FROM COLORADO'S NEWS
CHANNEL, THIS IS "CBS4 NEWS AT
NOON".
PROTESTERS ACROSS THE
NATION, INCLUDING TWO EVENTS IN
DENVER RAISE THEIR VOICES AS
PART OF THE MARCH ON
WASHINGTON.
CROWDS HAVE GATHERED THAT CITY
PARK AND CIVIC CENTER PARK.
THIS NEW MARCH ON WASHINGTON
COMES 57 YEARS AFTER DR. MARTIN
LUTHER KING, JR. DELIVERED HIS
I HAVE A DREAM SPEECH. I AM
DOMINIC GARCIA BRING YOU "CBS4
NEWS AT NOON" LIVE ON CBS4 AND
CBSN DENVER.
THIS IS ALSO THE 65th
ANNIVERSARY OF THE MURDER OF
EMMETT TILL, THE 14-YEAR-OLD
BLACK TEENAGER KILLED AFTER
BEING ACCUSED OF WHISTLING AT A
WHITE WOMAN.
AFTER THE KILLING OF GEORGE
FLOYD, THERE ARE CALLS FOR A
NEW MARCH, UNDER WAY RIGHT NOW
WITH VOICES FROM A NEW
GENERATION.
WE ARE GOING TO BE THE
GENERATION THAT ELIMINATE
RACISM ONCE AND FOR ALL, NOW
AND FOREVER.
WE ARE GOING TO BE THE
GENERATION THAT STOPS POLICE
BRUTALITY AND GUN VIOLENCE ONCE
AND FOR ALL.
Reporter: THOSE THAT MADE
THE TRIP MARCHED FROM THE
LINCOLN MEMORIAL.
COPTER 4 IS LIVE OVER CITY
PARK, ONE OF THE TWO GATHERINGS
ORGANIZED BY COLORADO ACTIVISTS
FOR PEOPLE WHO CANNOT MAKE THE
TRIP TO D.C. BECAUSE OF THE
PANDEMIC.
WE HAVE SEEN PLENTY OF PEOPLE
TURN OUT FOR THESE RALLIES FOR
RACIAL JUSTICE IN DENVER.
WE ARE AT BOTH OF THOSE
LOCATIONS.
RICK SALLINGER IS AT CIVIC
CENTER PARK BUT WE START WITH
TORI MASON IN CITY PARK WITH
LONGTIME ACTIVIST ALVERTIS
SIMMONS.
Reporter: DOM, IN THE WORDS
OF THE LATE JOHN LEWIS, SIMMONS
SAYS HE WANTS THIS TO BE GOOD
TROUBLE, AND TO VENT THAT DOES
NOT BRING CHAOS OR DESTRUCTION
TO THE CITY . IT IS ABOUT
REFORM FOR POLICE AND CRIMINAL
JUSTICE.
NATIONAL LEADERS, INCLUDING
REVEREND AL SHARPTON PLANNED A
NEW MARCH IN WASHINGTON FOR THE
ANNIVERSARY.
MANY PEOPLE CANNOT TRAVEL
BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC.
LOCAL CIVIL RIGHTS LEADER
ALBERTUS SIMMONS SAYS HE WAS
ENCOURAGED TO ORGANIZE A LOCAL
EVENT.
SENATOR MICHAEL BENNET SPOKE.
HE ACKNOWLEDGED WHAT HAPPENED
AND THAT IS WHY THEY'RE HERE
TODAY.
WE NEED TO COME TOGETHER AND
FIGURE OUT HOW DO WE CHANGE
THESE LAWS?
WE GET THE JUDGES, THE DAS,
WHOEVER, BUT WE'VE GOT TO STAND.
THE SYSTEM IS SET UP TO DO
EXACTLY WHAT IT IS DOING NOW.
Reporter: SENATOR BENNET
ALSO MENTIONED COLORADO BECAME
ONE OF THE FIRST STATES IN THE
NATION TO ACT ON POLICE REFORM
BEFORE BUT THERE IS MORE WORK
TO BE DONE.
SIMMONS HOPES ABOUT 5000 PEOPLE
COME OUT TO SUPPORT THEM TODAY.
I AM TORI MASON COVERING
COLORADO FIRST.
IT IS HARD TO CONCENTRATE
WITH ALL THE MUSIC.
LET'S GET TO RICK SALLINGER
IN CIVIC CENTER PARK.
YOUNG VOICES ARE SPEAKING OUT
THERE.
Reporter: THE PURPOSE OF THE
EVENT HERE IS THE SAME AS THE
ONE TORI MASON IS THAT, FOR
PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT ABLE TO MAKE
IT TO WASHINGTON DURING THIS
DIFFICULT TIME.
THEY HAVE A PLACE TO SPEAK AND
MARCH IN SOLIDARITY.
ABOUT 100 PEOPLE GATHERED HERE
IN THE GREEK AMPHITHEATER TODAY
FOR AN EVENT SCHEDULED TO LAST
ALL DAY AND INTO THE EVENING.
THEY ARE HERE TO PUSH FOR CIVIC
AND ECONOMIC RIGHTS FOR BLACK
AMERICANS AND RECENT SHOOTINGS
BY POLICE IN KENOSHA, WISCONSIN
AND THE SUBSEQUENT KILLING OF
TWO PROCESSORS WAS FRONT AND
CENTER.
HE WALKED PAST THREE
PERSONNEL CARRIERS WITH HIS
HANDS UP AND NOTHING HAPPENED.
Reporter: THEY HAVE THREE
GROUPS OF SPEAKERS SCHEDULED
HERE TODAY.
THE FIRST GROUP HAS JUST
FINISHED.
IT WILL BE A MARCH SHORTLY AND
THEN TWO MORE GROUPS AND TWO
MORE MARCHES INTO THE EVENING.
