PHOTOJOURNALIST ARE NEAR THE STEPS OF THE STATE CAPITOL.
STEVE, YOU MANAGED TO FIND A
SPOT WHERE YOU CAN WATCH THE
ACTION, BUT NOT GET CAUGHT IN
TEAR GAS AGAIN TONIGHT.
>> Reporter: YEAH, KYLE, WE ARE
HUNKERED INSIDE OUR NEWS
VEHICLE.
VEHICLE.
VEHICLE. THIS IS THE AREA WHERE THE
MEDIA TENDS TO STAGE WHEN WE
COVER THE STATE CAPITOL WHICH
IS THIS AREA OVER BY THE WAR
MEMORIAL ACROSS THE STREET,
ACROSS LINCOLN AVENUE FROM THE
CAPITOL.
CAPITOL.
CAPITOL. I CAN TELL YOU ABOUT 15 MINUTES
AGO, THESE PROTESTERS WHO HAD
BEEN CLEARED OUT OF HERE BY
POLICE ABOUT TWO HOURS AGO MADE
THEIR WAY BACK TO THE CAPITOL.
A CROWD THAT ALMOST COVERED THE
LAWN HERE AT THE STATE CAPITOL.
IF YOU JUST SAW THAT, THAT WAS
FIREWORKS HERE THAT THESE
PROTESTERS ARE LIGHTING OFF IN
THE STREETS.
THE STREETS. THEY HAD LEFT AND HAD BEEN
PUSHED DOWN LINCOLN AVENUE AND
AS SOON AS THE OFFICERS CLEARED
THAT BARRICADE AND MOVED AWAY,
THE CROWD OF PROTESTERS JUST
MOVED RIGHT BACK TO THE STATE
CAPITOL UNTIL ABOUT 10:00 AGO
WHEN THE DENVER POLICE
DEPARTMENT MOVED IN AND MOVED
ALL THOSE PEOPLE OFF THOSE
STEPS WITH THE POWER OF TEAR
GAS.
GAS.
GAS. THERE WAS A CLOUD IN FRONT OF
THE STATE CAPITOL.
IT WAS A VERY EERIE SIGHT.
WE'VE MOVED -- YOU CAN SEE
PROTESTERS THROWING WATER
BOTTLES AT THE OFFICERS
STARTING TO ADVANCE HERE AND
WE'VE WATCHED PROTESTERS PICK
UP TEAR GAS CANISTERS AND THROW
THEM BACK AT THE OFFICERS AS
THEY TRY TO ADVANCE TOWARDS THE
CAPITOL HERE.
CAPITOL HERE. THIS HAS BEEN A WILD NIGHT.
IT SHOULD GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF
WHAT THESE PROTESTERS, THEY
SEEM TO HAVE NO FEAR OF THE
POLICE OFFICERS WHO ARE TRYING
TO STOP THEM.
THEY HAVE BEEN IN OUR FACE AS
WELL WHICH IS PART OF THE
REASON WHY WE'VE MOVED INTO
THIS NEWS VEHICLE BECAUSE AT
ONE POINT ONE PROTESTER GOT
INTO TAYLOR'S FACE AND SPRAYED
SOMETHING AT THE LENS OF OUR
CAMERA.
CAMERA.
CAMERA. AT THIS POINT, WE DON'T KNOW
WHAT ANYONE IS SPRAYING, SO
WE'RE NOT GOING TO TAKE ANY
CHANCES WITH THAT.
WE'VE DECIDED TO STAY INSIDE
THE CAR.
THE CAR.
THE CAR. WE HAVE A VERY GOOD VIEW OF
WHAT'S GOING ON AS DO ALL THE
OTHER MEMBERS OF THE MEDIA
HERE.
HERE.
HERE. YOU
HERE. YOU CAN SEE THE PROTESTERS
RIGHT IN FRONT OF US NOW
RAISING THEIR HANDS AT THE
OFFICERS WHO ARE NOW ADVANCING
DOWN THE CAPITOL STEPS WITH
THAT FORCE TRYING TO GET THESE
PROTESTORS OUT OF HERE, KYLE.
IT IS A RAPIDLY DEVELOPING
SCENE, ONE WE THOUGHT MIGHT
HAVE BEEN OVER FOR THE NIGHT.
IT CERTAINLY WASN'T AND
THESEPROTESTERS HAVE MOVED
RIGHT BACK IN.
>> HERE IS ANOTHER VIEW NOW
FROM SKY 9 OVER THAT SAME AREA.
STEVE, HANG WITH US.
WHAT WE HAVE -- WHAT WE HAVE
SEEN TODAY AS WE ENTER HOUR 10
OF THESE PROTESTS, REMEMBER,
THIS STARTED AT NOON TODAY AND
FOR MUCH OF THE AFTERNOON, VERY
CALM, PEACEFUL, WALKING THROUGH
TOWN, PROTESTS.
TOWN, PROTESTS. EVEN DENVER POLICE WERE SAYING
HOW MUCH THEY APPRECIATED WHAT
THEY FELT WAS GOOD
COLLABORATION WITH THE
PROTESTERS.
PROTESTERS. PROTESTERS GOT TO BE HEARD.
THEY FELT LIKE PUBLIC SAFETY
WAS MAINTAINED.
WAS MAINTAINED. AROUND 7:00 TONIGHT, THERE WAS
ASCHISM AND --
>> WHOA!
>> WHOA!
>> WHOA! >> HE'S THE GUY ON THE BULLHORN
-- WHAT'S GOING ON, STEVE?
>> A CANISTER OF TEAR GAS
LANDED MAYBE 10 FEET AWAY FROM
OUR NEWS VEHICLE HERE.
IT WAS INTERESTING.
I WAS GOING TO TELL BUT THIS,
KYLE.
KYLE.
KYLE. THIS IS A SIGN THAT THE
PROTESTERS CAME PREPARED FOR
THIS TONIGHT.
THIS TONIGHT. THERE WAS A HALF GALLON OF MILK
SITTING ON THE HOOD OF OUR CAR
THAT SOMEBODY HAD PLACED THERE.
THEY ARE READY TO TAKE THIS
TEAR GAS.
TEAR GAS.
TEAR GAS. I'VE SEEN LOTS OF THEM WEARING
MASKS PREPARED FOR THIS AND A
LOT OF THEM ADVANCING TOWARDS
IT.
IT.
IT. THERE'S SOMEONE WITH A SHIELD
RIGHT NOW THAT IS MOVING THEIR
WAY TOWARD THE OFFICERS WHO ARE
OUT HERE IN FRONT OF THE STATE
CAPITOL.
CAPITOL.
CAPITOL. AS YOU SAID, EVERYTHING WAS
CALM THROUGHOUT THE DAY.
THIS PROTEST STARTED AT NOON
AND THOUGH THERE IS TENSION IN
THIS CROWD BECAUSE THIS IS A
VERY EMOTIONAL ISSUE, THIS WAS
A RELATIVELY CALM PROTEST UNTIL
ABOUT 7:00 TONIGHT WHEN THE
PROTEST ORGANIZERS TRIED TO GET
EVERYONE TO GO HOME, BUT A
SELECT FEW DECIDED TO STAY
BEHIND AND THEN RUSHED SOME
POLICE OFFICERS WHO WERE IN
FRONT OF CIVIC CENTER STATION
HERE KIDDY CORNER FROM THE
CAPITOL AND AS SOON AS THAT
HAPPENED, POLICE STARTED TO
MOVE IN, STARTED TO PUSH PEOPLE
AWAY.
AWAY.
AWAY. AGAIN, THESE PROTESTERS DON'T
WANT TO