WE’RE GOING TO GET STARTED WITH
OUR 111:00 NEWS.
STAY WITH US.
STAY WITH US.
>> TONIGHT, CHAOS IN BOSTON AND
ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
CALLS FOR JUSTICE AND CALLS FOR
CALLS FOR JUSTICE AND CALLS FOR
POOES PEACE.
TEAM COVERAGE AS PEOPLE ACROSS
THE COUNTRY PROTEST THE DEATH OF
GEORGE FLOYD.
NBC 10 BOSTON TONIGHT STARTS
NBC 10 BOSTON TONIGHT STARTS
RIGHT NOW.
>> AND BREAKING RIGHT NOW AT
11:00, PEACE 68 PROTESTS TURNING
DESTRUCTIVE IN BOSTON TONIGHT.
THIS IS A POLICE CRUISER ON FIRE
THIS IS A POLICE CRUISER ON FIRE
JUST A SHORT TIME AGO.
YOU’RE LOOKING LIVE OVER THE
SCENE NOW WHERE THOUSANDS HAVE
GATHERED, PROTESTING THE DEATH
OF GEORGE FLOYD.
THE NATIONAL GUARD HAS NOW BEEN
THE NATIONAL GUARD HAS NOW BEEN
CALLED IN TO ASSIST WITH BOSTON
POLICE.
THIS IS JUST A SHORT TIME AGO.
THIS IS A WALL GREENS WE SAW
PEOPLE LOOTING, BROKE THE
WINDOWS AND THROWING THINGS OUT
THE TWOEDS OTHER PEOPLE, JUST
DESTROYED.
PROTESTERS HAVE BEEN CLASHING
WITH POLICE.
THESE ARE SCENES FROM A SHORT
TIME AGO.
TIME AGO.
POLICE SAY PEOPLE HAVE BEEN
THROWING GLASS BOTTLES AND
FROZEN WATER BOTTLE IT IS.
FROZEN WATER BOTTLE IT IS.
TEAR GAS HAS BEEN DEPLOYED.
HI, EVERYONE.
THANK YOU FOR STICKING WITH US.
I WANT TO WARN YOU.
THIS IS LIVE COVERAGE AND SOME
OF THE LANGUAGE IS DIFFICULT TO
HEAR.
WE HAVE A TEAM ON THE GROUND
KEEPING A CLOSE EYE ON ALL OF IT
FOR US BEGINNING WITH ELY
ROSENBURG.
ELI.
>> IT’S A SHAME WE HAD TO START
THE NEWSCAST LIKE THIS.
THIS IS THE REALITY IN BOSTON.
THE LOOTING HAS BEGUN IN
DOWNTOWN CROSSING.
DOWNTOWN CROSSING.
THIS IS A MEN’S WAREHOUSE, ONE
OF THE HARDEST HIT SPOTS.
THERE ISN’T MUCH LESS HERE.
MORE THAN AN HOUR OF LOOTING.
A CELL PHONE STORE HIT.
A SHOE STORE HIT.
POLICE HAVE TRIED, REALLY TRIED
POLICE HAVE TRIED, REALLY TRIED
TO GET AN UPPER HAND HERE IN
DOWNTOWN CROSSING.
TO SOME SUCCESS.
THEY WOULD SWEEP IN WITH
MOTORCYCLES, THEY WOULD SFWHEEP
ON FOOT, THEY WOULD CLEAR IT AND
IT WOULD POP BACK UP.
THIS IS THE DAMAGE WE SEE.
FROM THE SHIRTS AND SUITS AND
PANTS TO INSIDE WHERE THE STORE
HAS JUST BEEN DESTROYED.
HAS JUST BEEN DESTROYED.
THIS IS AFTER A NIGHT SAW SUCH
SUCCESS IN TERMS OF BOSTON
COMING TOGETHER, PEOPLE OF ALL
AGES AND RACES COMING TOGETHER
TO BOSTON COMMON TO VOICE THEIR
TO BOSTON COMMON TO VOICE THEIR
CONCERN OVER WHAT HAS UNDERSTAND
OUR COUNTRY OVER THE LAST SIX
DAYS AND BEYOND THAT.
THAT’S WHAT ENDED UP WITH SCENES
LIKE THIS.
POLICE ARE OUT HERE.
THINGS HAVE QUIETED DOWN.
THINGS HAVE QUIETED DOWN.
I THINK IT’S IMPORTANT TO TALK
ABOUT A WOMAN CAME UP TO ME AND
SAID WHAT YOU’RE SEEING RIGHT
HERE, POINTING AT THE LOOTING,
DOES NOT REPRESENT MOST OF THE
DOES NOT REPRESENT MOST OF THE
PEOPLE OUT HERE.
I PROMISED THAT I WOULD SAY THIS
DOES NOT REPRESENT WHAT TONIGHT
REPRESENTS.
BUT IT IS WHAT IS GOING ON RIGHT
BUT IT IS WHAT IS GOING ON RIGHT
NOW IN THE CROSSING.
YOU CAN SEE THERE’S A LOT TO
CLEAN UP.
BACK TO YOU.
>> ALL RIGHT, ELI.
THANK YOU FOR THE REPORTING.
WE WANT TO GO TO MALCOLM
JOHNSON.
MALCOLM, YOU STARTED THE NIGHT
IN ROXBURY AND YOU ENDED
DOWNTOWN BOSTON WHAT’S GOING ON
DOWNTOWN BOSTON WHAT’S GOING ON
RIGHT NOW?
AND -- YOU JOOCHBLTD THAT’S
EXACTLY WHAT WE HAD MENTIONED
BEFORE.
WE APOLOGIZE FOR THAT.
WE APOLOGIZE FOR THAT.
TENSIONS HAVE ESCALATESED AND
UNFORTUNATELY SOMETIMES THEY
RESULT IN THAT.
APOLOGIES FOR THAT.
LE ALL AFTERNOON AND INTO THE
EVENING, PERBERRY, YOU’VE BEEN
THERE.
PEOPLE WERE THROWING BOTTLES.
HAS THAT CLEARED UP AT ALL?
>> RIGHT NOW WE ARE IN THE
>> RIGHT NOW WE ARE IN THE
BOSTON COMMONS, SHANNON AND IT
LOOKS LIKE WHOEVER IS DOWN
THERE.
WE KNOW EATS LAW ENFORCEMENT.
WE HAVE THIS SPRAYING SOMETHING
INTO THE AIR.
INTO THE AIR.
AL HAS BEEN CAUSING AND SAID HE
GOT IT IN HIS EYES AND HE’S OK.
SO WE DECIDED TO CONTINUE.
WE CAN SEE TRASH CANS ON FIRE
HERE.
WE CAN SEE -- PROBABLY CAN’T SEE
IT FROM THERE BUT WE SEE POLICE
IN TACTICAL GEAR MOVING THROUGH
THE COMMON AND PUTTING OUT
FIRES.
LOOKS LIKE SOMEONE SET OFF
LOOKS LIKE SOMEONE SET OFF
FIREWORKS IN THE BACKGROUND.
THEY HAVE BEEN MOVING TRYING TO
CLEAR THE BOSTON COMMON.
IT HAS BEEN A STRESSFUL NIGHT
WHERE PEOPLE ARE GOING
FACE-TO-FACE WITH LAW
ENFORCEMENT.
THEY ARE TRYING TO CLEAR THIS
AREA, GET PEOPLE OUT OF HERE.
WE HEARD SOME INCREDIBLY LOUD
FLASH BANGS THROUGH THE BOSTON
COMMONS.
WE HEARD THEM THREE TO FOUR
TIMES.
WE DIDN’T KNOW WHAT IT WAS.
THEY ARE TRYING TO GET PEOPLE
OUT OF HERE.
WE CAN SEE THEM SPRAYING STUFF
WE CAN SEE THEM SPRAYING STUFF
IN THE AIR TRYING TO GET PEOPLE
OUT OF HERE.
THERE’S A HUGE CLOUD OF SMOKE
THAT JUST PASSED THROUGH.
WE’RE GOING TO SEND IT BACK TO
YOU SO WE CAN GET OUT OF HERE
YOU SO WE CAN GET OUT OF HERE
AND GET TO SOME CLEANER AIR.
.
>> BE SAFE.
WE’VE SEEN THESE SCENES UNFOLD
ALL NIGHT LONG.
PEOPLE LEFT ON THE STREETS THERE
PEOPLE LEFT ON THE STREETS THERE
IN BOSTON AND WHAT’S GOING ON
DOWN THERE HAS NOT BEEN GOOD.
WE’VE BEEN LOOKING AT THE
WALGREEN’S.
THEY’VE BEEN THROWING ITEMS OUT
THE WINDOW.
THE WINDOW.
THE POINT NATIONAL GUARD IS
RESPONDING.
THEY NEED THE HELP AT THIS POINT
AND PEOPLE SIMPLY WEREN’T
GETTING OUT OF THE AREA.
YOU SAW PERRY SHOW US THE TRASH
CANS ON FIRE IN THE PARK.
CANS ON FIRE IN THE PARK.
WE WATCHED THE POLICE CRUISER
BURNED DOWN TO THE FRAME BEFORE
THE FIRE DEPARTMENT SHOWED UP
AND PUT THE FIRE OUT.
THIS IS THE RESULT OF THE END OF
THE NIGHT HERE.
VERY DIFFERENT SCENE THAN DURING
THE DAY.
AS WE CONTINUE TO SHOW YOU LIVE
PICTURES, THINGS HAVE CLEARED
OUT, BELIEVE IT OR NOT.
POLICE HAVE DONE A PRETTY GOOD
POLICE HAVE DONE A PRETTY GOOD
JOB OF TRYING TO FORCE PEOPLE
OUT OF THE AREA LITTLE BY
LITTLE.
WE’VE SEEN A NUMBER OF ARRESTS.
TOUGH TO SAY EXACTLY WHAT THE
ARRESTS WERE RELATED TO BUT WE
ARRESTS WERE RELATED TO BUT WE
DID SEE A NUMBER OF PEOPLE GET
TAKEN INTO CUSTODY AS WE TRY TO
GET OUR BEARINGS ABOVE.
BEAUTIFUL LOOK AT BOSTON DESPITE
WHAT’S GOING ON.
WHAT’S GOING ON.
WE HAVE A NUMBER OF REPORTERS ON
THE SCENE.
CAT HAS BEEN IN AND OUT OF
TROUBLE.
ARE YOU AT A PLACE WHERE YOU CAN
FELLS WHAT’S GOING ON?
>> YEAH.
>> YEAH.
WE HAD A COUPLE OF BOTTLES,
PLASTIC BOTTLE THROWN AT US.
WE’RE FINE, OBVIOUSLY.
WHAT WE CAN TELL YOU IS THAT THE
TEAR GAS IS STARTING TO COME UP
HERE.
YOU CAN FEEL IT IN THE BACK OF
YOUR THROAT.
I DO WANT TO SHOW YOU BOSTON
COMMON.
I THINK PERRY JUST SHOWED US
SOME OF THIS.
HE’S FURTHER DOWN.
THEY HAVE LIT MANY TRASH CANS ON
FIRE THROUGHOUT THE COMMON.
PEOPLE ARE WALKING BY, CAUSING
FROM THE TEAR GAS.
FROM THE TEAR GAS.
WE HEARD SEVERAL LOUD BANGS
TONIGHT.
THAT WAS THE TEAR GAS THAT WAS
BEING RELEASED.
THIS STARTED OUT AS WE SAID
EARLIER AND HOW WE’VE BEEN
SAYING IT ALL NIGHT LONG.
SAYING IT ALL NIGHT LONG.
THE LAST COUPLE OF HOURS HAVE
TAKEN A SOUR NOTE HERE IN
BOSTON.
THERE’S BEEN LOOTING, RIOTING.
POLICE HAVE BEEN ESSENTIALLY
POLICE HAVE BEEN ESSENTIALLY
TRAPPED IN THEIR KWARZ BY LARGE
CROWDS OF THROUGHS OF PEOPLE.
WE’RE SEEING AS WE HIT 11:00,
SOME STRAGGLERS OUT HERE,
CAUSING TROUBLE IN THE BOSTON
COMMON.
IT’S SMOKY DOWN THERE.
THEY’VE SET GARBAGE CANS ON
FIRE.
THERE’S TRASH ON THE ROAD.
WE WERE BY THE SANTANDER BANK ON
CHARLES STREET, ALL OF THAT IS
SMASHED OUT.
THERE WILL BE A LOT OF PICKUP
TOMORROW, OBVIOUSLY.
BY A PEACEFUL PROTEST EARLIER
THAT’S TAKEN A TURN FOR THE
WORST.
BACK TO YOU, SHANNON.
>> TWO TOTALLY DIFFERENT
STORIES.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
WE CONTINUE TO LOOK AT THE
POLICE WHO ARE -- THESE ARE
LIVING PICTURES.
THEY’VE MADE THIS PERIMETER IN
THE DOWNTOWN CROSSING AREA SORT
OF SURROUNDING THE PARK.
THIS IS WHERE THE MAJORITY OF
THE ISSUES WERE IN THE LATER
THE ISSUES WERE IN THE LATER
PORTION OF THE EVENING, WHERE
ELI ROSENBERG SHOWED US SOME T
LOOTING.
THEY SAW PEOPLE RUNNING INTO THE
STORES AND RUNNING OUT WITH
SUITS.
PROBABLY A SCENE YOU NEVER
THOUGHT YOU WOULD SEE PLAY OUT
IN THAT AREA OF BOSTON.
LET ALONE, PERIODS.
BUT THIS IS WHAT WE WERE LEFT
BUT THIS IS WHAT WE WERE LEFT
WITH AT THE END OF THE NIGHT.
THIS IS A PRETTY FIRM GRASP ON
THE CITY AT THIS POINT.
THE FIRE WAS NOT TOO FAR FROM
THERE WHERE THAT POLICE CRUISER
WAS SET ON FIRE.
IT HAD BEEN PARKED BECAUSE THE
WINDOWS HAS BEEN SMASHED OUT.
LOOK AT THE DEBRIS ON THE
STREET.
A BIG CLEAN-UP TOMORROW.
WE WATCHED THAT VEHICLE BURN.
POLICE AT THAT POINT JUST HAD TO
LET IT HAPPEN.
HERE THEY ARE AGAIN IN THAT
CROSSWALK, KEEPING THE PEACE,
CROSSWALK, KEEPING THE PEACE,
TRYING TO MAKE SURE THE LAST FEW
PEOPLE GET OUT OF THE AREA.
THIS IS ACTUALLY A MUCH IMPROVED
SCENE OVER WHAT WAS GOING ON
MAYBE 20 MINUTES AGO.
MAYBE 20 MINUTES AGO.
WHAT YOU WERE SHOWING US WAS
PRETTY CONFRONTATIONAL IN
DOWNTOWN CROSSING.
WE HAD SEEN EARLIER IN THE
EVENING THAT A LOT OF THOSE
STORES HAD ACTUALLY BOARDED UP
IN ANTICIPATION OF SOMETHING
LIKE THAT HAPPENING AND
UNFORTUNATELY, THEY WERE RIGHT
AND IT DID HAPPEN IN A FEW
STORES DOWN THERE AS WELL.
SO THERE IS GOING TO BE
SIGNIFICANT CLEAN-UP IN THE
MORNING FOR THOSE STORES AS
WELL.
WE WANT TO GO NOW TO OUR MICHAEL
ROSENFIELD WITH THE LATEST FROM
THAT AREA.
>> WE STILL HAVE A FAIRLY TENSE
>> WE STILL HAVE A FAIRLY TENSE
SCENE HERE ON WASHINGTON STREET
ABOUT A BLOCK OR TWO AWAY FROM
DOWNTOWN CROSSING.
BUT AT THIS POINT MOST OF THE
CROWD HAS DISPERSED YOU BE SOME
CROWD HAS DISPERSED YOU BE SOME
OF THEM ARE STILL GETTING INTO
IT WITH THE BOSTON POLICE.
A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE CROWD ARE
ON THEIR KNEES.
THEY’RE ADDRESSING THE POLICE
OFFICERS.
THEY’VE BEEN YELLING AT SOME
POINT.
POLICE DID TAKE A LOT OF WATER
BOOLTS FOR QUITE A WHILE.
THAT SEEMS TO HAVE DIED DOWN.
WE HAVE 50 POLICE OFFICERS HERE
AT THE INTERSECTION OF
WASHINGTON AND AVERY, ABOUT A
BLOCK OR TWO AWAY FROM DOWNTOWN
CROSSING.
THE CROWD HAS DISPERSED FOR THE
MOST PART.
MOST PART.
PEOPLE HERE ARE ON THEIR KNEES
SITTING FACE TO FACE WITH
POLICE.
POLICE HAVE BEEN EXTREMELY CALM
EVEN THOUGH THEY’VE BEEN TAKING
EVEN THOUGH THEY’VE BEEN TAKING
LOTS OF WATER BOTTLES AND
SHOUTING.
THEY’VE GOT THEIR MASKS ON.
WE FELT SOME PEPPER SPRAY OR
SOME TYPE OF TEAR GAS OR SPRAY.
PEOPLE SAID THEY COULD FEEL IT
PEOPLE SAID THEY COULD FEEL IT
IN THEIR EYES, WE DID AS WELL.
WE SAW THREE AMBULANCES GOING
THROUGH.
THEY TOOK ONE PERSON AWAY AND
POLICE WERE DOING AN EXCELLENT
POLICE WERE DOING AN EXCELLENT
JOB PROTECTING THE PARAMEDICS
AND MAKING SURE THEY WERE ABLE
TO TAKE THE PATIENT TO A LOCAL
HOSPITAL.
NOT SURE WHY THAT PERSON WAS
INJURED IN THE FIRST PLACE.
INJURED IN THE FIRST PLACE.
ABOUT 50 POLICE OFFICERS TRYING
TO KEEP CONTROL OF THIS CROWD.
BACK TO YOU.
>> MICHAEL, THANK YOU.
SORT OF A REMIND EAR, WE’RE IN
THE MIDDLE OF A GLOBAL PANDEMIC.
THE MIDDLE OF A GLOBAL PANDEMIC.
A LOT OF FIRST RESPONDERS HAVE
BEEN BUSY DOING OTHER THINGS FOR
WEEKS AND WEEKS ON END.
TO HAVE TO RESPOND TO SOMETHING
LIKE THIS WAS PROBABLY THE LAST
THING THEY NEEDED ON A NIGHT
THING THEY NEEDED ON A NIGHT
LIKE TONIGHT.
WE CONTINUE TO TAKE A LIVE LOOK
OVER BOSTON RIGHT NOW.
THINGS STARTING TOO QUIET DOWN
AT 11: 11.
AT 11: 11.
THIS STARTED AT 3:00 IN THE
AFTERNOON AND WAS PEACEFUL UP TO
ABOUT AN HOUR AGO WHEN THINGS
TOOK A TURN.
THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF
PEOPLE WHO MAMPD PEACEFULLY TO
THE STATE HOUSE.
THEY WERE THERE FOR QUITE A
WHILE PEACEFULLY.
WHEN THINGS STARTED TO DISPERSE,
WE HAVE A FIRE TRUCK HERE AND
WE HAVE A FIRE TRUCK HERE AND
WE’VE SEEN A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT
FIRES THAT HAVE BEEN SET IN
DIFFERENT AREAS OF BOSTON.
THEY’RE KEEPING AN EYE ON THAT.
THEY’RE KEEPING AN EYE ON THAT.
LET’S GO NOW TO OUR MIKE MANZONI
FROM HIS AREA OF BOSTON, MIKE,
WHAT’S GOING ON?
>> SHANNON, WE ARE AT CITY HALL,
OUTSIDE CITY HALL ABOUT 45
MINUTES AGO BUT MOVED FURTHER
DOWN CAMBRIDGE STREET CLOSER TO
MGH BECAUSE PEOPLE WERE FLOORING
THEIR CARS, DRIVING AT HIGH
SPEEDS AND THEY WERE NOT FAZED
APPARENTLY BY THE FACT THAT
THERE WERE DOZENS OF POLICE
OFFICERS THERE.
CITY HALL IS WHERE THE PEACEFUL
DEMONSTRATIONS STARTED AROUND
DEMONSTRATIONS STARTED AROUND
3:00 THIS AFTERNOON.
THAT DEMONSTRATION THEN HEADED
DOWN CAMBRIDGE STREET, MADE ITS
WAY PAST THE STATE HOUSE,
EVENTUALLY DOWN BOSTON STREET.
THERE WERE SOME OFFICERS HEADED
DOWN THE STREET.
WE’RE NOT SURE WHAT THAT’S
ABOUT.
THEY’RE COMING FROM CITY HALL,
THEY’RE COMING FROM CITY HALL,
GOVERNMENT CENTER AND HEADING
DOWN CAMBRIDGE STREET PAST MGH.
BACK TO WHAT I WAS SAYING.
THAT PROTEST ENDED AT BOSTON
COMMON AROUND 5:00.
COMMON AROUND 5:00.
THAT PEACEFUL PROTEST.
THEY EVEN HAD A MOMENT OF
SILENCE FOR GEORGE FLOYD.
THEN THEY DISPERSED AND THAT IS
THEN THEY DISPERSED AND THAT IS
WHEN THINGS STARTED TO TURN
VIOLENT A FEW HOURS LATER.
WE WALKED TO DOWNTOWN CROSSING
AND THINGS WERE HEATING UP
AND THINGS WERE HEATING UP
THERE, GETTING VERY INTENSE.
POLICE OFFICERS WERE IN RIOT
GEAR WALKING AROUND WITH BATONS
BUT THE DEMONSTRATORS OR THE
RIOTERS AT THAT POINT DIDN’T
CARE.
NERP SWEARING AT POLICE
OFFICERS, SPRAY PAINTING THEIR
POLICE CRUISERS, KICKING THE
POLICE CRUISERS, OVERTURNING
LARGE POTTED PLANTS AT THE
MACY’S.
AT THAT POINT WE DECIDED TO HEAD
BACK TO CITY HALL PLAZA WHERE
THE PEOPLE STARTED TO THE DRIVE
RECKLESSLY ARE FLOORING THEIR
CARS IN FRONT OF POLICE AND
THAT’S WHEN WE MOVED DOWN HERE.
EVEN THOUGH IT HAS ENDED
VIOLENTLY TONIGHT, THAT IS NOT
HOW THIS DAY STARTED.
IT ACTUALLY BEGAN WITH A
PEACEFUL PROTEST THAT ATTRACTED
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE.
BACK TO YOU GUYS.
>> CERTAINLY NOT REPRESENTATIVE
OF THE DAY.
THESE ARE LIVE PICTURES WE
CONTINUE TO WATCH HERE.
A FASCINATEING TACTICAL MOVE FRO
THE POLICE AS THEY TRY TO GET
THE LAST FEW PEOPLE OUT OF THIS
AREA OF BOSTON.
THEY’RE LINED UP THERE AND I
BELIEVE I SAW SOME MEMBERS OF
THE NATIONAL GUARD WHO ARE
RESPONDING TO DOWNTOWN BOSTON,
BY THE WAY.
BY THE WAY.
IT APPEARS THAT -- YEP, SOME OF
THEM ARE ON SCENE AS THEY TRY TO
HOLD THEIR GROUND HERE IN THIS
AREA.
MY GUESS THE IS THAT THEY’LL
MOVE FORWARD WITH DIFFERENT
SWEEPS IN THOSE DIFFERENT
DIRECTIONS AS THEY TRY TO GET
THE LAST FEW PEOPLE OUT OF THE
AREA.
THEY HAVE TACTICAL WAY OF DOING
THIS.
THEY’VE TRAINED FOR THIS.
THEY KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THEY’RE
DOING AND THEY TRY TO DO IT
WHILE KEEPING THEMSELVES SAFE.
EARLIER IN THE DAY WE HAD SAID
THAT WE SAW SUCH A LOW POLICE
PRESENCE FOR THE MOST PART BUT
DURING THE PEACEFUL PROTEST, I
THINK THAT’S MOSTLY BY DESIGN,
YOU LET PEOPLE MOVE ALONG
PEACEFULLY MANNED WHEN YOU NEED
TO, THEY OBVIOUSLY WERE PREPARED
FOR WHAT WAS COMING AFTER THAT.
WE WILL COPE AN EYE ON EXACTLY
WHAT THEY’RE DOING.
LET’S GO TO MALCOLM JOHNSON.
LET’S GO TO MALCOLM JOHNSON.
MALCOLM, YOU STARTED YOUR DAY IN
ROXBURY.
WONDERFUL START OF THE DAY BUT
TOWARDS THE END OF THE NIGHT
THINGS GOT A LITTLE CRAZIER.
>> THAT’S RIGHT.
FOR ABOUT THREE AND A HALF MILES
AND THREE AND A HALF HOURS OR
SO, THINGS WERE INCREDIBLY
PEACEFUL AND ORGANIZED AND
RESILIENT.
THERE WAS A LOT OF DISCIPLINE
AMONGSTST CROWD MEMBERS AND THE
DEMONSTRATORS WHO WERE HERE.
THE END POINT IS THE CITY PARK
HERE ON PARK STREET.
AFTER THEY MADE THEIR WAY HERE
AND THERE WAS NO LONGER A
AND THERE WAS NO LONGER A
DEMONSTRATES TO ENSUE AND THERE
WAS A LACK OF STRUCTURE TO WHAT
WAS TO TAKE PLACE AND THE
MAJORITY OF PEOPLE LEFT.
YOU HAD THOSE WHO SOME MIGHT
CALL TROUBLE MAKERS STAY ON THE
SCENE.
IF WE JUST TURN AROUND, YOU CAN
SEE RIGHT NOW THERE’S A FACE-OFF
BETWEEN POLICE AND BETWEEN THE
PROTESTERS THAT REMAIN HERE.
THE POLICE ARE TRYING TO MAKE
THE POLICE ARE TRYING TO MAKE
THEIR WAY DOWN TREMONT STREET.
AS THEY H ADVANCE IN VERY, VERY
AS THEY H ADVANCE IN VERY, VERY
SLOW INCREMENTS, SMALL
INCREMENTS DOWN TREMONT STREET,
THAT’S WHERE YOU HAVE THE FACE
OFF.
YOU SEE PROTESTERS WITH THEIR
HANDS UP SYMBOLIZING HANDS UP
DON’T SHOOT.
THAT’S A MESSAGE OF PEACE, BUT
THEY’VE BEEN ANTAGONIZING THE
POLICE.
IT’S HARD TO HAVE IT BOTH WAYS,
SAY HAUNDS, DON’T SHOOT BUT
HAVING IT OUT WITH THE POLICE
OFFICERS WHO ARE HERE.
WE’VE SEEN MENNER SPRAY DEPLOYED
BY THE POLICE OFFICERS TO MAKE
THEM BACK UP.
WE’VE SEEN THE NATIONAL GUARD
HERE.
WE’VE SEEN STATE POLICE AND
BOSTON POLICE, ALL THREE PARTIES
BOSTON POLICE, ALL THREE PARTIES
TRYING TO CLEAR OUT THE
REMAINDER OF PROTESTERS THAT ARE
HERE.
WE’RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO STAY
ON THIS STORY.
THE GOOD NEWS IN ALL OF THIS IS
THAT THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE HERE
THAT THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE HERE
HAS SIGNIFICANTLY DECREASED AND
THAT’S WHY I THINK THIS SCENE
THAT WE’RE SEEING PLAY OUT MAY
BEGIN TO THIN OUT AND COME TO AN
END.
HOPEFULLY WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR
OR SO.
BACK TO YOU IN THE STUDIO.
>> THAT’S GOOD, MALCOLM.
HERE’S HOPE AND BE SAFE.
WE APPRECIATE YOUR REPORTING.
WE APPRECIATE YOUR REPORTING.
TWEELTS FROM MAYOR WALSH.
HE WANTS TO THANK ALL THE
OFFICERS OF THE BOSTON POLICE
DEPARTMENT FOR THEIR
PROFESSIONALISM.
THE THEY’RE WORKING HARD TO KEEP
THE THEY’RE WORKING HARD TO KEEP
THE PEACE AND TREAT CITIZENS
WITH RESPECT.
I AM ANGRY, HOWEVER, BY THE
PEOPLE WHO CAME INTO OUR CITY
PEOPLE WHO CAME INTO OUR CITY
AND CHOSE TO ENGAGE IN 80s OF
DESTRUCTION AND VIOLENCE,
UNDERMINING THEIR MESSAGE.
OBVIOUSLY, HE’S KEEPING TABS ON
WHAT’S GOING ON IN DOWNTOWN
BOSTON.
THIS IS HIS CITY AND HE DOESN’T
LIKE WHAT HE SEES RIGHT NOW.
AGAIN, MAYOR WALSH GETTING ON
TWITTER TO THANK THE POLICE BUT
TO TELL OTHER PEOPLE TO KNOCK IT
OFF, BASICALLY.
WE SEE THE POLICE SLOWLY MOVING
THROUGH THIS AREA OF BOSTON
STREETS.
VERY EMPTY.
MALCOLM WAS RIGHT.
THEY HAVE SIGNIFICANTLY
DECREASED THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE.
WE SEE THE NATIONAL GUARD WITH
THEM AS WELL, WHO CAME IN TO
HELP, BECAUSE IT GOT THAT BAD,
IN DOWNTOWN CROSSING,
ESPECIALLY, WHERE THERE WAS
LOOTING.
WE HAVEN’T GOTTEN A NUMBER ON IF
ARRESTS.
THEY’VE BEEN BUSY.
WE’LL GET IT IN THE MORNING.
WE’LL GET IT IN THE MORNING.
THEY HAVE A EXAM PRETTY GOOD
HANDLE ON THIS PORTION OF
BOSTON.
THIS IS JUDD A COUPLE OF BLOCKS
AWAY FROM WHERE WE WATCHED A
CRUISER BEING BURNED.
THE FIRE DEPARTMENT HAD TO COME
PUT THAT OUT.
THAT’S THE SITUATION THERE RIGHT
NOW.
LET’S GO BACK TO ELI ROSENBERG.
ELI, YOU HAVE BEEN IN THE MIDST
ELI, YOU HAVE BEEN IN THE MIDST
OF ALL THIS IN DOWNTOWN
CROSSING.
YOU’VE SEEN SOME THINGS TONIGHT.
IT LOOKS LIKE IT’S CLEARED OUT A
LITTLE BIT THERE.
WHAT’S GOING ON THERE?
>> IT HAS CLEARED OUT.
UNFORTUNATELY AROUND EVERY
CORNER WE TURN WE FIND MORE AND
MORE DAMAGE.
A CAFE THAT JUST OPENED A KNEW
MONTHS AGO, THE OWNER TELLS ME,
AND YOU CAN SEE THE DAMAGE.
SHATTERED GLASS.
THE OWNER IS HERE.
WALK ME THROUGH HOW YOU KNEW
SOMETHING WAS GOING ON.
>> I WAS WATCHING LIKE EVERY
>> I WAS WATCHING LIKE EVERY
OWNER WORRIED, I WAS WATCHING
THE CAMERA AT HOME ON MY PHONE
AND WATCHING PROTESTERS AND
BRAYING TO GOD NOTHING WOULD
HAPPEN AND RIGHT BEFORE MY EYES
I WATCH A GUY THROW A ROCK AND
THAT WAS THE FIRST HIT AND FROM
THERE, IT WAS CHAOS CHLTSD.
>> WHO WERE YOU THINKING AS YOU