING UP THIS MORNING TO DEVASTATION IN MINNEAPOLIS. PEACEFUL PROTESTS TRANSITIONING
INTO VIOLENCE AND LOOTIING.
ONE MAN IS DEAD AND ANOTHER IS
IN CUSTODY AFTER A SHOOTING NEAR
THE DEMONSTRATIONS.
THE DEMONSTRATIONS.
SOME
SOME BUILDINGS UP IN FLAMES OTHERS SERIOUSLY DAMAGED.
AN APARTMENT COMPLEX THAT WAS
UNDER CONTRUCTION ON 29TH STREET HAS BURNED TO THE GROUND. THIS
IS
IS NEAR
IS NEAR THE CORNER OF 29TH STREET AND 27TH AVENUE. THE FIRE COULD BE SEEN FROM MILES AWAY.
THE WENDYS NEARBY ALSO BURNED,
IN ADDITION TO SEVERAL OTHER
BUILDINGS AROUND THE AREA.
OUR CREW CAPTURED SOME PEOPLE
TRYING TO SAVE THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD AS BUILDINGS
BURNED.
YOU CAN SEE PEOPLE DOING WHAT
THEY CAN, GRABBING BUCKETS OF
WATER TRYING TO STOP THE FLAMES
FROM SPREADING. REALLY
HEARTBREAKING VIDEO.
HEARTBREAKING VIDEO. ALL OF THIS COMING AS THE
COMMUNITY AND NATION REACT THE DEATH OF GEORGE FLOYD.
HE DIED AFER AN INCDIENT WITH
MINNEAPOLIS POLICE ON MONDAY
NIGHT. NOW VIRAL VIDEO SHOWS AN
OFFICER WITH HIS KNEE ON FLOYD'S
NECK AS HE CONSTANTLY SCREAMS
FOR HELP AND SAYS HE CAN'T
BREATH.
BREATH.
BREATH. WE'VE GOT TEAM COVERAGE THIS
MORNING ON EVERYTHING UNFOLDING ON THE STREETS OF MINNEAPOLIS.
ELLLERY
ELLLERY MCCARDLE IS REPORTING ON VIOLENCE THAT HAS RAMPED UP OVERNIGHT. GORDON SEVERSON HAS
WHATS NEXT AS THE CITY CONTINUES
TO TRY AND HEAL FROM THIS
TRAGEDY.
LET START WITH ELLERY, WHAT ARE
YOU SEEING THIS MORNING?
KRIS-- IT'S CHAOTIC OUT THERE
AND QUITE FRANKLY-- THIS IS HARD TO WATCH ALL OF THIS HAPPENING.
THINGS HAVE GONE FROM BAD TO
WORSE
OVERNIGHT.
WORSE OVERNIGHT. FIRES, LOOTING, VIOLENCE-- IT'S
ALL
ALL HAPPENING IN MINNEAPOLIS AS PEOPLE ARE FURIOUS ABOUT GEORGE FLOYD'S DEATH.
FLOYD'S DEATH.
GEORGE
GEORGE FLOYD YOU CAN SEE PROTESTERS ARE CHANTING "GEORGE FLOYD" OVER AND
OVER AS POLICE OFFICERS ARE
LINED
LINED UP
LINED UP TO BLOCK
THEM.
THEM. THE
THEM. THE PROTESTS STARTED OUT PEACEFUL... BUT SOME PEOPLE
TURNED VIOLENT OVERNIGHT.
THEN
THEN LOOTING STARTED. YOU CAN SEE PEOPLE RUNNING IN AND OUT OF SOME LOCAL STORES.
THERE ARE BROKEN WINDOWS AT A
LIQUOR STORE.
PEOPLE EVEN HIT A TARGET ON EAST
LAKE STREET-- TRASHING THAT
STORE.
STORE.
STORE. IN
STORE. IN ALL OF THIS-- MINNEAPOLIS
POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING A
HOMICIDE.
THEY
THEY SAY
THEY SAY IT HAPPENED NEAR BLOOMINGTON AVENUE AND LAKE STREET. OFFICERS WERE CALLED TO
THE AREA AND FOUND A MAN LYING
ON A SIDWALK-- AND SAY HE WAS
SHOT.
HE WAS TAKEN TO HCMC AND DIED.
12:12:19 WE'VE HAD A NUMBER OF
FIRES SET, A BAD AMOUNT OF LOOTING JUST WIDESPREAD CIVIL
DISOBEDIENCE
12:12:37 ITS UNFORTUNATE, ITS
SAD
IF PEOPLE ARE THERE, TRULY
THERE TO HONOR
FLOYD'S FAMILY THIS ISN'T HOW
YOU DO IT 12:12:53 ITS SO
DISRESPECTFUL AND HEARTBREAKING PEOPLE ARE UTILIZING
THIS AS A WAY TO MAKE BAD
DECISIONS
GOVERNOR
GOVERNOR WALZ IS ASKING PEOPLE TO STAY OUT OF THE AREA OF LAKE AND
HIAWATHA.
HIAWATHA. CERTAINLY WE ARE STAYING AWAY BECAUSE IT'S NOT SAFE-- BUT WE'LL BRING YOU
UPDATES EVERY HALF HOUR ON
SUNRISE. KRIS.
SUNRISE. KRIS. DURING ALL THIS, MINNEAPOLIS
MAYOR JACOB FREY IS CALLING FOR
EVERYONE TO KEEP THE PEACE AND
HONOR GEROGE FLOYD'S MEMORY
WE TALKED WITH HIM LAST NIGHT,
HE
HE HAD
HE HAD A
HE HAD A MESSAGE FOR MINNEAPOLIS POLICE OFFICERS.
POLICE OFFICERS. 22:39:14 WHAT YOU SEE IS THAT
THOSE THAT ARE PROTESTING PEACEFULLY GET LUMPED IN WITH
PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT. POLICE
OFFIERS AWHO ARE DOING THEIR JOB
WITH COMPASSION GET LUMPED IN
WITHT HOSE THAT ARE NOT. CRISIS
ON TOP OF CRISIS. PANDEMIC
FOLLOWED BY OF COURSE
THIS
THIS REALLY TRAGIC KILLING, AND THROUGHOUT THE LAST SIX WEEKS, YEAH OUR
OFFICERS HAVE BEEN WORKING THEIR
TAILS OFF.
WE NEED TO BE ABLKE T HOLD THESE
TRUTHS IN OUR HEARTS AT THE SAME
TIME, WHICH IS THAT THE
OFFICER THAT HORRIFICALLY KILLED
GEORGE FLOYD, WE NEED JUSTICE,
HE
HE NEEDS
HE NEEDS TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE AND I'VE SAID THAT AGAIN AND
AGAIN AND AGAIN.
ST.
ST. PAUL
ST. PAUL POLICE AND STATE TROOPERS ARE ASSISTING MINNEAPOLIS POLICE. WE ASKED
MAYOR FREY ABOUT POSSIBLY
BRINGING IN THE NATIONAL GUARD.
HE SAID HE AND HIS TEAM WERE
LOOKING AT OPTIONS FOR
ADDITIONAL HELP -- BUT DID NOT
GO INTO SPECIFICS.
SEVERAL BUSINESSES ON LAKE
STREET HAVE BEEN EITHER DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.
OR DESTROYED.
GORDON
GORDON SEVERSON SAYS SOME LOCAL BUSINESS OWNERS HAVE HAD A ROUGH NIGHT.
NIGHT.
NIGHT. A
NIGHT. A LOT OF THE SMALL BUSINESS
OWNERS HERE ALONG LAKE STREET SAY THEY'VE PUT THEIR HEARTS AND
SOULS INTO THEIR
BUSINESSES.
SO...MANY SPENT THE NIGHT OUT
HERE TO PROTECT THEM.
THE
THE OWNER
THE OWNER OF SONORA GRILLE HAS BEEN SITTING OUT IN HIS PARKING LOT EVER SINCE HE CLOSED DOWN
THE KITCHEN.
HE'S SEEN A LOT OF ACTIVITY
AROUND HIS RESTAURANT...INCLUDIN
G A BODY SHOP NEARBY THAT HAD
FOUR
FOUR CARS
FOUR CARS STOLEN FROM IT. HE'S BEEN WATCHING THEM SPEEDING AROUND IN THOSE CARS GOING UP
AND DOWN THE STREET.
HE FEELS FORTUNATE THAT SO FAR
HIS BUSINESS HAS BEEN LEFT
UNTOUCHED. 57:25"WE'VE ALREADY BEEN
STRUGGLING FOR A COUPLE OF MONTHS ALREADY WITH
EVERYTHING HAPPENING. THIS IS,
UH, THIS IS CRAZY
RIGHT NOW
NO IDEA WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN."
SOME OTHER BUSINESS OWNERS HAVE
EVEN RESORTED TO CARRYING GUNS
AS
AS THEY
AS THEY PATROL THEIR PROPERTY. ONE EVEN FIRED HIS BB GUN AT A FEW PEOPLE
WHO CAME TOO CLOSE.
SO...DESPITE THE DANGERS...SOME
BUSINESS
BUSINESS OWNERS WEREN'T BACKING DOWN.
DOWN.
GEORGE
GEORGE FLOYD... WE ALL KNOW HIS NAME BECAUSE OF THIS TRAGEDY -- BUT -- THERE IS