COLTHORP STARTS RIGHT NOW WITH
BREAKING NEWS ALERT.
>> Reporter: WHAT STARTED AS A
PEACEFUL PROTEST AT DETROIT’S
POLICE HEADQUARTERS EARLIER
TODAY. HAS CERTAINLY UNRAVELED
HAS CERTAINLY UNRAVELED
DOWNTOWN AT THE CORNER OF
CONGRESS AND RANDALL TONIGHT.
AS POLICE HAVE MOVED ON IN
INTERSECTION THAT HAS BEEN
TAKEN OVER BY BY STANDARDS.
SOME ENGAGING POLICE MORE THAN
OTHERS.
WE JUST WITNESSED AT LEAST ONE
ARREST.
POLICE PEPPER SPRAYING SEVERAL
PEOPLE.
AND IF YOU SEE THEM FORMING A
LINE THERE.
HE IS RIGHT HERE THIS IS MY CAMERAMAN.
A FULL LINE IN THEIR FREIGHT
CARE.
AS POLICE ARE TRYING TO HELP US
STAY BEHIND THEIR LINE.
WHILE THEY MOVE FORWARD AND TRY TO MOVE PEOPLE.
TO MOVE PEOPLE.
IT HAS BEEN LESS ABOUT MAKING
ARRESTED MORE ABOUT DIRECTING
PEOPLE IN A DIRECTION.
AND TRYING TO GET THEM TO LEAVE THE AREA.
THE AREA.
THEY HAVE GIVEN THEM SEVERAL
WARNINGS.
AND EACH TIME THEY MOVE FORWARD
AT THE INTERSECTION HERE.
AND THEY MOVE FORWARD USUALLY
SOMEONE ENGAGES SOMEONE THROW
PSOMETHING.
BUT WE ARE WATCHING AS THIS
HAPPENS.
YOU ARE SAYING YOU ARE ABOUT TO
GUESS? YOU WILL CAST ALL OVER THERE OR
YOU WILL CAST ALL OVER THERE OR
OVER THIS?
OKAY.
OFFICERS ARE TELLING US TO
MOVE. OU MAY HAVE HEARD HIM
THERE.
THEY ARE MOVING US TO THE LEFT
A LITTLE BIT. SOME OF THE HAS ALREADY REACHED
SOME OF THE HAS ALREADY REACHED
ME TO BE HONEST.
HIS WORDS ARE WE ARE ABOUT TO
GUESS SO WE SHOULD MOVE.
THEY ALL HAVE GAS MASKS ON
RIGHT NOW.
AND I UNDERSTAND WHY.
THE AIR IS GETTING THICK AND
THEY HAVE ALREADY USED SOME
TEARGAS. IN THIS AREA.
IN THIS AREA.
YOU CAN SEE AS WE ARE LOOKING
DIRECTLY DOWN OF THESE DETROIT
OFFICERS IN FULL RIOT GEAR
READY TO MOVE FORWARD.
ALL WITH MASK MANY WITH GAS
MASS.
AND YOU HEARD THERE ARE SO MANY
PEOPLE JUST HANGING OUT AT THE
OLD COUNTY BUILDING.
INTERVIEWS GOOD AND SHOW HOW
MANY PEOPLE ARE ON THE STEPS
THAT HAVE BEEN OVER THERE.
THERE IS A GIRL ON TOP OF A
PICKUP TRUCK.
AND PEOPLE TAUNTING POLICE OUT
HERE.
AND THEY HAVE GIVEN A LOT OF
THESE PEOPLE SEVERAL WARNINGS. WE ARE WAITING TO SEE THEY ARE
WE ARE WAITING TO SEE THEY ARE
MAKING ANOTHER ANNOUNCEMENT NOW.
BUT IT IS REACHING A FEVER
PITCH HERE.
HE JUST MOVED US RIGHT HERE HE
WANTS US TO MOVE BACK?
WE WILL GO FURTHER BACK.
I HAVE GOT TO YOU.
POLICE TAKING SURE WE ARE OUT
OF THE LINE OF FIRE HERE.
SO WE ARE PACKING UP A LITTLE
BIT FURTHER.
WAITING TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS
HERE.
BUT AGAIN THIS ALL BEGAN AROUND 6:00.
TWO HOURS INTO THIS.
WHAT WAS A PEACEFUL PROTEST
MARCH THROUGH DOWNTOWN WENT
THROUGH PORT TOWN.
AND AS POLICE JAMES CRAIG TOLD
US EARLIER A SMALL FACTION MET UP WITH THE PROTESTERS AND
UP WITH THE PROTESTERS AND
BASICALLY WANTED TO CAUSE
TROUBLE.
KIM, YOU SAID EARLIER SEVEN
PEOPLE WERE ARRESTED BUT ARE
NOT FROM DETROIT.
TWO OF THEM FROM AS FAR AWAY AS
ESSEX PHIL AND CHIEF CRAIG MESSAGE WAS BUT IF YOU WANT TO
MESSAGE WAS BUT IF YOU WANT TO
CAUSE TROUBLE DO IT IN YOUR OWN
COUNT.
DO NOT COME HERE WHEN A
PEACEFUL PROTEST GOING ON.
WHEN WE FIRST GOT ON THE SCENE
RANDOLPH AND CONGRESS WHEN
POLICE WERE WAY BACK HUNDREDS
OF YEARS BEYOND WHERE THEY ARE
NOW.
BACK BEHIND THEY HAVE MARCH
FORWARD NOW.
THERE WAS AN ARGUMENT THAT
BROKE OUT BETWEEN PROTESTERS. ORE PEOPLE ON THE SCENE.
ORE PEOPLE ON THE SCENE.
ONE MAN SAYING WE ARE HERE FOR
GEORGE FLOYD.
WE ARE TRYING TO SAY HIS NAME
GEORGE FLOYD.
TRY TO SEE IT OVER AND OVER.
HE WAS ARGUING WITH OTHER
PEOPLE THAT HE CLAIMS WERE HERE
TO CAUSE TROUBLE.
TO ENGAGE POLICE.
TO INJURE POLICE BUT ONE
OFFICER WAS HIT IN THE HEAD
EARLIER TODAY WITH A ROCK.
WE ARE NOT SURE HOW IT SERIOUS
IT WAS BUT HE WAS TAKEN FOR
TREATMENT.
AND ANOTHER OFFICER ON A
BICYCLE WAS ALMOST HIT BY A
CAR.
POLICE SAY IT WAS INTENTIONAL THEY ARRESTED THAT MAN AFTER A
THEY ARRESTED THAT MAN AFTER A
CHEESE ON THE LODGE.
SO IT IS NOT JUST THE BEGINNING
HERE THERE HAS BEEN A LOT
LEADING UP.
AS AS I SAY AROUND THE CORNER A
LOT OF PEOPLE THERE IS A LOT OF
MIDDLE FINGERS TOWARDS THE
POLICE.
A LOT OF PHRASES THAT YOU CAN
IMAGINE TOWARD THE POLICE RIGHT
PNOW.
AND IT HAS SPILLED OVER AS THIS
FRIDAY NIGHT IS CARRIED ON AND CARRIED ON.
CARRIED ON.
THAT PEACEFUL PART OF THE
PROTEST.
FRANKLY THE PUT PEACEFUL
PROTEST PART IS OVER.
WHAT IS LEFT IS WHAT POLICE
THEY ARE PEOPLE HERE TO CAUSE
TROUBLE.
THE POLICE HELICOPTER LOW IN
THE SKY HERE.
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT TRYING TO
GET PEOPLE TO DISPERSE. UT
RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE POLICE
PEOPLE STILL STANDING JUST 20
YARDS AWAY.
WITH PHONES OUT LAUGHING, POINTING, TAUNTING. > Devin:
POINTING, TAUNTING. > Devin:
JASON LET ME REITERATE
SOMETHING ELSE THE POINT THE
CHIEF WAS MAKING EARLIER.
THIS IS ALL HAPPENING IN THE
MIDDLE OF A PANDEMIC.
AND A BUNCH OF PEOPLE HAVE COME
FROM OUTSIDE THE CITY INTO THE
CITY. CITY THAT HAS BEEN HIT SO ACUTELY BY CORONAVIRUS.
SO ACUTELY BY CORONAVIRUS.
WE TALKED ABOUT THIS A COUPLE
TIMES TODAY.
WE HAVE SEEN A NUMBER OF PEOPLE
MARCHING EARLIER TODAY WITH
MASPETH AND THEN A BUNCH OF
PEOPLE IN THE SHOT WHO ARE NOT.
PEOPLE NOT SOCIAL DISTANCING AS
THEY SHOULD.
AND SO THIS IS A CRISIS INSIDE
THE CRISIS IF YOU WILL.
THE CHIEF WAS PRETTY STEAMED ABOUT THAT AS A GUY HE
ABOUT THAT AS A GUY HE
RECOVERED FROM CORONAVIRUS.
>> EXACTLY I AM GLAD YOU
BROUGHT THAT UP.
THAT PROTEST STARTED.
THE SOCIAL DISTANCING WAS NOT
THERE BUT EVERYONE. VERYONE
HAD A MASK ON.
AND AS YOU JUST NOTED VERY FEW
PEOPLE HAVE A MASCOT OUT HERE
TONIGHT.
VERY FEW. AND YOU CAN SPOT THE ONES WHO
AND YOU CAN SPOT THE ONES WHO
DO THE STICK RIGHT OUT.
ALL THE POLICE OFFICERS STUPID
SEVERAL PEOPLE UP ON THE OLD
COUNTY BUILDING.
IT IS ALMOST LIKE THERE IS AN
AUDIENCE THAT IS NOT HELPING
WATCHING TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS HERE.
AND THAT IS KEEPING OTHER
PEOPLE HERE.
YES.
YOU HAVE A PANDEMIC HAPPENING.
AND PEOPLE ARE WALKING AROUND CERTAINLY.
IF ANYBODY IS INFECTED HERE YOU
HAVE A HUGE PROBLEM.
YOU HAVE SO MANY PEOPLE WITHOUT
MASSIVELY PEOPLE CLOSE
TOGETHER.
AND IN CLOSE CONTACT.
>> Devin: AND THE PEOPLE WHO
SEEM TO BE THERE WITH ONE THING IN MIND WHICH IS CAPTURING
IN MIND WHICH IS CAPTURING
SOMETHING ON THEIR CELL PHONE. >> Reporter: EXACTLY RIGHT A
>> Reporter: EXACTLY RIGHT A
LOT OF THAT GOING ON.
>> Devin: A LOT OF WEIRD
INGREDIENTS COMING TOGETHER AT
THIS HOUR AND THIS IS BEING
PLAYED OUT IN A NUMBER OF
CITIES BUT A VERY BAD NIGHT IN
ATLANTA.
AND IN MINNEAPOLIS WHICH IS THE
EPICENTER OF WHAT WE ARE WATCHING HAPPEN RIGHT NOW.
WATCHING HAPPEN RIGHT NOW.
I WAS JUST SPEAKING EARLIER
TODAY.
>> Reporter: IT LOOK LIKE
POLICE ARE TRYING TO GET THEM A
CHANCE.
POLICE ARE TRYING TO GIVE THEM
A CHANCE TO AGAIN GO HOME.
IT IS A LOCAL HERE.
THEY ARE NOT RUSHING INTO THE
CROWD THERE WAITING FOR
SOMETHING TO HAPPEN.
IF THERE IS AGGRESSION BY THE PEOPLE HERE POLICE ARE TAKING
PEOPLE HERE POLICE ARE TAKING
ACTION.
BUT AGAIN YOU SEE THEM STANDING
STILL MAKING ANNOUNCEMENTS BEEN
TRYING TO GET THEM THE CHANCE TO GO HOME.
TO GO HOME.
THAT IS WAITING TO SEE IF THAT
HAPPENS NOW.
>> Devin: I SPOKE WITH CHIEF
CRAIG EARLIER TODAY IS TALKING
ABOUT HOW HARD THEY HAVE WORKED
ON BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS
BETWEEN THE POLICE OFFICERS AND
THE CITIZENS OF DETROIT.
AND THAT IS WHAT THEY HAVE
WORKED ON IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS
AND DOWNTOWN.
AND GET NOW YOU BRING A LOT OF
PEOPLE INTO THE MIX YOU HAVE
NOT BEEN PART OF THOSE
RELATIONSHIPS.
AND NOT BEEN A PART OF THAT
HANDSHAKE. SO IT REALLY DOES NOT TAKE MUCH
SO IT REALLY DOES NOT TAKE MUCH
TO IGNITE THE FUSE THAT IS THIS
PRIMED.
WE WILL OBVIOUSLY KEEP AN EYE
ON WHAT IS HAPPENING THERE.
IT LOOKS RIGHT NOW FROM THE
LAST 15 MINUTES WE HAVE
WATCHED.
THE POLICING TO GIVE EVERYBODY
EVERY CHANCE FOR THIS TO END
PEACEFULLY. >> Reporter: THEY HAVE MOVED
>> Reporter: THEY HAVE MOVED
PEOPLE.
AND JUST USHERED A FORCEFUL
PLEASURE IF YOU WILL TRYING TO
GET THEM TO GO A CERTAIN WAY.
THEY HAVE CLEARED PART OF
CONGRESS. EAST CONGRESS DECLARED THAT WAS
EAST CONGRESS DECLARED THAT WAS
A BIG CRUSH OF PEOPLE IN THE
CLEAR PEOPLE GOT THEM BACK
TOWARD CADILLAC SQUARE HERE.
THEY’RE TRYING TO GET THEM TO
MOVE THAT WAY.
BUT LIKE YOU SAID REGARDING
CHIEF CRAIG. OF ALL THE PEOPLE I SPOKE WITH
OF ALL THE PEOPLE I SPOKE WITH
TODAY AT THE BEGINNING OF THAT
PROTEST.
ALL OF THEM SAID THIS IS NOT
ABOUT DETROIT POLICE.
WE ARE HERE TO PROTEST POLICE
BRUTALITY ON A NATIONAL LEVEL.
BUT WHATHAPPENED TO GEORGE
FLOYD.
THIS IS NOTHING TO DO WITH
DETROIT POLICE.
WE ARE HAPPY.
HE IS COME ALONG WAY TO CREATE
A GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH A GOOD
COMMUNITY OUTREACH. ND HE
MENTIONED THAT A LITTLE BIT
TONIGHT.
AND THAT HAS BEEN TRUE.
AND NOW HE IS DISHEARTENED TO
SEE OUTSIDERS COME IN AND MAYBE
STIR UP TROUBLE HERE.
>> Kimberly: JASON YOU HAVE
BEEN THERE SINCE THE BEGINNING
YOU WERE REPORTING FOR THE
EARLIER NEWSCAST WHEN IT WAS
MORE PEACEFUL.
ARE YOU ABLE TO TELL?
ARE THESE THE SAME PEOPLE WHO
HAVE BEEN THERE SINCE THE
BEGINNING?
OR IS THIS A DIFFERENT CROWD? >> Reporter: IT IS A DIFFERENT
>> Reporter: IT IS A DIFFERENT
CROWD THIS IS DEFINITELY A
DIFFERENT CROWD THAT WHO
STARTED.
IT IS AN OLDER CROWD, BY THE
WAY.
THERE WERE A LOT OF KIDS AT THE
PROTEST IN 20S, EARLY 30s AT
THE MOST.
AND THIS IS A BIT OF AN OLDER
CROWD.
I CANNOT TELL THEY CAME TO
DETROIT TO HANG OUT. IT IS NOT THE SAME PEOPLE WE
IT IS NOT THE SAME PEOPLE WE
SAW MARCHING.
ALTHOUGH SOME OF THEM DID JOIN
LATE IN THIS MARCH.
THEY ARE THE ONES WHO KEPT IT
GOING.
WHEN IT WAS FIZZLING OUT AND
RUN ITS COURSE. VERY TIME
THEY MERGE WITH GET BACK TO DPD
HEADQUARTERS SEVERAL COULD FIND
THEIR WAYS BACK TO THEIR
VEHICLES AND MOVE ON.
AND YOU CAN SEE THEM ALL OVER
THE PLACE.
THERE WAS THIS SMALL FACTION
THAT KEPT IT GOING KEPT TRYING
TO STIR UP TROUBLE.
AND THEN IT FINALLY ENDED HERE
ON RANDOLPH AND CONGRESS.
WHERE THEY GATHERED A FEW MORE
ENDED RE-ENERGIZE. AND IT IS A MIX.
AND IT IS A MIX.
AN ECLECTIC MIX.
HAIRPINS WE DON’ KNOW WHAT IT
IS.
IT DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE POLICE
FIRING ANYTHING.
THAT IS THE SECOND THING I HAVE
HEARD IN 30 SECONDS.
EVERY TIME IT HAPPENS PEOPLE
ARE MOVING AWAY RUNNING AWAY.
IT’S UP TO TELL IF POLICE.
TAKE YOU HEARD. I GUESS IT HAS BEEN 10 MINUTES
I GUESS IT HAS BEEN 10 MINUTES
NOW.
ANOTHER THING.
I SHRINK US TO THE SITE.
>> Devin: I DO NOT KNOW IF YOU
CAN SEE THAT.
IT LOOKS LIKE TEARGAS BEING
DISPERSED THERE. I THINK THAT CLOUD RISING
I THINK THAT CLOUD RISING
BEYOND THE POLICE LINE.
>> Reporter: RIGHT IN FRONT OF
THE OLD COUNTY BUILDING.
AT THE CORNER THERE. THERE GOES ANOTHER ONE.
THERE GOES ANOTHER ONE.
NOW THEY ARE STARTING TO SET
UP.
THAT IS RIGHT IN FRONT OF US,
ACTUALLY.
>> Devin: JUST FOR BEARING 70
OLD COUNTY TELLING THE EASTERN
EDGE OF DOWNTOWN NOT TOO FAR FROM GREEKTOWN POSITIONED
FROM GREEKTOWN POSITIONED
BETWEEN GREEKTOWN AND CADILLAC
SQUARE.
>> YES.
AND THAT IS DEFINITELY TEARGAS.
AND I THINK IF THEY SET OFF A
FEW MORE OF THOSE.
IT WILL BE TOUGH FOR THEM TO
STAY IN THIS AREA. >> Kimberly: KEEP YOURSELF SAFE
>> Kimberly: KEEP YOURSELF SAFE
OUT THERE, JASON.
>> Reporter: WE ARE WE ARE OUT
OF THE WAY. HERE GOES ANOTHER
ONE I JUST GOT CAUGHT IN THE
DRIFT OF THE WIND.
AND NOW PEOPLE ARE HITTING
THEIR HORNS.
THIS COULD GO A COUPLE
DIFFERENT WAYS HERE IN A FEW
MOMENTS, GUYS.
>> Kimberly: LET’S TAKE IT BACK
FROM YOU AND KEEP YOURSELF SAFE
OUT THERE.
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