TOOK FIVE MONTHS FOR POLICE TO
RELEASE BODY CAM VIDEO OF THE
INCIDENT.
KATHY PARK IS ON THE GROUND FOR
US IN ROCHESTER.
I KNOW YOU BORN WITNESS TO A
TENSE NIGHT NIGHT.
WHAT ARE THE EXPECTATIONS FOR
TODAY AND TONIGHT?
>> WELL, GOOD AFTERNOON TO YOU.
RIGHT NOW, IT’S PRETTY QUIET
HERE IN ROCHESTER, BUT THE WAY
THINGS HAVE PLAYED OUT OVER THE
LAST COUPLE OF NIGHT, THINGS
TAKE A TURN DURING THE OVERNIGHT
HOURS.
NOW THE PEOPLE WE SPOKE WITH ON
THE GROUND FOR THE LAST COUPLE
OF DAYS, THEY SAY THEY WANT TO
SEE MORE R ACCOUNTABILITY.
THEY PLAN ON PROTESTING EACH AND
EVERY NIGHT UNTIL ALL THE
OFFICERS INVOLVING THE REST ARE
FIRED.
THEY ALSO WANT TO SEE THE MAYOR
AND THE POLICE CHIEF STEP DOWN
FROM THEIR POST.
SO, ORIGINALLY, A LOT OF THESE
GATHERINGS START AT JEFFERSON
AVENUE WRRKS THE ARRESTS TOOK
PLACE ON MARCH 23rd THEN
EVENTUALLY, THE CROWD MOVES HERE
INTO THE DOWNTOWN AREA.
AND LAST NIGHT, ONCE AGAIN, IT
TURNED FROM TENSE TO VIOLENT.
YOU SAW THE FIREWORKS, THE WATER
BOTTLES AND ROCKS BEING THROWN.
AND OVERNIGHT, WE LEARNED THAT
THERE WERE NINE ARRESTS AS WELL
AS THREE OFFICERS WHO WERE
INJURED.
EVENTUALLY, THE GROUP AT ONE
POINT, GOT IN FRONT OF CITY
HALL.
THEY WERE CALLING OUT THE CITY
LEADERS.
AND WE HAD A CHANCE TO TALK WITH
ONE OF THE DEMONSTRATORS.
HERE’S WHAT THEY WANT TO SEE
HAPPEN.
TAKE A LISTEN.
>> I HEAR A LOT OF EXCUSES BEING
MADE FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT,
FROM THE MAYOR, FROM EVERYBODY.
I WANT ACCOUNTABILITY.
AND I WOULD LOVE TO SEE MORE OF
THIS.
DIFFERENT COLORS COMING TOGETHER
AND JUST STANDING FOR CHANGE.
I LOVE IT.
I WANT TO CONTINUE TO SEE IT.
I WANT PEACEFUL PROTESTS AND I
WANT EVERYONE TO KNOW THAT WE
JUST WANT CHANGE.
WE DON’T WANT NOTHING ELSE. JUST CHANGE.
JUST CHANGE.
WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO KOCOHABITA
IN PEACE.
THAT’S IT.
>> THERE WAS A BIT OF NEWS THAT
BROKE YESTERDAY, ALEX.
THE ATTORNEY GENERAL’S OFFICE
SAY INGING THE GRAND JURY WILL B
REVEALING THE PLACE.
WE SPOKE WITH A SOURCE WITH
KNOWLEDGE OF THE GRAND JURY
PROCESS.
THEY SAID THERE COULD BE AN
INDICTMENT.
THERE MAY NOT BE ENOUGH EVIDENCE
TO MOVE FORWARD A WITH THE
CHARGES AND ALSO PROSECUTORS CAN
ALSO PULL THE CASE AS WELL FOR
LACK OF EVIDENCE, SO OBVIOUSLY
WE’LL BE MONITORING THE
SITUATION.
THE AG’S OFFICE SAYING THEY KNEW
