ALL TRYING TO CALL ATTENTION TO
RACIAL INJUSTICE FOLLOWING THE
DEATH OF GEORGE FLOYD.
HI EVERYONE, I AM SHANNON
MULAIRE.
WE ARE HOPING FOR THE BEST BUT
PREPARING FOR THE WORSE.
MANY BUSINESSES IN DOWNTOWN
BOARDING UP THEIR WINDOWS IN AN
EFFORT TO STOP LOOTING OR
POTENTIAL FIRES LIKE WE HAVE
SEEN THE LAST FEW DAYS.
WE HAVE OUR TEAM OF REPORTERS
COVERING EVERY ANGLE OF THESE
PROTESTS.
LET’S BEGIN WITH MIKE MANZONI
LIVE FOR US AT CITY HALL.
>> Reporter: DOWN TO THE COMMON
NOW, THIS IS WHERE THE FIRST
DEMONSTRATION ENDED.
IT BEGAN AT CITY HALL PLAZA AND
MADE ITS WAY DOWN PAST THE STATE
HOUSE AND CIRCLED BACKUP HERE TO
THE COMMON WHERE THINGS WRAPPED
UP ABOUT 45 MINUTES OR SO.
THIS IS WHERE THEY HELD A SILENT
PROTEST IN HONOR OF GEORGE
FLOYD.
THIS WAS A PEACEFUL
DEMONSTRATION WITHIN THE PAST 45
MINUTES OR SO.
PROTESTERS MARCHED THROUGH THE
STREET SHOUTING "NO JUSTICE, NO
PEACE" AS WELL AS "I CAN’T
BREATHE."
THE WHOLE THING LASTED FOR ABOUT
TWO HOURS AND ENDED WITH A
SERIES OF SPEAKERS ON THE
COMMON.
THE WHOLE THING WAS PEACEFUL.
WE DID SEE BOSTON POLICE
PATROLLING THE STREETS TLO UT
THROUGHOUT THE DAY JUST TO
MONITOR THINGS.
WE WATCHED AS CRUISERS FOLLOW
DEMONSTRATORS AND THERE WERE
POLICE OFFICERS ON MOTORCYCLES
AS WELL AS BICYCLES.
THIS DEMONSTRATION GREW WELL
OVER TO A THOUSAND PEOPLE.
OVER TO A THOUSAND PEOPLE.
WE ARE LIVE, I AM MIKE MANZONI.
>> MALCOLM IS LIVEJOHNSON IS LIV
US.
HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE THERE RIGHT
NOW?
NOW?
>> Reporter: THE
>> Reporter: THE NUMBER THAT YOU
>> Reporter: THE NUMBER THAT YOU
SEE HERE.
IT GOTTEN BIGGER AND A COUPLE OF
MOMENTS AGO, WE SAW DOWN THIS
WAY IN WASHINGTON STREET AS A
LOT OF FOLKS BEGAN AT CITY HALL
AND THEY MET UP WITH THIS GROUP
OF PROTESTERS THAT IS HERE.
ONE THING WE WANT TO MENTION
THAT THE FACT THAT -- THE
THAT THE FACT THAT -- THE
COUNTRY GOTTEN --
COUNTRY GOTTEN --
>>
>> THEY STARTED OUT SAFELY AND
>> THEY STARTED OUT SAFELY AND
IT TURNS INTO LOOTING.
>> Reporter: SHE HIRES A LOT OF
PEOPLE WHO WORKS RIGHT HERE IN
THE AREA.
THEY’LL MAKE THEIR WAY ABOUT 3.5
MILES FROM HERE.
WE’LL CONTINUE TO WALK WITH THEM
AS THEY DO SO THROUGHOUT THE
EVENING.
>> MALCOLM, THANK YOU.
>>> THREE DIFFERENT GROUPS WILL
GATHER DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE
CITY AND COLLECT I’VEIVELY MAKE
WAY TO THE STATES HOUSE.
HOW ARE THINGS LOOKING THERE
MICHAEL ROSENFIELD?
>> Reporter: THIS IS ONE OF THE
SPOTS PEOPLE WERE TOLD TO
GATHER, WE ARE AT THE
INTERSECTION AT WASHINGTON
STREET.
JUST A COUPLE OF PEOPLE,
SHANNON, IT IS UNCLEAR HOW LONG
THEY’LL BE HERE.
THE PLAN IS TO MARCH TO THE
STATE HOUSE ABOUT 1.7 MILES AWAY
AND SHOULD TAKE ABOUT 40 MINUTES
JUST THE OTHER NIGHT, THE SOUTH
END WAS A SCENE OF ANOTHER
PROTEST.
NEAR THE DISTRICT WORK.
POLICE STATION ON HARRISON.
THE ARREST FOR EVERYTHING FROM
ASSAULTS TO BATTERY AND
DISORDERLY CONDUCT AND POLICE
OFFICERS RESISTING ARREST AND
PROMOTING ANARCHY.
WE ARE HOPING WE ARE NOT SEEING
ANY SORT OF CHAOS HERE IN THE
EVENING AND PEACEFUL PROTEST AND
PEOPLE GET THE CHANCE TO MAKE
SHEER VOICES HEARD.
THERE ARE RALLIES AND PROTESTS
TAKEN PLACE THIS EVENING.
A LARGE ONE CAME THROUGH THIS
INTERSECTION BEFORE HOLDING
SIGNS AND CHANTING AND VERY
PEACEFUL THOUGH AND NO PROBLEM.
>> I AM HOPING IT STAYS THAT
WAY.
TONIGHT’S PROTEST WILL END
OUTSIDE THE STATES HOUSE.
OUTSIDE THE STATES HOUSE.
THAT’S WHERE WE FIND NBC 10’S
KATHRYN
KATHRYN
KATHRYN SOTNIK.
>> Reporter: A LIVE LOOK AT THE
STATES HOUSE HERE, WE HAVE
PROTESTERS WAITING, WE SAW
SEVERAL POLICE CRUISERS OUT
FRONT.
SECURITY WILL BE HEIGHTEN
TONIGHT AND HAS BEEN TODAY.
THOUSANDS OF PROTESTERS ON
BOSTON COMMON ON A KNEE GATHERED
FOR A MOMENT OF SILENCE IN
MEMORY OF GEORGE FLOYD.
THE WAKE OF OTHER VIOLENT
PROTESTERS AROUND THE COUNTRY.
FOUR OFFICERS WERE HURT ON
FRIDAY NIGHT.
WE SPOKE WITH COMMISSIONER
WILLIAM EVANS ABOUT HOW POLICE
HAVE HANDLED PREVIOUS RALLIES.
>> YOU HAVE TO PLAN FOR
CONTINGENCY.
>> Reporter: EVANS SAID THEY
REACHED OUT TO OTHER GROUPS BUT
SAYS THE OUTSIDE GROUPS THAT CAN
CAUSE A LOT OF ISSUES.
>> EVERYONE ELSE THERE IS THERE
FOR THE RIGHT REASON BUT THERE
ARE ALSO TROUBLEMAKERS WHO’S
LEADING THE CROWD TO A WRONG
PATH.
>> Reporter: WE HAD VICTORY
PARADES AND OTHER RALLIES.
HE SAID POLICE DON’T START OFF
IN ANY TYPE OF RIOT HERE BUT DO
HAVE TO PROTECT THEMSELVES IF
NEED BE.
>> WE HAVE NO CHOICE TO MAKE
SURE EVERYONE IS SAFE.
>> Reporter: SO WE ARE EXPECTING
ANOTHER FLOOD OF PROTESTERS HERE
TONIGHT AND HOW LONG THEY STAY
OUT IS STILL UNKNOWN AT THIS
POINT.
WE ARE LIVE AT THE STATES HOUSE,
I AM KATHRYN SOTNIK, NBC 10
BOSTON.
>>> WE WANT TO TAKE A LIVE LOOK
OVER BOSTON RIGHT NOW, AS YOU
CAN SEE WE STARTED HUNDREDS OF
PEOPLE HAVE GROWN TO THOUSANDS
PROTESTING MARCHING THROUGH THE
STREETS OF BOSTON.
YOU CAN SEE RIGHT NOW A NUMBER
OF THEM FROM THE CHOPPER.
CHOPPER ONE PARTICULARITY
SPOTTED THIS.
LIVE FOR US IN CHINA TOWN WHERE
PROTESTERS WILL BE MARCHING
FROM.
PERRY RUSSOM, WHAT ARE YOU
SEEING THERE?
>> Reporter: THREE GROUPS OVER
THERE AND ONE OVER HERE.
WE DID SEE GROUPS OF 20 PEOPLE
THAT STOPPED HERE FOR A COUPLE
OF MINUTES AND WENT ON.
THIS STARTED AT 6:30.
STILL FAIRLY ON DURING THIS
PROCESS.
IT IS NOT CLEAR IF WE’LL HAVE A
PROGRAM HERE AT ALL OR THIS IS
JUST A RALLY POINT AND WALKING
AT THE STATES HOUSE.
IT IS ABOUT A MILE LONG WALK IN
THE CITY FOR THE PROTEST
TONIGHT.
WE’LL BE AT 6:30 AND WALK WITHIN
THE STATES HOUSE AND REPORT
WHATEVER HAPPENS BACK TO YOU.
>> PERRY, THANK YOU, WE’LL CHECK
IN WITH YOU THEN.
>>> OUTSIDE HEADQUARTERS, MANY
ARE JOINING FOR A VIGIL, THEY
SANG "WE SHALL OVER COME
TOGETHER"," WHILE THIS IS GONG O
POLICE SET UP BARRICADES AROUND
THE BUILDING.
>>> PEOPLE MARCHING FROM CITY
HALL TO THE WISTER POLICE