Well check in in minneapolis in a moment live. We have seen someing uglier scenes in philadelphia, in los angeles, and other Great American cities thus far. I want to begin this hour back in brooklyn where brian llenas joins our coverage. We are at bedford. This is three blocks away from where it started. It has been a standstill. You can see the police here. We are behind part of the police line. And across from them are the present testers. And there has been a standstill for 20 minutes. But this was an incredibly ugly scene. At 7 30 p. M. With what was a tense standoff, it turned violent after people started getting on top of nypd vehicled. There was a charge from the police down bedford police. We were in that charge. They were trying to stop people from throwing things. A fire started, a Police Cruiser was lit on fire at one of the intersections down there. They had to call in the firefighters to protect them as they took out that fire. At that point there was still tons of debris
Us if that happened . Would you have any response and he said he couldnt comment on it and asked if we had video on it and i said i have not had a chance to review our video. I do know don, that we saw a very aggressive and frunetic may lay that was started by one of the officers not in riot gear, grabbed a protester and grabbed him. And thats what we can tell you about the allegations of beating with baton. Lets take a look pp. So brian, youre looking at that video there again, that was unedited raw video. You witnessed that right at the top of the last hour. Reporter thats right, don. And it was frightening. There were a crowd already being pushed back and they were yelling things at them and i heard them yelling that Police Officers were kourds. Well that led to a swarm of people and as you may have seen in the video and. But we just witnessed that scene and that led to a swarm of people and then the police of course got very aggressive and pinned peep thool ground. We almost got pu
It will all be over. Let me set the scene. We are on northwest avenue. You can look up the street and see state police out in riot gear. Armored cars on the streets. All of the debris from the violence that happened yesterday. Yesterday, this was a city under siege. The Police Commissioner saying at one point they were out numbered and outflanked. Groups of rioters looted a cvs. They went to a Check Cashing store and liquor store. They threw bottles at police for hours. Breaking off in smaller groups. Fire crews were challenged as they were trying to put out fires after rioters came out and cut their hoses. The Baltimore Mayor stephanie rawlingsblake speaking out. Why was the National Guard not called out sooner. She answered that. We use best practices to weigh how the officers are trained and to not escalate. We have seen all over the country and throughout history what happens when you use too much force to respond to an incident. I did not want that for my city. We are working very
Morning and on social media. It blew up last night as that verdict was read. Fox friends begins right now. George zimmerman not guilty on all charges in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin. The verdict was met with shock outside the sanford courtroom and across the country. Live outside the courthouse with the very latest on whats happening in florida. Reporter good morning, tucker. Everything quiet but overnight there were demonstrators. During the entire trial, if you look at the protesters, those who came out here calling for George Zimmermans conviction far outnumbered those that came out to support them. When the jury handed down its not guilty verdict overnight demonstrators at the courthouse expressed their disappointment. The violence many had feared never occurred. Some prominent civil rights leaders and the family of the dead teen had urged them to honor Trayvon Martins memory with peace and thats exactly what they were doing. When the verdict came in, it wasnt as bad as i t
Happening now in the newsroom. He turned around. He puts his hands in the earth and he started to get down but the officers still approached with his weapon drawn and he fired several more shots. An unarmed black teen shot and killed by police in a st. Louis suburb. Prayers and peaceful protests giving way to looting and vandalism. 12 officers with riot gear end route. Protesters asking questions. Why did Michael Brown have to die . Only iraqis can ensure the stability and security of iraq. United states cant do it for them. Also, heavy bombardment from u. S. Military jets over Northern Iraq as the president signals this is going to be a longterm project. And horror on a dirt track. An irate driver marches down the track after his car hits the wall. Thats when another driver runs him down. At this time this is an Ongoing Investigation of an ontrack crash. The video has called Tony Stewarts future into question. Lets talk live in the cnn newsroom. And good morning, im carol costello. Th