Raleigh police chief explains why tear gas was used on protestors
THIS LAST LOOK AT THIS CROWD.
THEY ARE SAYING THAT THEY HOPE
IT STAYS THAT WAY.
THIS IS WHAT'S NOT OUR
COMMUNITY.
THE COMMUNITY IS WHAT HAPPENED
TODAY.
THIS IS ENTERING ANY MELEE LAST
NIGHT THIS IS JOB DAMAGE AND
CARDIAC ISSUES.
OF INJURIES TO BY POLICE
OFFICERS.
12 PEOPLE ARRESTED.
POLICE DID NOT ESCALATE THAT
UNTIL THEY WERE ATTACKED THEY
TALKED ABOUT THOSE INJURIES
THEY SAY, THAT THEY WERE VERY
RESTRAINED IN THEIR RESPONSE.
LET'S LISTEN TO HER DESCRIPTION
AS THEY HAVE HAPPENED.
>> PEACEFUL PROTEST ARE ON THE
ASSEMBLY FOR ABOUT TWO HOURS.
AND, IN JUST A FEW MINUTES.
WELL, IN THAT GROUP.
THEY DECIDED TO LEAVE.
THE AREA IN FRONT OF THE
COURTHOUSE STEPS.
AND, WHEN THEY DID, THEY WENT
DOWN THE STREET.
DOWN DAVIE STREET.
TO THE SHERIFF AS WELL.
WHEN THEY GOT THEM AT THE
STREET.
AND YOU WILL SEE IT FROM YOUR
FOOTAGE.
THEY CHARGED INTO THE SALLY
PORT.
OF THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE.
INTO THAT AND McDOWELL STREET.
AND WHEN THEY GOT UP THERE,
THEY WERE MET WITH THE TACTICAL
TEAM FROM THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE.
THEY WERE FORCING THEIR WAY IN.
AND, THEY DEPLOYED GAS.
WHEN THEY WERE ABLE TO PUSH
THEM FAR ENOUGH DOWN.
THEY CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD
THERE ARE PEOPLE OUT THERE WHO
ARE TELLING THEM TO PUSH BACK
IN THE CROWD AS WELL.
TELLING THEM TO STAY AWAY FROM
THE BUILDING.
AND, PEOPLE KEPT GOING.
THE POLICE DEPARTMENT DEPLOYED
SMOKE INITIATIVES.
WITH THE HOPES THAT WE CAN GET
OUR OFFICERS WHO WERE ON THE
OTHER SIDE OF THAT SAFELY.
THOSE OFFICERS DID NOT HAVE
TACTICAL GEAR ON BECAUSE, THEY
WAS PROVIDING SAFE PERIMETER
FOR THOSE WHO ARE WALKING IN
THE PROTEST.
AND WHEN THAT HAPPENS, THEY
WENT OVER TO THE OTHER SIDE,
AND THEY WERE BASICALLY
BARRICADED FOR LACK OF A BETTER
WAY OF PUTTING IT.
SO WHEN THIS DID NOT BENEFIT
ANYONE, AND THEY DIDN'T MOVE
BACK, THEN YOU KNOW THIS WAS
GASSED.
BECAUSE, WE HAVE TO GET THOSE
OFFICERS TO SAFETY.
>> THE CHIEF SAID SHE CERTAINLY
UNDERSTANDS BEING A BLACK WOMAN
IN AMERICA.
AND WHAT SOME OF THE ISSUES
ARE.
AND, THIS IS WHAT MAKING
LESSONS TO LEARN FROM.
THIS IS HOW TO BEHAVE PROPERLY
IN SITUATIONS LIKE THIS AND
CERTAINLY HARASSED.
SHE DID SAY HER OFFICERS ARE
HIT WITH STONES AND PAVERS AND
SHE SAID YOU CAN'T BRING IN THE