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>> Ian: SMOKE RISING ABOVE,
WASHINGTON, D.C., ON THE SIXTH
NIGHT OF PROTEST.
ON THE GROUND A LARGE FIRE JUST
A COUPLE HUNDRED METRES FROM THE
WHITE HOUSE.
ONE OF THE MANY DRAMATIC IMAGES
ON THIS NIGHT.
>> GOOD EVENING, I'M IAN
HANOMANSING.
TONIGHT AN EXTRAORDINARY MOMENT
IN AMERICA, PROTESTS, POLICE,
AND THE PANDEMIC.
RAGE FROM NEW YORK TO LOS
ANGELES.
WE'RE ON THE GROUND AT THE
CENTRE OF THE PROTESTS OVER
GEORGE FLOYD'S DEATH.
THE MESSAGES, THE RESPONSE, AND
THE CALLS FOR LEADERSHIP, THE
DEMANDS FOR CHANGE.
>> Y'ALL COME UP WITH A BETTER
WAY.
>> Ian: A SOCIAL CRISIS IN THE
MIDDLE OF A HEALTH CRISIS AND AN
ECONOMIC CRISIS.
WHAT WILL IT TAKE TO RESTORE
PEACE?
WHAT WILL IT TAKE TO BRING
MEANINGFUL CHANGE?
EXTENSIVE COVERAGE FROM BOTH
SIDES OF THE BORDER TONIGHT.
>>> THIS IS "THE NATIONAL."
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>> Ian: ACROSS THE UNITED STATES
WE ARE WATCHING PROTESTS UNFOLD
AND CURFEWS NOW IN EFFECT IN
WASHINGTON,
MINNEAPOLIS, CHICAGO,
PHILADELPHIA, LOS ANGELES AND
AMONG OTHER PLACES.
ALONG WITH POLICE, THOUSANDS
OF NATIONAL GUARD TROOPS ARE ON
PATROL, EVERYONE IS BRACING AS
AGAIN PROTESTS SOMETIMES DESCEND
INTO VIOLENCE.
THE DEMONSTRATIONS SPARKED BY
THE DEATH OF AN UNARMED BLACK
MAN IN POLICE CUSTODY A WEEK
AGO.
GEORGE FLOYD DIED AFTER A POLICE
OFFICER KNEELED ON HIS NECK FOR
SEVERAL MINUTES AS HE STRUGGLED
TO BREATHE AND
PLEADED FOR HIS LIFE.
THAT IS WHERE SUSAN ORMISTON IS
TONIGHT.
STEVEN D'SOUZA IS COVERING THE
SITUATION IN NEW YORK CITY.
AND PAUL HUNTER HAS THE VIEW
FROM WASHINGTON, D.C.
LET'S BEGIN WHERE THERE'S BEEN
DRAMATIC SCENES IN THE AMERICAN
CAPITAL CITY TONIGHT, WHERE A
CURFEW
HAS JUST GONE INTO EFFECT, BUT
THE PROTESTS CONTINUE.
AND, PAUL, WHAT'S HAPPENING
WHERE YOU ARE RIGHT NOW?
>> Reporter: I CAN ONLY REPORT
WHAT I SEE, IAN, AND THE
DEMONSTRATIONS HAVE MOVED ON.
WE STAYED HERE THOUGH FOR AN
IMPORTANT REASON WHICH IS WHAT
IS LEFT IN THE STREET BEHIND ME.
AS WE ZOOM IN DOWN TOWARDS THE
WHITE HOUSE, WHICH IS JUST
BEHIND THAT LINE OF POLICE AND
OTHER SECURITY OFFICIALS.
A FEW MINUTES AGO THE SCENE WAS
DRAMATIC.
THERE'S BEEN FIRE CRACKS TOSSED
THAT WAY AND TEAR GAS TOSSED
THIS WAY AND POLICE DID THEIR
JOB IN AN ORDERLY FASHION AND
THEY MOVED THE DEMONSTRATORS
AWAY FROM THE WHITE HOUSE.
THAT BEGAN WHEN A BUILDING WAS
SET FIRE, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT 200
METRES AWAY FROM THE WHITE
HOUSE, AT LAFAYETTE PARK ACROSS
FROM THE WHITE HOUSE.
CLEARING THE DEMONSTRATORS THAT
HAD GATHERED ALL DAY IN FRONT OF
THE WHITE HOUSE AND SHOUTING
THEIR MESSAGE AT DONALD TRUMP
INSIDE.
OUTSIDE THE WHITE HOUSE, FURY.
>> DO THE RIGHT THING.
>> Reporter: THE MESSAGE TO
THE PRESIDENT IS CLEAR, DO
SOMETHING.
>> I CAN'T STAND FOR THAT.
>> Reporter: FROM GEORGE
FLOYD'S OWN BROTHER TODAY --
ANGUISH.
>> I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND, MAN,
WHY WE GOTTA GO THROUGH THIS.
WHY WE GOTTA HAVE ALL OF THIS
PAIN, MAN?
>> BLACK LIVES MATTER!
BLACK LIVES MATTER!
>> Reporter: THE PAIN IS
FRESH, BUT THE SAD CIRCUMSTANCE
IS BITTERLY FAMILIAR.
FROM MICHAEL BROWN IN FERGUSON,
MISSOURI, TO ERIC GARNER ON
STATEN ISLAND, TO THE PROTESTS
IN
BALTIMORE AFTER THE DEATH OF
FREDDY GRAY, NOTHING SEEMS TO
EVER CHANGE FOR BLACK AMERICANS.
ENTER DONALD TRUMP WHO
LAST WEEK THREATENED
DEMONSTRATORS WHO GO TOO FAR AS
HE PUT IT "VICIOUS DOGS."
FOR MANY ECHOING UGLY IMAGRY
FROM DECADES PAST IN THIS
COUNTRY AND SPARKING A PLEA FROM
THE MAYOR OF WASHINGTON FOR
TRUMP TO HELP TO CALM THE
NATION.
>> HE CAN START BY NOT SENDING
DIVISIVE TWEETS THAT ARE MEANT
TO HARKEN TO THE SEGREGATIONIST
PAST OF OUR COUNTRY.
>> Reporter: OR AS ATLANTA'S
MAYOR KEISHA LANCE BOTTOM PUT
IT --
>> HE SHOULD JUST STOP TALKING.
>> Reporter: TRUMP HAS SAID
NOTHING PUBLICLY TODAY BUT HE
DID TWEET, SLAMMING
JOURNALISTS FOR STOKING HATRED
AND ANARCHY.
AND ALSO BLAMING THE
LEFT-WING GROUP ANTIFA, BRANDING
THEM A TERRORIST ORGINISATION.
AS PRESIDENTS OFTEN DO, TRUMP
CALLED THE FLOYD FAMILY ON
FRIDAY.
TODAY PHILONISE FLOYD DESCRIBED
THEIR CONVERSATION.
>> IT WAS SO FAST THAT HE DIDN'T
GIVE ME OPPORTUNITY TO EVEN
SPEAK.
IT WAS HARD.
I WAS TRYING TO TALK TO HIM BUT
HE JUST KEPT, LIKE, PUSHING ME
OFF.
LIKE, I DON'T WANT TO HEAR WHAT
YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.
AND I JUST TOLD HIM I WANT
JUSTICE.
I SAID THAT I COULDN'T BELIEVE
THAT THEY COMMITTED A MODERN-DAY
LYNCHING IN BROAD DAYLIGHT.
>> Reporter: OUTSIDE THE WHITE
HOUSE TONIGHT, IAN, ALL IS CALM,
AS FAR AS I CAN SEE.
IT'S BEEN A CRAZY NIGHT.
THREE IN OUR CREW WERE HIT BY
OBJECTS OR FISTS AT ONE POINT.
BUT IN FRONT OF THE WHITE HOUSE
AS I SPEAK FOR THE MOMENT ALL IS
CALM.
>> Ian: SO DIFFERENT FROM THE
SCENES THAT YOU WERE SHOWING US
JUST A SHORT TIME AGO.
PAUL HUNTER IN WASHINGTON, D.C.
PROTESTERS ALSO OUT IN NEW YORK
CITY TONIGHT AND TENSIONS HAVE
BEEN HIGH.
STEVEN D'SOUZA IS THERE AND,
STEVEN, LATE INTO THE NIGHT WHAT
ARE YOU SEEING NOW?
>> Reporter: WELL, WHAT'S
INTERESTING, IAN IS THAT THERE
WAS A LARGE CROWD FACING OFF
WITH POLICE AND A BOTTLE WAS
THROWN FROM THAT CROWD AND
POLICE RUSHED THAT CROWD.
AND SO YOU CAN SEE THE OFFICERS
NOW IN A BIT OF A LULL NOW AFTER
THAT CONFRONTATION.
A BOTTLE OR SOME SORT OF
PROJECTILE ALSO CAME FROM THE
BUILDING ABOVE US AS WELL.
AND SO THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT
THE POLICE OFFICERS WERE DEALING
WITH.
POSSIBLY ANOTHER ONE FROM
ANOTHER BUILDING.
SO THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT AS
THINGS GOT LATER AND THINGS GOT
MORE TENSE WHICH WAS A STARK
CONTRAST FROM EARLIER IN THE DAY
WHERE THINGS WERE A LOT MORE
PEACEFUL.
>> DON'T SHOOT.
>> Reporter: IN NEW YORK,
PROTESTERS ARE UNITED IN THEIR
TARGET OF THE POLICE AND OVER
THE LAST FEW DAYS THEY HAVEN'T
ALWAYS BEEN UNITED IN THEIR
APPROACH.
TODAY IN MANHATTAN, THE CROWDS
MARCHED PEACEFULLY AND TRYING TO
BRING THE FOCUS BACK TO THEIR
MESSAGE OF JUSTICE.
BUT THERE'S ALSO BEEN VIOLENCE.
THE LAST FEW DAYS AND NIGHTS
HAVE SEEN POLICE VEHICLES BURNED
AND BUILDINGS DAMAGED, HUNDREDS
OF ARRESTS AND DOZENS OF
OFFICERS INJURED.
THE CITY IS ALSO STILL REELING
FROM THIS ON SATURDAY.
AN NYPD CRUISER PLOWING INTO A
CROWD OF PROTESTERS.
THE MAYOR SAYS THAT HE DIDN'T
LIKE WHAT HE SAW FROM POLICE AND
THERE WILL BE A FULL
INVESTIGATION.
BUT HE AND THE POLICE CHIEF ALSO
CHASTISED PROTESTERS.
>> THAT SITUATION WAS CREATED BY
A GROUP OF PROTESTERS BLOCKING
AND SURROUNDING A POLICE
VEHICLE.
>> THERE ARE PROTESTS AND
THERE ARE MOBS.
I SAW AKIN CLOSER TO A MOB.
>> Reporter: BUT PROTESTERS
SAY THAT IT'S THE POLICE
INCITING VIOLENCE, LIKE THIS
OFFICER RIPPING OFF A MASK TO
PEPPER SPRAY SOMEONE.
THE MAYOR INSISTS THAT POLICE
HAVE SHOWN RESTRAINT.
HE'S RESISTED CALLS FOR A
CURFEW, SAYING THAT IT'S ONLY A
SMALL NUMBER OF INSTIGATORS
CAUSING VIOLENCE.
>> SOME COME FROM OUTSIDE OF THE
CITY, SOME ARE FROM INSIDE OF
THE CITY.
SOME ARE FROM THE NEIGHBOURHOODS
WHERE THE PROTESTS TAKE PLACE,
SOME ARE NOT.
BUT WHAT WE DO KNOW IS THAT
THERE'S AN EXPLICIT AGENDA OF
VIOLENCE.
>> Reporter: LAST NIGHT SOME
PROTESTERS BLOCKED A GROUP FROM
VANDALIZING A TARGET STORE IN
DOWNTOWN MANHATTAN.
THAT, MANY SAY, IS NOT THE
POINT.
IT'S ABOUT THE DAILY
CONFRONTATIONS THAT PEOPLE OF
COLOUR HAVE WITH POLICE.
>> I HAVE BEEN STOPPED AND
FRISKED NON-STOP FROM THE AGE OF
16 TO 20.
>> Reporter: THROW INTO THE
MIX ANGER OVER THE IMPACT OF
THE CORONAVIRUS ON MINORITY
COMMUNITIES, AND NEW YORK IS AS
VOLATILE AS IT'S BEEN IN A LONG
TIME.
VOLATILITY THAT WE HAVE SEEN
THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT AND WHILE
THE SITUATION HERE HAS CALMED
DOWN THE CROWD HAD HAS DISBURSED
AND HEADED DOWN THE STREET, THE
QUESTION IS WILL THEY COALESCE
TONIGHT OR COME BACK AGAIN
TOMORROW AND THE NIGHT AFTER.
THE ANGER IS STILL NOT
DISSIPATING ON THE STREETS HERE
OF NEW YORK.
THE CONFRONTATIONS WITH POLICE
AND THE BROKEN GLASS, THE
DAMAGED BUILDINGS, THE DAMAGED
POLICE VEHICLES.
AND THE NUMBER OF ARRESTS
TONIGHT AGAIN.
AND SO WHAT WE'RE SEEING HERE IS
PLAYING OUT ACROSS THE COUNTRY
BUT AS ONE PERSON SAID TO ME
THEY TRIED TO HAVE A PEACEFUL
PROTEST TODAY BECAUSE THEY
WANTED TO SEND A MESSAGE ACROSS
THE COUNTRY THAT THIS IS THE WAY
THAT IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE DONE.
IAN?
>> Ian: STEVEN D'SOUZA IN NEW
YORK CITY, THANK YOU.
JUDGE.
>> LET'S TURN TO WHERE THE
UNREST BEGAN, MINNEAPOLIS.
THIS EVENING A MINNESOTA NEWS
OUTLET CAPTURED THIS MOMENT.
>> THEY SEEM TO BE DISBURSING
RIGHT NOW.
>> WHAT'S GOING ON?
OH, MY GOD.
>> WOW, A GIANT --
>> OH, MY GOD!
>> Ian: WELL, THOSE PICTURES AND
THE TONE OF THE ANNOUNCERS SAY
IT ALL.
THE TRUCK NARROWLY MISSING
PROTESTERS WHO GATHERED ON THE
INTERSTATE THAT RUNS THROUGH THE
CITY.
IT SENT THEM CHANNEL BLING AND
THE DRIVER WAS ARRESTED.
HE WAS INJURED BUT HIS INJURIES
NOT LIFE-THREATENING.
IT DOESN'T APPEAR THAT THE TRUCK
HIT ANY PROTESTERS.
SUSAN ORMISTON HAS BEEN LIVE FOR
US IN MINIAT LIS THROUGH THE
EVENING AND LET'S CHECK IN WITH
HER AND SHE'S NEAR THE SCENE OF
WHAT WE SAW THERE ON THE
HIGHWAY.
SUSAN?
>> Reporter: YEAH, IAN,
MINNEAPOLIS, ST. PAUL, HELD
THEIR BREATH WHEN THAT HAPPENED
THIS AFTERNOON.
THERE WERE THOUSANDS OF
DEMONSTRATORS ON THE HIGHWAY AS
YOU SAW AND THE PROSPECT OF LOTS
OF INJURIES AND THAT TRUCK
COMING THROUGH THE CROWD SCARED
A LOT OF PEOPLE AND THERE WERE A
LOT OF RUMOURS THAT HE DID IT ON
PURPOSE.
WE DON'T KNOW, IN FACT, THAT
THAT WAS HIS INTENT.
HE IS IN CUSTODY, THE DRIVER.
AND THERE WILL BE, OF COURSE, A
FULL INVESTIGATION.
AND CONSEQUENTLY THE POLICE CAME
TO THIS AREA AND THEY BLOCKED
OFF THE HIGHWAY AND THEY PUSHED
PROTESTERS UP A RAMP AND THEY
HAVE BEEN HERE FOR SEVERAL
HOURS.
TONIGHT THOUGH IT'S QUIET AFTER
A VERY PEACEFUL PROTEST EARLIER
TODAY AT THE STATE CAPITAL.
>> FLOYD, FLOYD!
>> Reporter: A CALMER PROTEST
OUTSIDE OF THE STATE
CAPITAL, SURROUNDED BY THE
NATIONAL GUARD.
5,000 CALLED UP, COMPARED TO
JUST 500 TWO DAYS AGO.
>> WE WANT JUSTICE TODAY.
THIS IS WHAT JUSTICE LOOKS LIKE.
>> Reporter: DEMANDS STILL
THAT ALL FOUR POLICE IMPLICATED
IN GEORGE FLOYD'S DEATH TO BE
CHARGED INSTEAD OF JUST ONE SO
FAR FOR MURDER.
>> WE'RE TIRED OF THIS SHIT.
YOU CANNOT CONTINUE TO OPPRESS,
BEAT DOWN, MARGINALIZE, RED
LINE, AND KILL A PEOPLE AND
THINK THAT WE AIN'T GOING TO
STAND UP AND EVENTUALLY FIGHT
BACK.
THIS IS AN UPRISING.
>> Reporter: REBECCA LYNN WITH
HER BOYFRIEND FOUGHT BACK TEARS.
>> NOBODY SHOULD BE MURDERED FOR
THE COLOUR OF THEIR OWN SKIN.
AND IT'S JUST SO CRAPPY THAT
AFTER SO MANY YEARS WE STILL
HAVE TO BE TALKING ABOUT THIS.
>> Reporter: BUT PURSUING
JUSTICE FOR FLOYD IS EXACTING A
HEAVY PRICE.
DIVIDING EVEN THOSE UNITED IN
THE CAUSE.
>> IGNORANT SHIT LIKE THAT.
>> Reporter: LAST NIGHT'S
DEMONSTRATIONS BEGAN PEACEFULLY.
MOST ANTICIPATED TROUBLE.
AND JUST AFTER CURFEW STARTED --
>> DON'T SHOOT!
>> HANDS UP!
>> DON'T SHOOT!
>> Reporter: RIOT POLICE
ADVANCED.
SWIFTLY AND FORCEFULLY.
FIRING TEAR GAS AND RUBBER
BULLETS.
PROTESTERS RUNNING WILDLY, EYES
STREAMING.
NO MERCY, MOVE ON OUT WAS THE
POLICE MESSAGE.
SHE GOT CAUGHT UP IN IT.
>> NO JUSTICE --
>> NO PEACE.
>> Reporter: FOR HOURS
DEMONSTRATORS SET A LINE TRYING
TO ADVANCE AND THEN RETREATED AS
POLICE THREATENED.
>> NO JUSTICE.
>> Reporter: BUT ONCE THEY
YANKED A MAKESHIFT BARRICADE
ACROSS THE ROAD ONE MAN WHO
LIVED NEARBY HAD ENOUGH.
>> DON'T BURN THAT SHIT DOWN.
GO THE
FUCK OVER THERE.
[indiscernible] YOU'RE NOT
BURNING MY SHIT DOWN.
>> Reporter: TEMPERS FLARED,
MACE CAME OUT.
FISTS FLEW.
POWDER KEG BETWEEN THE
PROTESTERS AND OTHER RESIDENTS.
ALL OF THEM AGITATED.
LATE TODAY ANOTHER POWERFUL
IMAGE -- SHOUTING "BLACK LIVES
MATTER," DEMONSTRATORS FILLED A
HIGHWAY.
SHIFTING TACTICS, FOR PROTESTERS
AND POLICE, BUT WITH TENSIONS
BARELY BUDGING HERE.
AND, IAN, JUST AFTER THOSE
PICTURES WITH THE TANKER TRUCK
NEAR THOSE PROTESTERS.
SO THE BIG QUESTION TONIGHT
AFTER A WEEKEND OF LOOTING AND
BURNING AND CONFRONTATIONS
BETWEEN POLICE AND
DEMONSTRATORS, WILL THAT
CONTINUE INTO NEXT WEEK?
OR HAS THIS WEEK REALLY STUCK A
PIN IN THE FRUSTRATION AND THE
ANGER HERE IN MINNEAPOLIS, ST.
PAUL, AND THINGS MAY START TO
RETURN TO MORE PEACEFUL AND CALM
CITIES?
WE DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO
THAT, IAN.
>> Ian: SUSAN ORMISTON IN
MINNEAPOLIS TONIGHT.
THANK YOU.
>>> AS WE HAVE SEEN, THESE
PROTESTS CAN BE UNPREDICTABLE
AND THERE'S ALWAYS A RISK FOR
THOSE COVERING THEM.
BUT OVER THE WEEKEND THOSE RISKS
APPEARED TO INCREASE.
WE WANT TO SHOW YOU A CHAOTIC
MOMENT FOR SUSAN AND OUR TEAM
YESTERDAY.
>> Reporter: BE CAREFUL.
>> [indiscernible]
>> OH, SHIT.
I GOT HIT.
>> Ian: SO SHE WAS HIT BY A
PROJECTILE FIRED BY SOMEBODY
WITH THAT RIOT SQUAD.
SHE IS, OKAY, OF COURSE.
AND SHE WASN'T THE ONLY
JOWRPTIST HIT WHILE COVERING THE
UNREST.
SOME WONDER WHAT IMPACT
THIS WILL HAVE ON ATTEMPTS TO
COVER THIS IMPORTANT STORY.
>> I'M DRESSED.
>> I DON'T CARE.
GET DOWN.
>> I AM DRESSED.
>> GET DOWN.
>> Ian: SCENES LIKE THIS WERE
CAPTURED IN CITIES ACROSS THE
UNITED STATES.
THE CAMERAS WERE ROLLING WHEN
LAW ENFORCEMENT SEEMED TO BE
TARGETING JOURNALISTS.
>> WE IDENTIFIED OURSELVES AS
PRESS AND THEY FIRED TEAR GAS
CANISTERS ON US AT POINT-BLANK
RANGE.
I GOT HIT IN THE LEG.
>> Ian: AN INVESTIGATIVE
JOURNALISM WEBSITE CALLED
BELLINGCAT HAD 50 INCIDENTS FROM
MINNEAPOLIS TO NEW YORK CITY TO
LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY.
MANY FACED RUBBER BULLETS AND
TEAR GAS, SOME WERE EVEN
ARRESTED.
JUST TWO DAYS AFTER THIS CNN
TELEVISION CREW WAS ARRESTED ON
AIR, IT APPEARED THAT THEY WERE
TARGETED ONCE AGAIN BY POLICE.
WITH SO MANY PROTESTS IN SO MANY
U.S. CITIES, WE HAVE BEEN ASKING
ANITA BATHE HERE IN OUR NEWSROOM
IN VANCOUVER TO KEEP AN EYE ON
THEM
THROUGHOUT THE EVENING.
ANITA?
>> Reporter: A MOSTLY PEACEFUL
DAY IN BOSTON HAS STARTED TO
TURN VIOLENT THIS EVENING.
THIS WAS THE SCENE A BIT
EARLIER.
THOUSANDS IN FRONT OF THE STATE
HOUSE.
THIS IMAGE IS POWERFUL.
IT SHOWS JUST HOW OUTNUMBERED
THE POLICE ARE.
SOMETHING THAT WE'RE SEEING IN
MANY CITIES, BUT HERE AS MAYBE A
DOZEN OF THEM OR SO STAND IN A
LINE AND FACING THE MASSIVE
GROUP.
AND ELSEWHERE IN THE CITY THIS
POLICE CAR WAS SET ON FIRE AND
BURNING OUT OF CONTROL.
WE HAVE ALSO SEEN LOOTING
TONIGHT AND TEAR GAS DISBURSED
IN AN EFFORT TO GET PEOPLE OUT
OF THE STREETS.
AT ONE POINT HUNDREDS EVEN
SURROUNDING A POLICE VAN AND
SMASHING OUT ITS WINDOWS.
LET ME SHOW YOU ATLANTA NOW
WHERE A CURFEW IS IN PLACE.
AND THE NATIONAL GUARD WAS OUT
AS PROTESTS BECAME MORE
INTENTION THERE.
WE HAVE SEEN CONFRONTATIONS
TONIGHT AND A LOT OF TEAR GAS AS
WELL THROWN BY POLICE AND TRYING
TO CALM THE SITUATION.
AND PROTESTERS ARE LOOTING A
CONSTRUCTION SITE USING
PORT-A-POTTIES AS BARRIERS
BETWEEN THEM AND OFFICIALS.
THERE'S ALSO FALLOUT IN ATLANTA
FROM THIS SCENE LAST NIGHT THAT
I'M ABOUT TO SHOW YOU OF THE TWO
PEOPLE IN THIS CAR THAT ARE
BEING TASERED BY OFFICERS.
AND NOW TWO OF THOSE OFFICERS
HAVE BEEN FIRED.
>> THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN A TIME,
PROBABLY EVEN LAST WEEK EVEN,
THAT WE WOULD HAVE BEEN ABLE TO
TAKE OUR TIME AND VERY LIKELY
WOULD NOT HAVE TAKEN THE MEASURE
OF TERMINATING THESE OFFICERS.
BUT, AGAIN, AS WE WATCH THE
VIDEO TODAY, IT BECAME
ABUNDANTLY CLEAR THAT THIS FORCE
WAS EXCESSIVE.
>> Reporter: NOW THERE'S ALSO
BEEN PROTESTS HERE ON THE WEST
COAST.
FOR THE MOST PART IT'S BEEN
PEACEFUL.
BUT THIS WAS THE SCENE IN SANTA
MONICA EARLIER THIS EVENING.
ALSO SMASHED WINDOWS.
EVERYTHING INSIDE OF THESE
STORES IS CLEARED OUT.
WE ARE KEEPING AN EYE ON SEATTLE
AND PORTLAND.
THERE HAS BEEN SOME LOOTING BUT
FOR THE MOST PART PEOPLE HAVE
MARCHED WITHOUT VIOLENCE IN
THOSE TWO CITIES.
IAN?
>> Ian: ALL RIGHT, ANITA, THANK
YOU.
>>> WE'RE ALSO SEEING RALLIES
ACROSS CANADA, SOME IN
SOLIDARITY WITH THE U.S.
PROTESTERS, BUT OTHERS TO
HIGHLIGHT JUSTICE PROBLEMS IN
THIS COUNTRY.
BRIAR STEWART IS AT ONE OF THOSE
RALLIES HERE IN VANCOUVER.
BRIAR?
>> Reporter: WELL, IAN, I'M IN
FRONT OF THE VANCOUVER ART
GALLERY AND A FEW THOUSAND
PEOPLE FILLED THE SQUARE AND
SPILLED INTO THE STREETS AROUND
IT FOR THE PROTESTS WHICH LASTED
ABOUT 2 1/2 HOURS.
IT WAS A VERY DIVERSE CROWD
HERE.
YOU HAD PEOPLE, YOUNG AND OLD
AND PEOPLE REPRESENTING MANY
DIFFERENT CULTURAL GROUPS.
YOU HAD FIRST NATIONS HERE AS
WELL TO SHOW THEIR SUPPORT.
AND REALLY WHAT THIS WAS ABOUT
WAS NOT ONLY SHOWING SOLIDARITY
WITH THE
U.S. BUT ALSO TALKING ABOUT THIS
WITH SYSTEMIC RACISM ISSUES IN
THIS COUNTRY.
IT WAS JUST REALLY ONE OF
SEVERAL PROTESTS WHICH TOOK PART
ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
>> NO JUSTICE, NO PEACE.
>> Reporter: THEY'RE GATHERING
IN CITIES ACROSS CANADA BY THE
THOUSANDS.
A COUNTRY WITH ITS OWN ENDURING
STRUGGLES WITH RACISM AND
INJUSTICE.
MANY HERE HAVE EXPERIENCED IT
FIRSTHAND.
>> I DON'T FEEL SAFE AS IF I
WERE A WHITE TEENAGER MY AGE.
I ALWAYS HAVE TO BE EXTRA
VIGILANT WHEN WITH MY FRIENDS
AND ALWAYS HAVE TO MAKE SURE
THAT I'M ACTING BETTER THAN
EVERYBODY.
>> I DON'T KNOW IF I FEEL
UNSAFE, I JUST FEEL DIFFERENT.
I JUST FEEL DIFFERENT FROM
OTHER PEOPLE BECAUSE OF MY SKIN
COLOUR.
>> NO JUSTICE.
>> NO PEACE.
>> Reporter: PROTESTS WERE
ALSO HELD YESTERDAY IN HALIFAX
AND IN TORONTO.
THEY WERE PASSIONATE BUT
PEACEFUL GATHERINGS.
SOME HELD SIGNS WITH THE NAME OF
A 29-YEAR-OLD WOMAN WHO DIED
AFTER APPARENTLY FALLING FROM
HER BALCONY LAST WEEK WHILE
POLICE WERE INSIDE THE
APARTMENT.
IN CALGARY, A SMALLER MORE
INTIMATE RALLY WAS HELD THIS
AFTERNOON.
>> I'VE NEVER BEEN TO A PROTEST
BEFORE, THIS IS MY FIRST ONE.
AND I JUST FELT LIKE I COULD NOT
BE SILENT.
[Applause]
>> Reporter: IN VANCOUVER
AROUND 3,000 JOINED A PROTEST
DOWNTOWN.
ORGANIZERS URGED PEOPLE TO WEAR
MASKS AND COME OUT AND SHOW
THEIR SUPPORT.
JACOB CALENDAR-PROSAD SAYS THAT
WHILE CANADA IS A VERY DIFFERENT
COUNTRY THAN THE U.S., MANY OF
THE
SAME ISSUES EXIST.
HE SAYS THAT HE'S BEEN A VICTIM
OF EXCESSIVE FORCE BY POLICE.
>> THERE'S A LARGE UNDERLINING
ISSUE IN CANADA WHERE RACISM IS
SWEPT UNDER THE RUG.
AND IT IS TIME THAT THAT ISSUE
COMES OUT.
WE PUT IT OUT IN THE LIGHT
AND WE ADDRESS THIS HEAD ON.
>> Ian: BRIAR, WE HAVE A HISTORY
IN THIS CITY, VANCOUVER, OF
RIOTS AND DEMONSTRATIONS THAT
BECOME UNRULY.
BUT ORGANIZERS TONIGHT CERTAINLY
MANAGED TO KEEP THINGS PEACEFUL.
>> Reporter: YES, AND THOSE AT
THE END, WERE ON THE ORGANIZER'S
MINDS HERE.
WHAT THEY DID IS THAT THEY
WANTED TO CONTROL THE CROWD.
SO INSTEAD OF HAVING A MARCH GO
THROUGH DOWNTOWN VANCOUVER, THEY
DECIDED TO CENTRE IT HERE
BECAUSE THEY THOUGHT THAT IT
WOULD BE MUCH EASIER TO CONTROL
PEOPLE'S MOVEMENTS.
I WILL SAY THAT THERE WERE A
COUPLE SKIRMISHES.
THERE SEEMED TO BE A FEW PEOPLE
THAT WERE HERE TO AGITATE THE
CROWD, BUT IT
SEEMED TO DIE DOWN QUICKLY.
IT WAS A BIT OF A DIFFERENT
SCENE IN MONTRÉAL.
WE SHOWED
YOU IMAGES OF THAT PROTEST
EARLIER BUT IT BECAME UNRULY AT
ONE POINT.
TEAR GAS WAS FIRED AND WE
UNDERSTAND THAT SOME OF THE
BARRICADES WERE DISMANTLED AND
AT ONE POINT POLICE SAID THAT
PROJECTILES
WERE THROWN AT THEM SO THEY HAD
DEEMED THE PROTEST ILLEGAL.
SO A BIT OF A DIFFERENT STORY
THERE BECAUSE IT DID DETERIORATE
BUT THIS PROTEST ENDED HOW IT
BEGAN, IN A PEACEFUL MANNER.
IAN?
>> Ian: ALL RIGHT, BRIAR STEWART
IN DOWNTOWN VANCOUVER.
THANK YOU.
>>> THE MASSIVE PROTESTS ACROSS
THE UNITED STATES HAVE SENT
SHUDDERS THROUGH THE HEALTH
COMMUNITY.
IT COULD LEAD TO A SPIKE OF
CORONAVIRUS.
THIS IS WHAT SCARES THEM.
NO SIGNS OF PHYSICAL DISTANCING
AND PEOPLE PACKED TOGETHER AND
CHEERING AND JEERING AND MANY
WITHOUT MASKS.
TODAY THE MAYOR OF WASHINGTON
D.C. MADE A PLEA.
>> I'M URGING EVERYBODY TO
CONSIDER THEIR EXPOSURE IF THEY
NEED TO ISOLATE FROM THEIR
FAMILY MEMBERS WHEN THEY GO HOME
AND IF THEY NEED TO BE TESTED.
BECAUSE WE HAVE WORKED VERY HARD
TO BLUNT THE CURVE.
>> Ian: BUT AS VIOLENCE ROCKED
CITIES, SOME, LIKE LOS ANGELES,
SUSPENDED TESTING DUE
TO SAFETY CONCERNS.
>>> I WANT TO BRING IN THE
INFECTIOUS DISEASES SPECIALIST
DR. ISSAC BOGOCH.
AND, DR. BOGOCH, CLEARLY WE'RE
NOT TALKING ABOUT THE POLITICS
OF THESE PROTESTS BUT SIMPLY
FROM A MEDICAL PROSPECTIVE, WHEN
YOU SAW ALL OF THAT VIDEO OF ALL
OF THOSE PEOPLE
SHOULDER-TO-SHOULDER FOR A LONG
TIME OUTSIDE, WHAT WAS YOUR
REACTION?
>> IT CERTAINLY, PURELY FROM A
MEDICAL PROSPECTIVE, THAT IS
CONCERNING TO SEE, ESPECIALLY IN
THE CONTEXT OF AN EPIDEMIC THAT
IS HITTING MANY PARTS OF THE
UNITED STATES HARD.
YOU CAN SEE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE
AND YOU SEE THEM VERY, VERY
CLOSE TOGETHER, MANY OF WHOM ARE
NOT WEARING MASKS.
IT WOULD COME TO NO ONE'S
SURPRISE IF SOMEONE WHO HAD THE
INFECTION IN ONE OF THOSE
PROTESTS COULD -- THAT
INDIVIDUAL COULD CERTAINLY
TRANSMIT IT TO OTHER PEOPLE.
NOW, OF COURSE, WE SAW PICTURES
OF PROTESTS IN MANY PARTS OF THE
COUNTRY.
AND IN SOME SETTINGS
PEOPLE ARE A LITTLE BIT FARTHER
APART.
THAT'S HELPFUL.
AND IN OTHER SETTINGS WE SAW
LOTS OF PEOPLE WEARING MASKS.
THAT, OF COURSE, CAN BE
PROTECTIVE.
AND, OF COURSE, IT'S OUTSIDE
WHICH IS ALSO PROTECTIVE.
BUT THE SCENES THAT WE SAW WITH
PEOPLE TIGHTLY PACKED TOGETHER
AND MANY OF WHOM ARE NOT WEARING
MASKS AND WITH THOUSANDS OF
PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, THAT'S A
TROUBLING SCENE IN THE CONTEXT
OF AN EPIDEMIC.
>> Ian: I GUESS IF THEY DO
DEVELOP SYMPTOMS, WHAT, WE'RE
LOOKING
AT ONE TO TWO WEEKS WHEN WE WILL
FIND THAT OUT?
>> YES, BUT SYMPTOMS CAN DEVELOP
AS EARLY AS TWO TO THREE DAYS
AFTER AN EXPOSURE.
SO I REALLY HOPE THAT
PEOPLE ARE MINDFUL OF THAT AND
CERTAINLY THAT THEY KNOW WHERE
TO GO FOR TESTING SHOULD THEY
DEVELOP SYMPTOMS.
>> Ian: ALL RIGHT, DR. BOGOCH,
THANK YOU.
>> ANY TIME.
>> Ian: WE'LL COME BACK TO THE
PROTESTS IN A MOMENT BUT WE WANT
TO STAY ON THE CORONAVIRUS STORY
FOR A MINUTE.
THERE ARE THREE NEW CASES IN NEW 
BRUNSWICK TONIGHT.
THIS IS SPARKING
FEARS OF THE OUTBREAKS THAT HAVE
PLAGUED LONG-TERM CARE HOMES IN
ONTARIO AND QUÉBEC HAVE COME TO
NEW BRUNSWICK.
HARRY FORESTELL EXPLAINS.
>> Reporter: FOR THE PAST
THREE DAYS NOW MANOIR de la
VALLÉE HAS BEEN THE FOCUS OF A
RAPID RESPONSE TEAM,
SENT IN TO TEST RESIDENTS AND
STAFF FOR COVID-19.
THE RESULTS?
NOT ENCOURAGING.
>> TODAY THERE ARE THREE NEW
CASES OF COVID-19 IN THE
PROVINCE.
THESE CASES AND ONE REPORTED
YESTERDAY HAVE ALL BEEN
CONFIRMED IN RESIDENTS OF THE
MANOIR de la VALLÉE LONG-TERM
CARE FACILITY.
>> Reporter: THE HOME HAS 51
RESIDENTS WITH VARYING LEVELS OF
CARE.
FOUR RESIDENTS AND ONE STAFF
MEMBER ARE NOW KNOWN TO BE
INFECTED WITH THE VIRUS.
THREE ARE IN HOSPITAL AND ONE IN
INTENSIVE CARE.
>> I UNDERSTAND THE STRESS THAT
THIS IS CAUSING FOR RESIDENTS
AND STAFF OF THE MANOIR AND
THEIR FAMILIES.
AN OUTBREAK IN A SENIORS' HOME
IS EVERYONE'S GREATEST FEAR.
>> Reporter: IT'S A DRAMATIC
SETBACK IN A PROVINCE THAT HAS
UNTIL NOW MANAGED TO KEEP THE
COVID GENIE IN ITS BOTTLE.
OUT OF 61 CARE HOMES THIS
OUTBREAK IS THE FIRST BREACH IN
THOSE DEFENCES.
AND IN ANOTHER STARTLING
DEVELOPMENT, PREMIER BLAINE
HIGGS ACKNOWLEDGED TODAY THAT
SINCE FRIDAY A THIRD OF THE
MANOIR STAFF HAVE LEFT THEIR
JOBS.
>> 10 OUT OF 28.
AND THEY FELT IT NECESSARY TO
LEAVE THE FACILITY, WHICH IS
CONCERNING BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, AT
A TIME LIKE THIS IT IS IMPORTANT
THAT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE EVERYONE
THERE TO DO WHAT WE CAN.
>> Reporter: WHY THEY'VE LEFT,
SAYS THE MANOIR OWNER IS
SIMPLE -- FEAR OF COVID-19.
>> AS SOON AS THE STAFF LEARNED
THAT COVID IS AROUND, MANY OF
THEM ARE JUST SCARED OF THAT.
>> Reporter: ADVOCATES FOR
NURSING HOME RESIDENTS ARE
FRIGHTENED TOO, WORRIED THAT NOW
COVID HAS A TOEHOLD IN THE
PROVINCE THAT IT WILL SPREAD TO
OTHER CARE HOMES.
>> THIS IS ACTUALLY QUITE A
SETBACK.
I'M REALLY CONCERNED THAT ONCE
THEY OPEN THE DOORS THAT IT'S
GOING TO SPREAD.
>> Reporter: THERE'S NOW 12
ACTIVE CASES OF COVID-19 IN THE
PROVINCE, ALL OF THEM IN THE
CAMPBELLTON REGION.
AND AS THE PUBLIC HEALTH
OFFICIALS WARN, THERE WILL BE
MORE.
HARRY FORESTELL, CBC NEWS,
FREDERICTON.
>> Ian: WE HAVE MUCH MORE
COVERAGE AHEAD OF OUR TOP STORY, 
REACTION TO THE DEATH OF GEORGE
FLOYD.
INCLUDING POLICING IN AMERICA.
WHAT CAN BE DONE TO CALM THE
COUNTRY?
>>> AND WE'RE ON THE GROUND AND
INSIDE THE CONVERSATION.
>> HEAR ME OUT, HEAR ME OUT.
>> Ian: WE HEAR FROM THOSE AT
THE CENTRE OF IT ALL.
>>> PLUS, AMIDST THE VIOLENCE,
THE MOMENTS OF CONNECTION THIS
WEEKEND.
>> WE CAN'T FORGET ON ALL OF OUR
POLICE CARS ACROSS THE NATION IT
SAYS, PROTECT AND SERVE.
PROTECT AND SERVE THAT.
MEANS ALL
(*)
>> Ian: MINNEAPOLIS RESIDENTS
HAVE CREATED A MEMORIAL WHERE
GEORGE FLOYD WAS RESTRAINED BY
POLICE AND DIED.
A FOCAL POINT OF REMEMBRANCE AND
COMMUNITY, THE MEMORIAL HAS BEEN
KEPT CLEAN, FRESH FLOWERS LAID
DOWN, AND SOME PEOPLE CALLING
THIS SACRED GROUND.
WELL, THROUGH THE EVENING OUR
REPORTERS HAVE KEPT US UP TO
DATE ON WHAT IS HAPPENING IN
MINNEAPOLIS, IN WASHINGTON, D.C.
AND ALSO NEW YORK CITY.
AND NEW YORK IS WHERE STEVEN
D'SOUZA IS RIGHT NOW.
STEVEN, WHAT'S GOING ON?
>> Reporter: IAN, FOR THOSE
VIEWERS WHO HAVE BEEN WATCHING
US THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT, WE WERE
EARLIER WITH A GROUP THAT WAS
PLAYING A BIT OF A
CAT-AND-MOUSE GAME GOING THROUGH
THE STREETS.
THAT GROUP HAS SHRUNK IN SIZE
CONSIDERABLY.
WE HAVE CAUGHT UP WITH THEM
AGAIN.
WHAT THEY HAVE LOST IN
NUMBERS THEY HAVE GAINED IN
ANGER AND INTENSITY.
THEY ARE CURRENTLY IN A STANDOFF
WITH POLICE.
WE CAN BRING YOU OVER HERE TO
SHOW YOU WHAT IS TAKING PLACE.
SOME OF THE PROTESTERS ARE
KNEELING DOWN WITH THEIR HANDS
UP.
POLICE HAVE PUSHED THEM ABOUT A
BLOCK.
ABOUT 10 MINUTES OR SO AGO THEY
MADE AN ANNOUNCEMENT ON THE LOUD
SPEAKER AND SAYING THAT THIS
ASSEMBLY WAS NO LONGER LEGAL AND
IT WAS AN UNLAWFUL ASSEMBLY.
MEANING THAT THEY'D COME THROUGH
AND START ARRESTING PEOPLE.
BUT ESSENTIALLY WHAT THEY DID
WAS START PUSHING PEOPLE BACK
THROUGH THE LINE.
SO WHAT YOU HAVE NOW IS A BIT OF
A TENSE STANDOFF BETWEEN SOME OF
THE PROTESTERS AND THE POLICE
OFFICERS.
SO WE'RE IN A BIT OF A NARROW
STREET HERE.
PEOPLE COULD GET PUSHED BACK.
BUT THERE WAS SOMEWHAT OF A
BRIGHT MOMENT A SECOND AGO.
SOMEBODY HAD A MEDICAL EMERGENCY
AND SO SOME OF THE OFFICERS CAME
OFF THE LINE AND HELPED THAT
INDIVIDUAL, BROUGHT THEM BACK
AND GOT THEM SOME WATER AND GOT
THEM SOME HELP.
EARLIER PART OF THIS GROUP, WE
SAW A NUMBER OF
PEOPLE SPEAKING WITH ONE OF THE
SERGEANTS IN CHARGE, HAVING A
BIT OF A DIALOGUE.
WE SAW HOW THERE IS A BIT OF A
DISAGREEMENT EVEN WITH THE
PROTESTERS ON HOW TO APPROACH
THINGS.
BECAUSE AS HE WAS TALKING WITH
THE
OFFICER AND TRYING TO HAVE A
DIALOGUE ABOUT THE ISSUE THAT
EVERYBODY IS PROTESTING ABOUT,
OTHER PEOPLE IN THE CROWD
WERE GRABBING HIM AND PULLING
HIM AWAY AND SAYING, NO, DON'T
TALK TO THESE GUYS.
DON'T TALK TO THEM.
YOU KNOW,
THEY'RE THE ENEMY AND IT'S US
VERSUS THEM.
AND SO IT'S REALLY INTERESTING
TO SEE HOW EVEN WITHIN THE GROUP
THAT THERE IS NO REAL AGREEMENT
ON HOW THINGS SHOULD BE DONE.
BUT RIGHT NOW THIS GROUP HERE,
PEOPLE ARE ON THEIR KNEES AND
THEY HAVE THEIR HANDS UP AND
FACING DOWN WITH THE OFFICERS.
THEY ARE NOT GOING TO MOVE.
AND SO WE'LL HAVE TO SEE WHAT
THE POLICE DO AND HOW THIS
SITUATION WRAPS UP.
BUT AS WE SAID EARLIER IN THE
HOUR THAT THINGS ARE GETTING
MORE TENSE AND MORE VIOLENT AS
THE NIGHT GOES ON.
AND SO WE HOPE THAT THINGS WILL
BE RESOLVED QUICKLY HERE.
>> Ian: YOU KNOW, IT HAS BEEN
NICE THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT FROM
YOU AND THE OTHER REPORTERS TO
GET THE KIND OF PERSPECTIVE THAT
YOU'RE GIVING US.
SO, STEVEN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>>> NEXT ON "THE NATIONAL,"
VOICES OF PROTESTERS AND POLICE
AND COMMUNITY LEADERS.
>> I WANT TO BE ABLE TO GO TO A
WHITE NEIGHBOURHOOD AND FEEL
SAFE.
I WANT TO BE ABLE TO JUST TO BE
FREE AND NOT HAVE TO THINK ABOUT
EVERY STEP THAT I TAKE.
BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY
BEING BLACK IS A CRIME.
>> Ian: MOMENTS OF PASSION FROM
THOSE SEEKING COMPASSION ACROSS
THE UNITED STATES.
RIGHT AFTER THIS.
(*)
>> Ian: WE HAVE SEEN THE EBB AND
FLOW OF THIS PROTEST STORY
HAPPEN IN MANY CITIES ACROSS THE
COUNTRY, INCLUDING WHERE YOU'RE
LOOKING RIGHT NOW, WASHINGTON,
D.C.
SCENES OF PEACEFUL PROTESTS AT
TIMES, BUT ALSO SCENES OF FIRE
AND THE ELEMENT OF VIOLENCE AS
PEOPLE HAVE BEEN THROWING THINGS
TOWARDS THE POLICE AND THE
POLICE AT TIMES STANDING THEIR
GROUND, BUT THEN BEGINNING TO
CLEAR CERTAIN AREAS OF THE CITY.
SO LET'S CHECK IN WITH PAUL
HUNTER AND FIND OUT WHAT'S
HAPPENING IN WASHINGTON, D.C. AS
WE GO THROUGH THESE CHANGES.
PAUL?
>> Reporter: YEAH, IAN, IT'S
BEEN A WILD HOUR OR SO.
MOMENTS OF MADNESS AND THEN
PERIODS OF CALM WHICH WE'RE IN
RIGHT NOW.
I'M JUST UP THE STREET FROM THE
WHITE HOUSE.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN LOOK
STRAIGHT DOWN THE ROAD THERE,
YOU WILL SEE A LINE OF POLICE.
JUST BEYOND THAT IS THE WHITE
HOUSE.
AND THERE'S ANOTHER STREET OVER
THERE WHERE THERE'S ANOTHER WALL
OF POLICE.
WHAT'S HAPPENING IS THAT POLICE
ARE CONTROLLING THE CROWD.
THEY'VE BEEN METHODICAL AND
CALM.
AND AT THE SAME TIME PEOPLE HAVE
BEEN PROVOCATIVE AND THROWING
FIREWORKS AT THEM AND TEAR GAS
HAS BEEN LOBBED BACK.
IF YOU WANT SYMBOLISM, THEY SET
FIRE TO A BUILDING IN THE PARK
ACROSS FROM THE WHITE HOUSE
TONIGHT.
IT'S GOING TO BE ON THE FRONT
PAGES TOMORROW.
IF THERE WAS A MESSAGE TO BE
SENT TO DONALD TRUMP, WHICH IS
WHAT THE DEMONSTRATORS WERE
REALLY TRYING TO DO HERE
TONIGHT, THEY SAY THEY WANT
CHANGE AND THEY SENT THAT
MESSAGE DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF THE
WHITE HOUSE.
SETTING FIRE TO THAT BUILDING.
THERE WERE CARS SET ON FIRE DOWN
HERE AND THERE WAS THE AFLCIO,
THE LABOUR UNION BUSINESS
OFFICE, THE LOBBY WAS SET ON
FIRE.
PEOPLE WERE THROWING HAMMERS AT
THE WINDOWS AND GOT IN.
THERE'S AN 11:00 CURFEW --
>> THEY SHOULD NEVER KILL BLACK
PEOPLE.
>> Reporter: THIS IS EXACTLY
THE MESSAGE TO DONALD TRUMP
TONIGHT, RIGHT.
AND THEY GOT THE
MESSAGE ACROSS AND IT WAS
PEACEFUL, WASN'T IT?
>> VERY PEACEFUL HERE.
>> Reporter: YOU GOT THE
MESSAGE TO DONALD TRUMP.
>> THE PEOPLE BURNING THINGS
WERE NOT THE BLACKS.
>> NOT BLACK.
>> Reporter: WHAT IS YOUR
MESSAGE TO DONALD TRUMP TONIGHT?
>> FIX THIS SHIT.
THAT'S IT.
FIX IT.
FIX IT SHIT.
DAMPER THIS SHIT.
>> Reporter: HEARD THAT FROM A
LOT OF PEOPLE, IAN.
PEOPLE COMING UP TO ME AND
SAYING THAT THE ISSUE
HERE IS DONALD TRUMP, GET HIM
OUT OF THE WHITE HOUSE.
THERE'S AN ELECTION COMING UP IN
NOVEMBER AND THEY MADE THEIR
MESSAGE LOUD AND CLEAR TONIGHT.
AND IN THE MOST POWERFUL SYMBOL
OF AMERICAN GOVERNMENT AND
AMERICAN POWER, THE WHITE HOUSE.
>> Ian: I KNOW THAT ON STORIES
LIKE THIS, PAUL, AND WE JUST
HAVE A COUPLE SECOND OOZE --
YOU'RE REALLY ONLY
THE EXPERT ON WHAT YOU CAN SEE.
BUT IN TERMS OF WHAT YOU CAN SEE
YOU HAVE MADE A POINT THAT MANY
PROTESTERS HAVE BEEN ORDERLY AND
PEACEFUL.
I THINK THAT YOU TOUCHED ON THIS
THAT THE POLICE HAVE BEEN AS YOU
DESCRIBED IT AS RESTRAINED AND
ORDERLY IN THE AREA THAT YOU'RE
IN TONIGHT?
>> Reporter: 100%.
THEY HAVE TO RESPOND WHEN
PROVOKED, THEY HAVE TO PUSH
BACK, THEY HAVE TO CREATE ORDER
AND THEY'VE BEEN DOING THAT.
IT'S A COMPLICATED BUSINESS ON
BOTH SIDES.
BUT THERE HASN'T BEEN A BACK AND
FORTH OF RAMPAGE.
THERE WAS CHANTING AND THERE WAS
A HANDS UP, DON'T SHOOT, THERE
WAS ALL OF THAT.
THERE WAS THE BLACK LIVES DON'T
MATTER, THE MESSAGE WAS MADE.
THEY CLEARED THE AREA WHEN THE
FIRES WERE SET AND THEY HAD TO
BRING THE EMERGENCY VEHICLES IN
TO PUT OUT THE FIRE.
THAT'S REALLY WHAT BROUGHT
POLICE UP FROM THE FIRST LINE OF
POLICE FORCES DIRECTLY IN FRONT
OF THE WHITE HOUSE.
THEY STARTED MOVING ONLY AFTER
THE FIRES WERE SET.
SO ARGUABLY IT'S BEEN RESTRAINED
ON BOTH SIDES.
DESPITE THE DRAMA, DESPITE THE
FIREWORKS AND THE TEAR GAS, AND,
AGAIN, JUST WHAT I'VE SEEN IN A
BIG CITY, IT'S BEEN FOR THE MOST
PART RESTRAINED.
>> Ian: AND, OF COURSE, BLACK
LIVES MATTER, A MESSAGE THAT,
ALONG WITH "I CAN'T BREATHE"
THAT WE HAVE HEARD IN WASHINGTON
AND ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
PAUL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>>> WE HAVE WITNESSED A DIVIDED
COUNTRY UNDER PRESSURE FROM A
PANDEMIC AND GRIEVANCES BOILING
OVER, BUT WE'VE ALSO SEEN ACTS
OF UNITY AND HERE'S A LOOK AT
SOME OF THOSE MOMENTS FROM THE
>> A FORMER MINNEAPOLIS POLICE
OFFICER, DEREK CHAUVIN, HAS BEEN
CHARGED BY THE ATTORNEY'S OFFICE
WITH MURDER AND WITH
MANSLAUGHTER.
>> WE WANT JUSTICE.
>> [indiscernible]
>> YOU ARE DISGRACING OUR CITY.
YOU ARE DISGRACING THE LIFE OF
GEORGE FLOYD AND EVERY OTHER
PERSON WHO HAS BEEN KILLED IN
THIS COUNTRY.
WE ARE BETTER THAN THIS.
>> A LOT OF OUR BROTHERS HAVE
BEEN KILLED IN THE STREETS.
MOST OF THE TIME, YOU KNOW, THEY
TRY TO SAY IT'S BLACK-ON-BLACK
CRIME.
THAT'S BULLSHIT.
>> KNOCKING OUT SOMEBODY --
[indiscernible] SO WHAT'S
GOING ON AROUND HERE.
BECAUSE I'VE GOT A BLACK SON AND
HE'S SCARED TO COME OUT.
AND I WANTED TO SEE THIS.
>> WE CAN'T FORGET THAT ON ALL
OF OUR POLICE CARS ACROSS THE
NATION IT SAYS, PROTECT AND
SERVE.
PROTECT AND SERVE.
THAT MEANS ALL PEOPLE -- THAT
MEANS ALL PEOPLE DESERVE THE
SAME DIGNITY AND YOU CAN'T CALL
OUT WHAT IS WRONG AND TRY TO
MAKE IT RIGHT.
>> FREE THEM ALL.
FREE THEM ALL.
>> * WHEN THE GLORY COMES IT
WILL BE OURS *
* IT WILL BE GOD 
(*)
>> [HORNS HONKING]
>> [TEAR GAS SOUNDS]
>> NO JUSTICE, NO PEACE.
>> [indiscernible]
>> [indiscernible]
>> I WANT TO BE ABLE WHEN A COP
IS DRIVING BEHIND ME THAT I
DON'T HAVE TO CLINCH AND BE
TENSE, OKAY?
I WANT TO BE ABLE TO BE FREE AND
NOT THINK OF EVERY STEP THAT I
TAKE.
AT THE END OF THE DAY BEING BORN
BLACK IS A CRIME TO THEM AND I
DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY, BECAUSE
WE'RE ALL HUMAN.
THAT IS A SICKNESS.
>> PEACE!
>> STAY STRONG AND IF WE STAND
TOGETHER WE CAN OVERCOME ANY
OPPRESSION THAT COMES OUR WAY.
>> WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO?
>> YOU TELL ME WHAT WE ARE GOING
TO DO.
>> THIS AIN'T THE WAY.
[indiscernible]
>> STAND UP.
I'M READY TO DIE.
>> MY HUMAN EMOTION, THE
VISCERAL RESPONSE TO THE ERASING
OF HUMANITY OF GEORGE FLOYD,
WHICH FELT LIKE ERASING THE
HUMANITY OF ALL OF US.
>> CHARGES DON'T MEAN ANYTHING
UNTIL ONE OF THE PEOPLE ARE IN
JAIL DOING SERIOUS TIME.
AND I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT A SLAP
ON THE WRIST.
25 YEARS, HARD TIME IN FEDERAL
PRISON.
>> THANK YOU, THANK YOU.
>> UNFORTUNATELY, THERE ARE
BLACK AND BROWN PEOPLE HAVING TO
CLEAN UP THIS MESS AND THIS IS
WHAT I CAN DO.
SO I CAME OUT TO CLEAN.
>> I CAN'T BREATHE.
>> I CAN'T BREATHE.
>> NO PEACE --
>> FOR FLOYD.
FLOYD!
>> Ian: MANY OF US IN CANADA
KNOW LITTLE ABOUT MINNEAPOLIS,
ST. PAUL, SO WE WANTED TO CHECK
IN WITH KEITH MAYES, FROM
AFRICAN STUDIES AT UNIVERSITY OF
MINNESOTA.
PROFESSOR, THE UNREST IN THE
CITIES GOES DEEPER THAN THE
DEATH OF GEORGE FLOYD.
SO CAN YOU GIVE US BRIEFLY THE
CONTEXT OF THE AFRICAN AMERICAN
EXPERIENCE IN MINNEAPOLIS, ST.
PAUL?
>> ABSOLUTELY.
MINNEAPOLIS AND ST. PAUL OR THE
STATE OF MINNESOTA HAS SOME OF
THE WORST DISPARITIES IN THE
UNITED STATES.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE INCOME
LEVELS, THE INCOME GAPS, THE
EDUCATIONAL GAP, AND RATES OF
INCARCERATION AND RATES OF
HOMEOWNERSHIP, IN MANY WAY THIS
IS A POWDER KEG WAITING TO
EXPLODE.
WE ARE COMING OFF OF THE DEATHS
OF PHILANDO CASTILE, WHERE THE
>> Ian: YOU'VE WALKED AROUND THE
STREETS IN YOUR COMMUNITY AND
YOU KNOW WHAT HAS BEEN GOING ON
AND THE MOOD.
WHAT WILL IT TAKE TO QUELL THE
VIOLENCE?
>> JUSTICE -- IMMEDIATE JUSTICE.
WE HAVE THE ARREST OF DEREK
CHAUVIN.
WE ARE WAITING FOR THE ARREST OF
THE OTHER THREE OFFICERS.
AND THAT'S WHAT IT'S GOING TO
TAKE IN THE IMMEDIATE.
IN THE LONG TERM, WE ARE LOOKING
FOR SOME OF THESE INEQUALITIES
TO BE ADDRESSED AND WE KNOW THAT
THEY CAN'T CHANGE OVERNIGHT.
BUT WE'RE TIRED OF PUBLIC
OFFICIALS PAYING LIP SERVICE TO
THE ISSUES.
IT'S TIME THAT WE REALLY
UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON IN
BLACK AND BROWN COMMUNITIES SO
THAT WE CAN LIVE OUT THE
DEMOCRACY THAT IS STATED IN THE
IDEAS OF THE DECLARATION OF
INDEPENDENCE AND THE U.S.
CONSTITUTION.
WE HAVE BEEN FIGHTING FOR THESE
RIGHTS FOR 240 SOME YEARS.
>> Ian: KEITH MAYES FROM THE
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA, THANK
YOU SO MUCH FOR SPEAKING WITH US
TONIGHT.
>> THANK YOU, IAN.
>> Ian: IF YOU HAVE BEEN
WATCHING THROUGH THE EVENING YOU
KNOW THAT MINNEAPOLIS, ST. PAUL,
HAS BEEN THE SCENE OF TENSE
MOMENTS AND OUR SUSAN ORMISTON
HAS BEEN IN THE MIDDLE OF IT AND
LET'S CHECK BACK WITH HER NOW
AND IT'S GOTTEN A LITTLE QUIET?
>> Reporter: YES, WE'RE TAKING
A BREATHER, AS IS THIS
NEIGHBOURHOOD, HAPPILY SO.
THERE'S STILL A POLICE BARRICADE
HERE AT THE TOP OF THE STREET.
BUT WE HAVE SEEN SEVEN VEHICLES
POLICE VEHICLES, LEAVE IN THE
LAST FEW MINUTES.
I WANT TO TELL YOU ABOUT THE
CONES HERE, IAN.
THE COMMUNITY PUT THESE CONES
HERE.
WHY?
BECAUSE PEOPLE WERE DRIVING UP
THIS LINE AND GETTING FIRED AT
BY POLICE EARLIER TONIGHT.
AND THEY DIDN'T WANT THAT TO
HAPPEN.
SO THEY JUST CREATED THEIR OWN
BARRICADE TO PROTECT THEIR
COMMUNITY.
AND THAT'S THE KIND OF THING
THAT WE ARE SEEING.
COMMUNITIES ARE COMING TOGETHER
TO SAY, HEY, GET OUT OF MY
NEIGHBOURHOOD AND DON'T SMASH
IT, DON'T BURN IT AND STAY HOME.
AND PROTEST PEACEFULLY.
WE'VE GOT A MESSAGE HERE AND
IT'S JUSTICE BUT THE MESSAGE
CANNOT BE LOOTING AND
DESTRUCTION.
SO TONIGHT, HAPPILY THIS
COMMUNITY HAS STAYED RELATIVELY
CALM.
THE POLICE HAVE HELD THEIR
GROUND AND THE DEMONSTRATORS
MADE THEIR POINT AND MOVED ON
AND THE CURFEW IS STILL IN PLACE 
PLACE.
AND NO PREDICTIONS WILL WHAT
WILL HAPPEN IN MINNEAPOLIS AFTER
THE MOST DRAMATIC AND DANGEROUS
WEEK IN ST. PAUL AND MINNESOTA
EVER.
>> Ian: WELL, NICE WORK TONIGHT,
SUSAN.
AND NICE TO SEE IT A LITTLE BIT
QUIET, AT LEAST FOR NOW.
>>> WE HAVE A STORY NOW OF A
BUSINESS OWNER WHO KNEW BOTH
GEORGE FLOYD AND THE OFFICER
ARRESTED IN HIS DEATH.
AS CAROLYN DUNN TELLS US, THE
SHOPKEEPER'S STORY IS AN EXAMPLE
OF THE DEEP IMPACT ON THE
COMMUNITY.
>> Reporter: DESTRUCTION IS
ALL THAT'S LEFT OF PABLO
HERNANDEZ-CAMERO'S DREAM.
HE SPENT TWO YEARS AND $120,000
TO OPEN UP HIS SPORTS BAR.
COVID-19 DELAYED ITS LAUNCH AND
THEN THE PROTESTS AND THE FIRE.
>> AND SOMEBODY CALLED ME, HEY,
PABLO, THE PLACE IS ON FIRE.
REALLY?
YEAH.
I TOOK MY CAR AND I COME HIRE
-- HERE AND EVERYTHING IS BURNT.
>> Reporter: MOST OF HIS
PERSONAL BELONGINGS BURNED TOO.
NOW HE HAS JUST SIX PAIRS OF
PANTS AND SIX SHIRTS TO HIS NAME
AND NO INSURANCE ON AN UNOPENED
BUSINESS.
>> ALL OF MY MONEY FOR MY FAMILY
AND EVERYTHING WAS PUT HERE.
THAT'S IT.
>> Reporter: HIS NIECE,
JENNIFER, IS DOING WHAT SHE CAN.
>> I JUST FELT HELPLESS, LIKE I
COULDN'T DO ANYTHING.
SO MY TIDBIT TO HELP TO DO
ANYTHING IS A FUNDRAISER TO DO
ANYTHING TO HELP THE COMMUNITY
HERE.
>> Reporter: SHE KNEW GEORGE
FLOYD AND THE MAN CHARGED IN HIS
DEATH.
FLOYD WORKED AT THE CLUB THAT
PABLO MANAGED AND ALSO GUTTED.
OFFICER DEREK CHAUVIN POLICED
THE AREA OUTSIDE.
IT'S NOT WHREER WHETHER THE TWO
KNEW EACH OTHER.
PABLO CAN STILL HARDLY BELIEVE
GEORGE FLOYD IS DEAD.
>> OH, MY GOD, THIS IS NOT
POSSIBLE.
I CANNOT BELIEVE IT.
>> Reporter: THE BURNED DOWN
BLOCK IS DRAWING CROWDS OF
PEOPLE TAKING PICTURES AND
WEIGHING THE TOLL OF THE UNREST.
>> I FEEL HORRIBLE FOR THE
BUSINESS OWNERS WHO DIDN'T WANT
ANYTHING TO DO WITH THIS BUT
THERE'S A POINT WHEN PEACEFUL
PROTESTS DON'T GET THE POINT
ACROSS ANYMORE.
SO BLACK PEOPLE HAVE HAD ENOUGH
OF
BEING MISTREATED.
LIKE, WE'VE HAD ENOUGH OF THE
RACIST COPS AND EVERYTHING.
>> IT'S MORE THAN BRICKS AND
MORTARS.
IT IS PEOPLE'S DREAMS, IT IS
PEOPLE'S LIVES, PEOPLE'S
LIVELIHOODS.
IT'S HOME.
>> Reporter: AS FOR PABLO
HERNANDEZ, HE'S SUPPORTIVE OF
THE PROTESTS.
HE JUST WISHES THE VIOLENCE THAT
HAS COME WITH THEM HADN'T
CHANGED HIS FUTURE FOREVER.
CAROLYN DUNN, CBC NEWS,
MINNEAPOLIS.
>> Ian: NEXT, AS PROTESTS
ERUPTED ACROSS THE UNITED STATES
AND AROUND THE WORLD, A PLEA
FROM A
SINGER.
>> I'M A YOUNG BLACK MAN *
* DOING ALL THAT I CAN 
>> Ian: WE'RE B
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>> Ian: THIS WAS THE SIXTH NIGHT
OF PROTESTS.
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE IN STREETS
AND CITIES ACROSS THE U.S., MANY
HOPING THAT THEIR MESSAGE IS
FINALLY HEARD.
AFTER GEORGE FLOYD WAS KILLED,
12-YEAR-OLD KIEDRAN BRYANT
DECIDED TO CHANNEL HIS FEELINGS
INTO A SONG.
AN EMOTIONAL TRIBUTE THAT HAS
NOW BECOME AN ANTHEM WITH A
POWERFUL MESSAGE...
>> * I'M A YOUNG BLACK MAN 
* DOING ALL THAT I CAN 
* TO STAND 
* BUT WHEN I LOOK AROUND 
* AND I SEE WHAT'S BEING DONE TO
MY KIND *
* EVERY DAY 
* I'M BEING HUNTED AS PREY 
* MY PEOPLE DON'T WANT NO
TROUBLE *
* WE'VE HAD ENOUGH 
* OH, NO 
* I JUST WANT TO LIVE 
* GOD PROTECT ME 
* I JUST WANT TO LIVE 
* I JUST WANT TO LIVE 
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>> Ian: WE HAVE SEEN ELOQUENT
PASSIONATE MESSAGES FROM SO MANY
PLACES.
SONGS, OF COURSE, FROM REPORTERS
SPEAKING IN THE UNITED STATES IN
VERY REVEALING WAYS ABOUT THEIR
EXPERIENCES AND CERTAINLY BY
MANY PEOPLE ON THE STREETS, SOME
WHICH WE CAPTURED TONIGHT AND
WE'LL CONTINUE TO HAVE ON THE
PROGRAMME AS THIS STORY DOES
CONTINUE.
THAT IS "THE NATIONAL" FOR
SUNDAY, MAY 31st.
GOOD NIGHT
