STARTS
STARTS NOW. >>> WE
>>> WE
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>>> OBLATE STARTS NOW. FROM 11 ALIVE NEWS.
>> WE ARE NOT JUST FIGHTING
AGAINST WHITE RACIST
COPS, WE ARE FIGHTING AGAINST
BLACK COPS AS WELL.
THE MAYOR WOULD GET ON THE NEWS
AND TALK ABOUT THE CITY, A
BLACK CITY WITH BLACK
LEADERSHIP, YET IT'S BLACK
LEADERSHIP DOES NOT STAND UP
FOR US.
FOR US.
FOR US. >> THIS IS CHAOS.
>> WHAT HAPPENS WHEN PEOPLE
DON'T FEEL HURT?
THIS IS A REFLECTION OF THAT.
>> NO JUSTICE!
NO PEACE!
NO PEACE!
NO PEACE! NO JUSTICE, NO PEACE!
>> UNREST IN ATLANTA NEARLY 48
HOURS AFTER THE DEADLY POLICE
SHOOTING OF RAYSHARD BROOKS.
PROTESTERS GATHER IN SOUTHWEST
ATLANTA AGAIN TONIGHT AFTER THE
RAIN AND THE HAIL.
IT'S THE SAME AREA WHERE MR.
BROOKS WAS SHOT AND KILLED ON
FRIDAY NIGHT, ABOUT 48 HOURS
AGO.
AGO.
AGO. MOUNTING RACIAL TENSION
ELEVATED EVEN FURTHER AFTER THE
SHOOTING DEATH OF THE 27 EUROS
7-YEAR-OLD OUT OF SIGHT A
WENDY'S. WE
WENDY'S. WE HAVE NEW DEVELOPERS ON THE
POSSIBLE CHARGES FOR THE
OFFICER WHO SHOT RAYSHARD
TRUCKS.
TRUCKS.
TRUCKS. THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE
IS WEIGHING WHETHER OR NOT
GARRETT ROTH SHOULD BE CHARGED
WITH MURDER, FELONY MURDER, OR
VOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER.
VOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER. HIS PARTNER WAS OFFICER DEVON
BROSNAN, HE IS ON ADMINISTRATIVE
LEAVE. CHIEF
LEAVE. CHIEF ERIKA SHIELDS HAS RESIGNED AND
THERE IS A SEARCH UNDERWAY FOR A
REPLACEMENT.
REPLACEMENT. THE CITY VOWS TO TAKE A HARDER
LOOK AT ATLANTA POLICE
POLICIES.
POLICIES.
POLICIES. >> WE HAVE A LOT TO COVER
TONIGHT, INCLUDING CIVIL RIGHTS
GROUPS AND LAWMAKERS CALLING FOR
REFORM.
REFORM.
REFORM. THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT,
BECAUSE THE GEORGIA GENERAL
ASSEMBLY RECONVENES TOMORROW.
WE HAVE LIVE
COVERAGE ON OBLATE.
WE WILL BE TALKING TO
PROTESTERS AND COMMUNITY
LEADERS ABOUT HOW TO STOP THE
CYCLE OF VIOLENCE, PLUS COMING
UP WITH TANGIBLE
SOLUTIONS TO MOVE FORWARD AND
HEAL.
HEAL.
HEAL. AND
HEAL. AND THE MEDICAL EXAMINER'S
REPORT ON RAYSHARD BROOKS,
MEDICAL EXAMPLES EXAMINER'S SAY
HE DIED OF GUNSHOT WOUNDS TO
THE BACK, WHICH INJURED HIS
ORGANS AND FLED TO BLOODLUST.
YOU CAN SEE BROOKS RUNNING FROM
THE OFFICERS AFTER THEY TASED
HIM.
HIM.
HIM. THAT'S WHEN BROOKS WAS SHOT.
HIS FAMILY WILL ADDRESS THE
MEDIA TOMORROW AT
THIS WAS NEAR THE SCENE OF THE
SHOOTING ON UNIVERSITY AVENUE.
>> JEFF, LET ME SET THE TONE
AND THE SCENE FOR YOU IN A
MOMENT.
MOMENT.
MOMENT. WE ARE ACROSS THE STREET FROM
THE WENDY'S WHERE THAT SHOOTING
HAPPENED.
HAPPENED.
HAPPENED. WE HAD TO
WE HAD TO
WE HAD TO MOVE.
MOVE.
MOVE. WE
MOVE. WE POSSIBLY HEARD GUNFIRE OR
FIRECRACKERS, TO BE CAUTIOUS WE
DECIDED TO MOVE DOWN THE
STREET.
STREET.
STREET. A
A
A SHORT
A SHORT TIME AGO, THE TONE WAS
PRAYERFUL.
PRAYERFUL. A NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS WERE
BEING LED IN PRAYER, PRAYING
FOR THOSE KILLED AND PRAYING
FOR THOSE STILL LIVING IN FEAR
OF POLICE BRUTALITY. A YOUNG
COLLEGE STUDENT THAT WE MET HAD
A MESSAGE FOR THE PEOPLE LIVING
IN THE SUBURBAN AREAS.
IN CASE THEY HAD SOME CONFUSION
ABOUT WHY THERE WERE STILL
PROTESTS HAPPENING.
PROTESTS HAPPENING. HERE'S WHAT SHE HAD TO SAY.
>> IT IS ABOUT BEING ACTIVE.
YOU CAN'T SAY I'M NOT
RACIST THAT ARE NOT PART OF THE
PROBLEM.
PROBLEM.
PROBLEM. YOU HAVE TO SAY HAVE I DONE THE
WORK TO UNDERSTAND THE
SITUATION AND MAKE A JUDGMENT
ABOUT IT?
ABOUT IT?
ABOUT IT? HAVE A LOOK AT HOW THE JUSTICE
SYSTEM REALLY IS?
HAVE I WATCHED DOCUMENTARIES?
HAVE I READ UP?
HAVE I ACTUALLY NOT JUST IMPOSE
MY OPINIONS, HAVE I HEARD AND
JUST LISTEN TO?
>> SOME VERY GOOD PERSPECTIVE
FROM THE COLLEGE STUDENT AND
ACTIVIST WE SPOKE WITH.
AND THE MAYOR PLANS TO
INTRODUCE CITY LEGISLATION THAT
WOULD THE USE OF TEAR GAS AND
RUBBER BULLETS, WHICH HAVE BEEN
USED ON DEMONSTRATORS AND
PROTESTERS OVER THE LAST FEW
WEEKS THROUGHOUT METRO ATLANTA
>> NOW WE WANT TO TAKE YOU FOR
THROUGH THE BODY CAMERA VIDEO
SHOWING HOW A TRAFFIC STOP IN
THE WENDY'S PARKING LOT STARTED
OUT, IT SEEMED ALMOST FRIENDLY
IN - - IT SEEMED ALMOST FRIENDLY
AT FIRST.
AT FIRST.
AT FIRST. >>> RAYSHARD BROOKS WAS ASLEEP
BEHIND THE WHEEL OF HIS CAR AT
A WENDY'S DRIVE-THROUGH ALONG
UNIVERSITY AVENUE.
UNIVERSITY AVENUE. OFFICER BROSNAN RESPONDED,
KNOCKING ON THE
WINDOW SEVERAL TIMES.
NEARLY A MINUTE LATER, BROOKS
RESPONDS.
RESPONDS.
RESPONDS. >> YOU ARE BLOCKING TRAFFIC
HERE.
HERE.
HERE. YOU
HERE. YOU WERE ASLEEP WHEN I WALKED
UP WHAT IS UP
YOU HAD A LONG DAY OR
SOMETHING?
SOMETHING? WHAT IS UP?
>> THE OFFICER ASKS BROOKS TO
PULL INTO A PARKING SPOT.
MOMENTS LATER HE FALLS ASLEEP
AGAIN.
AGAIN.
AGAIN. BROSNAN
BROSNAN
BROSNAN ASKS BROOKS IF HE HAS BEEN
DRINKING.
DRINKING.
DRINKING. >> WHAT KIND OF DRINK IS THAT?
>> BROOKS SAYS HE WAS WAITING
ON HIS SISTER.
THE
THE
THE DUI
THE DUI CERTIFIED OFFICER ARRIVED
LATER.
LATER.
LATER. >>
LATER. >> I'M ON THE HIGHWAY.
>> NO YOU ARE NOT.
[ INDISCERNIBLE ]
>> NO, TRY AGAIN
>> I'M NOT ON THE HIGHWAY?
>> NO.
>> NO.
>> NO. >>
>> NO. >> BROOKS STEPPED OUT OF THE
CAR AND FAILS A FIELD SOBRIETY
TEST, THEN TELLS US HE IS TOO
DRUNK TO BE DRIV
ATTEMPTS TO TAKE HIM INTO
CUSTODY.
CUSTODY.
CUSTODY. >> I THINK YOU'VE HAD TOO MUCH
TO DRINK TO BE DRIVING.
>> BROOKS PULLED AWAY,
STRUGGLING WITH OFFICERS.
THE BODY CAMERA FELL TO THE
GROUND.
GROUND.
GROUND. >> YOU ARE GOING TO GET TASED!
YOU ARE GOING TO GET TASED!
>> HE GRABS ONE OF THE OFFICERS
TASERS, AND BROOKS RUNS AWAY.
OFFICERS FIRED THREE OR FOUR
GUNSHOTS AND CALLED FOR AN
AMBULANCE.
AMBULANCE. >> WE ARE LEARNING MORE ABOUT
THE FORMER OFFICER WHO HAD BEEN
WITH THE DEPARTMENT FOR ABOUT
SEVEN YEARS.
SEVEN YEARS. LAST YEAR HE WAS HONORED FOR
MAKING 99 DUI ARRESTS THE
PREVIOUS YEAR.
PREVIOUS YEAR. HE HAD JUST UNDERGONE CULTURAL
AND USE OF FORCE AND DE-
ESCALATION TRAINING IN APRIL.
HE WENT UNDER THE LASER AND
FIREARMS
FIREARMS
FIREARMS TRAINING IN MARCH AND DAILY USE
OF FORCE TRAINING IN JANUARY OF
THIS YEAR.
THIS YEAR. WE SPOKE WITH CNN EARLIER
TONIGHT ABOUT RACIAL
INEQUALITY, UNTIL FRIDAY, SHE
THOUGHT THE CITY AND POLICE
DEPARTMENT TALKED ABOUT
OFFERING IMPLICIT TRAINING, SHE
SAID IT IS CLEAR THAT IS NOT
ENOUGH.
ENOUGH.
ENOUGH. >> I DON'T THINK WE CAN OUT
TRAIN OUR WAY AS
OF WHERE WE ARE, HOW WE VIEW
RACE, HOW WE INTERACT WITH EACH
OTHER.
OTHER.
OTHER. THERE IS CLEARLY A BIGGER
CONVERSATION THAT NEEDS TO BE
HAD ACROSS THIS COUNTRY.
WE ARE NOT IN A POST- RACIAL
SOCIETY.
SOCIETY.
SOCIETY. >> THE MAYOR ALSO TALKED ABOUT
CALLS TO DEFUND THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT.
DEPARTMENT. SHE SAYS HER POSITION IS THE
SAME, IT HAS NOT CHANGED.
SHE SAYS THE CITY LOOKS AT THE
BUDGET AS A WHOLE, TO FIND
INITIATIVES.
INITIATIVES. SOUTHWEST AT ATLANTA HAVE BEEN
LARGELY PEACEFUL TONIGHT, LAST
NIGHT IT WAS A TOTALLY
DIFFERENT STORY.
DIFFERENT STORY. THE WENDY'S WENT UP IN FLAMES,
GETTING THE ENTIRE BUILDING.
WE SPOKE EXCLUSIVELY
WITH A BLACK OWNED BUSINESS
THAT HAS SUFFERED FROM SOME
DANDRIDGE.
DANDRIDGE. >> AFTER MORE THAN EIGHT HOURS
HERE, ACROSS THE STREET FROM
THAT WENDY'S THAT TURNED DOWN
YESTERDAY, THE DAMAGE
RESTORATION TEAM IS PACKING UP
AND GETTING READY TO LEAVE
HERE.
HERE.
HERE. THEY ARE DIRECTLY
ACROSS FROM WHERE THAT FATAL
SHOOTING HAPPENED.
SHOOTING HAPPENED. AS WE WALK AROUND THE BUILDING,
YOU CAN SEE ALL OF THE WINDOWS
AT THIS POINT HAVE NO OPEN
COVERED.
COVERED.
COVERED. THERE WAS VIDEO FROM EARLIER
AND PICTURES TO SHOW YOU OF
WHAT THAT DAMAGE LOOKS LIKE
BEFORE IT WAS COVERED THIS
EVENING. THE OWNER SAID OTHER
THAN THE DAMAGE THAT YOU SEE
FROM THE WINDOWS HERE, THERE
WAS NO LOOTING.
NOTHING WAS STOLEN FROM THIS
BUSINESS.
BUSINESS.
BUSINESS. THAT WORK IS NO COMING TO AN
END THIS EVENING.
HE SAYS HE HAS ALREADY SENT
SPENT THOUSANDS TO GET THE
PLACE BOARDED UP
NIGHT, THEY FILMED THE PROTESTS
AND CAME TO WORK TO FIND THE
WORKPLACE DAMAGED.
WORKPLACE DAMAGED. >> I WAS NOT DIRECTLY UP
STREET.
STREET.
STREET. I
STREET. I WAS CLEANING
UP THE PARKING LOT WHEN THE MAN
WAS SHOT.
WAS SHOT.
WAS SHOT. THIS IS
THIS IS
THIS IS MY JOB.
MY JOB.
MY JOB. THIS IS WHERE I GET MY INCOME.
I HAVE
I HAVE
I HAVE MIXED INCOME I HAVE MIXED
FEELINGS ABOUT IT.
I'VE GOT TO PAY BILLS.
AT THE SAME TIME, I SAW
HAPPENED.
HAPPENED.
HAPPENED. I CAN'T BLAME PEOPLE
FRUSTRATED.
FRUSTRATED. >> THAT IS THE FEELING THAT
MANY IN THIS COMMUNITY ARE
GRAPPLING WITH, THEY UNDERSTAND
THE FRUSTRATION OF THE
PROTESTERS, THEY ALSO LIVE IN
THIS COMMUNITY AND IT'S SAD TO
SEE THE DAMAGE LIKE THIS,
BUSINESS SOMEONE LIVES HERE.
>>> THE WENDY'S BUILDING HAS
BEEN DEEMED A COMPLETE AND TOTAL
LOSS.
LOSS.
LOSS. THIS IS A PHOTO OF THE WOMAN
WHO MAY HAVE STARTED THE FIRE.
THESE PICTURES ARE NOT
THE ONLY PLACE THIS WOMAN HAS
APPEARED.
APPEARED.
APPEARED. KRISTIN DIAZ HAS BEEN WORKING
TO VERIFY SOME VIDEOS THAT HAVE
NOW GONE VIRAL.
>> A RAGING FIRE THAT UP THE
NIGHT SKY AS SOMEONE SET FIRE TO
THE WENDY'S.
THE WENDY'S. SOON AFTER, THESE VIDEOS
STARTED POPPING UP ON SOCIAL
MEDIA.
MEDIA.
MEDIA. >>
MEDIA. >> THAT WHITE GIRL IS TRYING TO
BURN DOWN THE WENDY'S.
>> A CAUCASIAN WOMAN PUT AN
ACCELERANT THROUGHOUT THE
WINDOW, AND MANY SAY SHE WAS
NOT EVEN WITH THE PROTESTS.
IT SPARKED OUTRAGE AND
FINGER-POINTING AS THE VIDEOS
WENT VIRAL.
WENT VIRAL. THIS WAS NO VIEWED MORE THAN
1.6 MILLION TIMES.
AS SOON AS WE SAW THE VIDEOS
POP UP, WE STARTED TO
INVESTIGATE. ATLANTA
INVESTIGATE. ATLANTA POLICE BELIEVE THIS WOMAN SET
THE FIRE, WEARING ALL BLACK, AND
COVERING EVERYTHING EXCEPT HER
EYES.
EYES.
EYES. APD
EYES. APD SENT
APD SENT
APD SENT OUT THESE PICTURES AND POSTED A
LINK, SAYING A VIDEO OF THE
WOMAN WAS POSTED ON SOCIAL MEDIA
. NOW THEY
ARE OFFERING THOUSANDS OF
DOLLARS TO FIND OUT WHO SHE IS.
>> ATLANTA FIRE AND RESCUE IS
INVESTIGATING THE ARSON.
THEY SAY THEY COULD NOT DO
MUCH, BECAUSE PROTESTERS WERE
STILL THERE. AT TH
THEY HAVE NO SUSPECTS
SIX PROTESTERS WERE ARRESTED
AFTER GOING ONTO THE INTERSTATE
AND BLOCKING TRAFFIC ON
DENTON CONNECTOR, SHUTTING DOWN
TRAFFIC AND IN FOR AN HOUR IN
BOTH DIRECTIONS.
BOTH DIRECTIONS. FOR THE PEOPLE ARRESTED WERE
FROM OUT OF STATE AND 17 FROM