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>>> OVER
>>> OVER THE LAST HOUR, PROTESTERS HAVE GATHERED IN
MIDTOWN ATLANTA CARRYING SIGNS,
ASKING FOR JUSTICE IN THE DEATH
OF GEORGE FLOYD.
ALSO FOR AHMAUD ARBERY.
THERE ARE MANY HUNDRED
PROTESTERS THAT STARTED AT THE
STATE CAPITOL AND THEN MADE
THEIR WAY TO THE CNN
INTO CENTENNIAL OLYMPIC PARK.
HOPE HAS BEEN WITH THE
PROTESTERS.
PROTESTERS. SHE SAYS THEY HAVE BEEN
CHANTING SAYING HIS NAME,
CHANTING GEORGE FLOYD'S NAME.
THEY HAVE BEEN ASKING FOR
JUSTICE AND CALLING FOR UNITY.
AND SAYS THE OVERWHELMING
FEELING FROM THIS GROUP IS A
UNIFYING MESSAGE.
UNIFYING MESSAGE. BUT A DEMAND OF CHANGE.
WE HAVE A LOT MORE ON
11ALIVE.COM AND WE WILL
CONTINUE FOLLOWING THIS AS
WELL.
WELL.
WELL. ALTHOUGH RIGHT NOW WE SEE
ACTUALLY SOME PUSHING IN THE
CROWD UP UNTIL NOW.
HOPE SAID IT HAD BEEN PEACEFUL
BUT WE SEE THERE FROM OUR
CHOPPER THERE IS SOME PUSHING
IN THE CROWD.
AND WE WILL GET MORE FROM HOPE
ON THAT IN JUST A COUPLE OF
MINUTES.
MINUTES.
MINUTES. >> IT LOOKS LIKE TENSIONS ARE
BOILING OVER.
BOILING OVER. WE CAN SEE THE OFFICERS THERE
AND CROWDS ARE MOVING ABOUT.
A LOT OF SHOVING HAPPENING
RIGHT HERE AS WE WATCH THIS
SCENE LIVE RIGHT NOW.
YOU CAN SEE THAT IS NO SMALL
CROWD.
CROWD.
CROWD. WE
CROWD. WE SEE ARMS FLYING, ATTENTION
RIGHT NOW TO THE MAN IN THE
WHITE SHIRT.
WHITE SHIRT. FISTS ARE STARTING TO FLY.
THIS STARTED AS A VERY PEACEFUL
SITUATION BUT WE SEE THINKS
HAVE INDEED TAKEN A TURN HERE.
WE ARE NOT SURE WHAT WORDS ARE
BEING EXCHANGED OR WHAT EXACTLY
LED UP TO THIS.
BUT WE DO KNOW THAT POLICE ARE
NOW DISPURSING THIS CROWD.
WE ARE BRINGING YOU THIS MOMENT
LIVE FROM ABOVE IN AN EFFORT TO
KEEP OUR CREWS SAFE.
WE ARE BRINGING YOU THIS ANGLE
AS WE MAKE SURE THAT WE STAY
SAFE ON THE GROUND AS WE COVER
THIS AS WELL.
CROWD DISPURSED AT THIS TIME.
SIGNS WAVING.
SIGNS WAVING. WE SAW HANDS FLYING ABOUT.
WE'RE GOING TO GET TO HOPE FORD
AND MAKE SURE SHE IS OKAY AND
BRING YOU MORE UPDATES AS WE
CAN TRY TO SEE EXACTLY
STARTED THIS.
STARTED THIS. WE SEE NOW THAT THE PROTESTERS
ARE SEEMINGLY IN FRONT OF THAT
CNN SIGN ON BOTH SIDES OF THE
STREET.
STREET.
STREET. THERE IS ONE WOMAN THERE THAT
IS NOT GETTING OUT OF THE
STREET.
STREET.
STREET. ANOTHER CONFRONTATION GOING
DOWN RIGHT NOW.
THAT IS PROTESTERS AND POLICE.
I CAN'T SEE CLOSELY ENOUGH IF
THERE IS ANY SORT OF TEAR GAS
OR IRRITANT THAT HAS BEEN
DISPURSED.
DISPURSED. IT DOES NOT LOOK LIKE IT FROM
THIS VIEW THAT WE ARE SEEING
RIGHT HERE.
RIGHT HERE. BUT AGAIN, THIS SCENE IS VERY
INTENSE.
INTENSE.
INTENSE. HOPE SAID WHEN SHE WAS IN THE
MIDSTS OF THE CROWD, EMOTIONS
WERE RAW AND VERY HIGH.
EVEN IF THIS DID NOT HAPPEN IN
YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD, THIS POLICE
OFFICER IS CHASING SOMEONE.
THEY ARE GOING AFTER SOMEONE
WITH FULL INTENTION RIGHT NOW.
WE WILL KEEP A CLOSE EYE ON
THIS AS WELL.
BUT IN THESE SITUATIONS, EVEN
IF IT DOESN'T HAPPEN IN YOUR
COMMUNITY, WE HAVE SEEN THIS SO
MANY TIMES PLAY OUT.
AND WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING IS
THAT THE EMOTION IS JUST SO RAW
AND THAT THEY ARE TIRED.
AHMAUD ARBERY ON THE HEARTS AND
MINDS OF THOSE PEOPLE JUST FROM
THE SOUTH OF US.
IN BRUNSWICK.
IN BRUNSWICK. THAT SITUATION WAS STILL SO NEW
AND RAW AND THEN
BREONNA TAYLOR SHOT IN HER HOME
BY POLICE OFFICERS.
A FEW DAYS LATER YOU HAVE
GEORGE FLOYD.
GEORGE FLOYD. THAT VIDEO WAS DEVASTATING.
THAT IS TRAUMA ON TOP OF TRAUMA
ON TOP OF TRAUMA AND WE ARE
SEEING WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THAT
BOILS OVER.
BOILS OVER. HANDS ARE UP RIGHT NOW.
IT LOOKS A LITTLE BIT MORE
PEACEFUL, FROM ABOVE.
CROWD MUCH MORE DISPURSED.
CHOPPER PULLING BACK TO GIVE US
EVEN MORE OF A BIRDS EYE VIEW
OUT THERE TONIGHT.
IT LOOKS LIKE A LOT OF POLICE
CARS ARE OUT THERE TRYING TO
BLOCK THE STREETS OFF.
PEOPLE HAVE NOT TOTALLY INVADED
THAT PART OF THE SPACE.
A MAN UNDER ARREST RIGHT NOW WE
SEE BEING LOADED INTO A CAR
HERE IN A LITTLE BIT.
I'M NOT SURE IF THAT IS THE
FIRST ARREST, BUT THAT IS
INDEED THE FIRST ARREST THAT WE
HAVE BEEN ABLE TO WITNESS HERE
ON LIVE TV.
WE HOPE THAT THIS NIGHT
CONTINUES TO GO IN A PEACEFUL
FASHION.
FASHION.
FASHION. ESPECIALLY FOLLOWING THE ARREST
OF THE OFFICER WHO HAD HIS KNEE
ON THE NECK OF GEORGE FLOYD.
BUT STILL, THE CHARGES CAME
DOWN AN HOUR OR SO LATER.
PEOPLE ARE SAYING, IT'S NOT
ENOUGH.
ENOUGH.
ENOUGH. WHAT'S NEXT?
WHAT'S NEXT? WHAT IS THE DEAL WITH THE OTHER
THREE OFFICERS THAT WERE FIRED
AND INVOLVED?
AND INVOLVED? WE'RE GOING TO FOLLOW THAT AND
SEE HOW THINGS CONTINUE TO
EVOLVE HERE IN THE CITY OF