FROM SKY 10.
Laurie: MEANTIME, THE
MAJORITY OF SOUTH FLORIDIANS
HAVE COMMEM CATED DR. MARTIN
LUTHER KING, JR. IN A
TRADITIONAL WAY.
SEVERAL PARADES HELD ACROSS OUR
AREA.
THIS ONE YOU SEE IN MIAMI.
TERRELL FORNEY IS THE LIVE IN
SOUTHWEST MILD WITH MORE ON THE
MANY COMMEMORATIONS AROUND OUR
AREA.
TERRELL.
Terrell: LAURIE, I HAVE TO
SAY THAT THERE'S BEEN NO SIGN OF
THOSE WILD BIKE RIDERS HERE IN
THIS AREA, WHICH IS PRETTY
INTERESTING.
THEY SEEM TO BE AVOIDING THE
MIAMI AREA WHERE ONE OF THE
BIGGEST MLK DAY CELEBRATIONS IS
UNDERWAY.
THIS IS A STREET FESTIVAL HERE
AT NORTHWEST 62nd STREET AND
32nd AVENUE ON THE OUTSKIRTS
OF MIAMI IN NORTHWEST MILD.
THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE
HERE -- NORTHWEST MIAMI-DADE.
THERE IS IMMUNIZATION AND PLENTY
OF GOOD, STREET VENDORS AS WELL
SELLING A LOT OF THINGS, AND
THIS IS REALLY WHERE PEOPLE
GATHER AFTER THAT BIG PARADE
THAT TOOK MOST OF THE AFTERNOON.
THE SWEET SOUND OF MUSIC AND THE
ROAR OF HIGH SCHOOL MARCHING
BANDS FILLED THE STREETS OF
LIBERTY CITY.
PUTTING SMILES ON THE FACES OF
JUST ABOUT EVERYONE.
I LOVE TO SMILE.
ALIVE TO BE OUT HERE.
Terrell: MIAMI RESIDENT HAS
BEEN MADE THIS HER TRADITION FOR
MANY YEARS.
IT'S GOOD FOR YOUNG PEOPLE.
IT'S NOT ALL ABOUT VIOLENCE AND
BEGUN VIOLENCE.
WE HAVE TO SHOW THE POSITIVE
SIDE.
DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING HAD A
MESSAGE AND HIS MEANINGS WAS
PEACE AND LOVE, AND I'M HERE
TODAY TO SUPPORT THAT.
Terrell: LOCAL FIGHTERS,
POLICE OFFICERS AND ELECTED
OFFICIALS LIKE COUNTY MAYOR
CARLOS GIMENEZ ALSO HAD A
POSITIVE PRESENCE IN PARADE DOWN
NORTHWEST 5 4S STREET, AND IN
BETWEEN THE WAVES AND DANCE
TEAMS, A FEW CELEBRITY
SIGHTINGS, LIKE FORMER RAPPER
TURNED COMMUNITY ACTIVIST LUTHER
CAMPBELL OR UNCLE LUKE WHO GROUP
ON THESE STREETS.
HE HAD HIS OWN FLOAT.
IT'S VERY, VERY INSPIRING.
THIS THIS DAY IT'S VERY
IMPORTANT, AND IT'S A BEAUTIFUL
THING.
Terrell: AND THE PEOPLE HERE
CELEBRATING OR DOING SO RIGHT
OUTSIDE OF THE DR. MARTIN LUTHER
KING, JR. MEMORIAL PARK, WHICH
IS HERE IN THIS AREA BUT THINGS
ARE WINDING DOWN.
THIS IS ALSO AN ANNUAL EVENT AND
THINGS USUALLY WRAP UP RIGHT
AROUND SUNSET.
THERE'S BEEN PLENTY OF POLICE
HERE AS WELL KEEPING AN EYE ON
THINGS AND WE CAN REPORT THAT
THERE'S BEEN NO MAJOR INCIDENTS
REPORTED HERE AT THIS STREET
SIDE FESTIVAL.
ALL IN HONOR OF DR. MARTIN
LUTHER KING, JR.
