A CURFEW IS IN EFFECT IN
PITTSBURGH UNTIL 6:00 A.M.
THE PORT AUTHORITY HAS STOPPED
ALL BUSES. OFFICIALS URGING
ACTION TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE WHO
CALLED CAUSED WILL BE RESTED.
WE JUST LEARNED PITTSBURGH
POLICE OFFICERS WHO WERE HURT
DURING THE PROTESTS HAVE BEEN
RELEASED.
RICK EARLE HAS BEEN FOLLOWING
THIS ALL DAY.
WHAT HAVE YOU LEARNED ABOUT
THOSE POLICE OFFICERS?
WE LEARNED THOSE POLICE
OFFICERS WERE TAKEN TO THE
HOSPITAL FOR INJURIES THEY
SUFFERED DURING THE PROTEST AND
HAVE BEEN TREATED AND RELEASED
AND RECOVERING AT HOME.
A NUMBER OF OTHER POLICE
OFFICERS SUFFERED MINOR INJURIES
WHEN ROCKS AND BOTTLES WERE
THROWN.
THE POLICE CHIEF BLAMING THIS
ON OUTSIDERS AND THEY SAY THEY
HIJACKED A MOVEMENT.
I'M JUST SO ANGRY AT THE
FACT THAT SOME SEGMENT HIJACKED
THIS AND THEN TOOK SOME OF THE
YOUTH AND BROUGHT THEM INTO THE
MIX.
ANGRY PITTSBURGH POLICE
LASHING OUT.
THEY ARE NOT LISTENING,
CHARGING OFFICERS, LOOTING
STORES, BREAKING A WINDOW,
THROWING THINGS AT OFFICERS.
Reporter: THE MAYOR
IMPLEMENT A CURFEW AT 8:30 PM
AND CALLED FOR MORE LOVE
ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES.
THEY HAVE ALWAYS STOOD UP
CALLING FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE,
CALLING FOR PEACE.
IN DOING SO IN A WAY THAT
BROUGHT US TOGETHER INSTEAD OF
RIPPED US APART.
Reporter: THE MAYOR AND
POLICE CHIEF VISIBLY UPSET AND
A PEACEFUL PROTEST TURNED
VIOLENT SO FAST.
TONIGHT THEY BLAME IT ON
OUTSIDERS.
I'M WILLING TO BET THERE'S A
LOT OF PEOPLE WHO ARE ANARCHISTS
. THEY ARE HERE TO TAKE
ADVANTAGE OF SITUATIONS AND TRY
TO THROW THEIR WAY AND BRING
OTHER PEOPLE INTO THE MIX AND
CAUSE DAMAGE AND INJURY WITH
THAT.
THERE'S NO DOUBT THAT THAT IS
YOU DOING IT.
A LOT OF THE THINGS WE ARE
SEEING ARE WHITE MALES DRESSED
IN ANARCHISTS AND HE FELL.
POLICE SAID MANY DOZENS OF
RIOTERS HAVE BEEN ARRESTED.
THE PUBLIC SAFETY DIRECTOR SAID
MORE THAN A DOZEN DOWNTOWN
BUSINESSES HAVE BEEN
VANDALIZED.
