TYPE OF REAL VIOLENCE THAT
HAPPENS, AND THOSE FOLKS
MOBILIZED VERY, VERY QUICKLY.
I WANT TO GO BACK OUT TO THE
STEPS OF THE STATE HOUSE WHERE
MIKE IS THERE.
WHAT ARE YOU SEEING?
Reporter: NICK, WE MOVED UP
THE STEPS FROM THE COMMON
LITERALLY ON TO BEACON STREET
NOW.
THEY ARE PREPARING TO SHUT DOWN
WITH SOME OF THE DPW EQUIPMENT,
THESE TRUCKS TO PREVENT ANY
SORT OF CAR SITUATIONS.
THERE ARE PLENTY OF POLICE
OFFICERS AROUND AS WE HAVE BEEN
REPORTING, OVER 500.
I ALSO WANT TO SHOW YOU A HEAVY
PRESENCE OF STATE POLICE IN
FRONT OF THE STATE HOUSE.
YOU WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT HOW
THIS IS AUGUST AND THE TOURIST
SEASON.
I WANT TO POINT OUT THERE IS A
SEGUE TOUR HERE, AND SEVERAL
FOLKS THAT I HAVE SPOKEN WITH
ARE HERE ON VACATION AND DID
THE NOT KNOW ABOUT THIS PROTEST
AND THE COUNTER PROTESTS BUT
THEY TELL ME THEY DO FEEL SAFE
IN THE CITY.
I WANT TO PAN OVER HERE,
THERE'S A LOT OF FOLKS GATHERED
HERE THEREOUT THE DAY TO LISTEN
TO THE SPEAKING PROGRAM.
TELL ME YOUR NAME.
WHERE ARE YOU FROM?
I LIVE IN NATICK,
MASSACHUSETTS.
Reporter: WHAT MADE COME
DOWN?
I FELT IT WAS IMPORTANT TO
STAND AGAINST WHITE SUPREMACY
AND FASCISM AND NAZIISM IN
AMERICA.
HATE IS NOT SOMETHING THAT
SHOULD BE ACCEPTABLE IN OUR
COUNTRY.
IT IS IMPORTANT TO COME OUT AND
SAY SO.
AND WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT
OUR VOICES WERE BEING COUNTED
AND THAT OUR PHYSICAL PRESENCE
WAS GOING TO OUTWAY ANY
PHYSICAL PRESENCE OF ANYBODY
SPEWING HATE OR BIGOTRY.
THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF
COVERAGE OF SECURITY, HEAVY
POLICE PRESENCE.
DO YOU FEEL SAFE DOWN HERE?
I EVE GOT TO BE HONEST, I
WAS NERVOUS COMING DOWN AND
EVEN WALKING FROM WHERE WE
PARKED, UP HERE, THERE WAS SOME
ANXIETY BUT AS WE APPROACHED
THE RALLY AND WE HEARD THE
CHANTS AND THE SONGS AND
HEARING WOMEN'S VOICES DOING
THOSE CHANTS REALLY MADE US
FEEL MORE AT EASE AND SEEING
THE BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT
HERE DOING THEIR BEST TO
PROTECT US AND HAVING A STRONG
PRESENCE REALLY STARTED TO MAKE
ME FEEL MUCH SAFER BEING HERE
BECAUSE WE'RE SURROUNDED BY
PEOPLE WHO BELIEVE IN LOVE.
Reporter: THANKS FOR YOUR
TIME.
WE ARE HERE AT THE STATE HOUSE
CORNER OF THE BOSTON COMMON
WHERE THERE IS A SPEAKING
PROGRAM THAT STARTED NOW, OR
ABOUT 20 MINUTES AGO.
IT IS SET TO GO UNTIL 1:00.
THEN THIS COUNTER
DEMONSTRATION, THESE FOLKS WILL
MARCH ON THE COMMON HEADING
DOWN TOWARDS BEACON STREET AND
JOIN UP WITH THE OTHER COUNTER-
PROTESTERS HEADING HERE FROM
THE ROXBURY AREA BUT AGAIN WE
ARE HERE AT THE STATE HOUSE
SECTION OF BOSTON COMMON.
HEAVY POLICE PRESENCE.
