SIMMONS SAYS ABOUT THE
POSSIBILITY OF BOYCOTTING GAMES
ONCE THE SEASON STARTS.
ALL RIGHT, ROMI, THANK YOU.
TODAY MARKS THE 57th
ANNIVERSARY OF THE MARCH ON
WASHINGTON.
WHEN MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.
GAVE HIS I HAVE A DREAM SPEECH.
AND THE FIGHT FOR RACIAL
JUSTICE HAS NOT STOPPED.
THE PASSION FOR THE CAUSE
CLEARLY EVIDENT IN DENVER TODAY
WITH MULTIPLE RALLIES,
PROTESTS, AND MARCHS THAT ARE
HAPPENING ALL ACROSS THE CITY.
THE CALL FOR AN END TO RACISM
AND POLICE BRUTALITY CONTINUED
INTO TONIGHT.
ALAN GIONET REPORTING LIVE FOR
US DOWNTOWN DENVER TONIGHT.
ALAN, THE SPEAKERS DID CONTINUE
LATE INTO THIS EVENING?
Reporter: AND RIGHT NOW THEY
ARE MARCHING, KAREN, HAVING
GONE AROUND THE CAPITOL BEHIND
US.
THROUGHOUT THE DAY TODAY THERE
HAVE BEEN CONCERNS EXPRESSED ON
SOCIAL MEDIA ABOUT
COUNTERPROTESTING.
AND BEING THE POTENTIAL FOR
CONFLICT THAT THE TWO SIDES
HAVE NOT COME TOGETHER.
AS I SAID THOSE WORKING THROUGH
THAT PROTEST ARE NOW MARCHING
ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE
CAPITOL.
AMONG THE PEOPLE WE SPOKE TO
TODAY, A MOTHER AND A FATHER
AND AN ADULT DAUGHTER.
THE MOTHER AND FATHER HAVE NOW
JOINED THAT DAUGHTER IN THE
PROTEST.
THEIR VIEWS HAVE EVOLVED.
Reporter: AS PEOPLE CAME
TOGETHER AT CIVIC CENTER PARK,
JACKSON FELT LIKE SHE WAS IN
THE RIGHT PLACE.
ANGRY, SAD.
I THINK THE ANGER KIND OF TURNS
TO A PASSION BECAUSE YOU'RE
LIKE ANGRY.
BUT I'M GOING TO USE THAT TO
AFFECT CHANGE.
Reporter: AND WITH HER
ANOTHER GENERATION, HER MOTHER
AND FATHER.
I CAME OUT TO SUPPORT HER,
TO LET HER KNOW THAT I DON'T
WANT HER TO LOSE THAT PASSION.
Reporter: THEY ARE ALL
TEACHERS.
AND THE FATHER BELIEVES HE IS
LEARNING.
I WAS A PART OF THE
GENERATION WHERE THEY WOULD SAY
YOU PROTEST BY BEING BETTER.
THEY CAN'T LOOK PAST YOU IF
YOU ARE BEING BETTER.
Reporter: HIS 23-YEAR-OLD
DAUGHTER IS DEMANDING CHANGES
NOW.
AND SHE IS LOOKING AT THE
ALTERNATIVES TO THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT, AND TO FUND THAT
COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION.
AND THE MONEY INTO THE
PREVENTATIVE MEASURES.
AND CHANGING A VIEW OF WHAT
YOU SHOULD HAVE DONE?
YEAH, A LITTLE BIT.
WELL, NO, I DON'T, I TRY NOT
TO REGRET THE THINGS THAT I
WOULD DO AND BECAUSE OF THE
CHOICES THAT I MADE, YOU'RE
GOING TO GET GOING.
DEFINITELY GOING TO KEEP
GOING AND KEEP PUSHING FOR
CHANGE.
I THINK IT IS MY DUTY, YOU
KNOW, I CAN'T TURN THAT BLIND
EYE AND HOPEFULLY SOMEONE ELSE
MAKES A CHANGE.
AND NOW HER FATHER IS WITH
HER.
YES, I HAVE CHANGED.
I DON'T WANT ANOTHER 30, 40
YEARS AND STILL HAVE TO PROTEST
AND RALLY AND MARCH FOR THE
SAME THINGS.
HE SAYS HE'S NOT AFRAID TO
ADMIT HE'S HAVING A LOT OF
CONVERSATIONS WITH HIS
DAUGHTER.
AND MAYBE REEVALUATE SOME OF
HIS VIEWS AFTER LISTENING TO
YOUNG PEOPLE.
HE BELIEVES, KAREN, THAT MAYBE
THE WAY HE DID THINGS WASN'T
WRONG, BUT NOW IT'S TIME TO
