People in the middle of a pandemic are in groups out on the streets. A few hours ago as young protesters stood in front of the Lincoln Memorial, there was a dramatic show of force just behind them on the steps of the memorial, dismounted infantry, many of them with faces covered. Mandatory curfews now in effect in at least 28 major cities from new york to los angeles, meaning millions of americans are supposed to stay home. We begin in the city of new york, where correspondent ali velshi has ventured home from minneapolis and is now at 14th street and fifth avenue in Lower Manhattan where, ali, we should point out curfew has been in effect for, what, three hours . Reporter thats correct. Exactly three hours. Im a block west of union square. We have people who have been arrested getting into this van. Over here on the right, probably a dozen in that van. Theres another van right next to here where theyre still loading a few people in. You can still see Police Vehicles coming in. Then th
New york, where correspondent ali velshi has ventured home from minneapolis is now at 14th street and 5th avenue in Lower Manhattan where, ali, we should point out, curfews been in effect for what, three hours . Reporter thats correct, exactly three hours on union square, we have people arrested. Theres another van right next to it where theyre still load people in. You can still see Police Vehicles coming in. Theres a third person in a van, with some people with zip ties around their wrists. There were more than a dozen people in the last 15 minutes, they were all seated here. They continue to chat. The sur few has been in place for about three hours, what weve seen is Police Moving around to various places and making arrests. There were large groups, numbers of 15,000. There seems to be another group, coming from upper west side. There was a third group in midtown in the 50s, and another group in times square. I spoke to a couple protesters who said there wasnt really an objective to
Protesters stood in front of the lincoln march, there was a dramatic show of force just behind them on the steps of the memorial, dismounted infantry, many of them with faces covered. Mandatory curfews now in effect in at least 28 major cities from new york to los angeles, meaning millions of americans are supposed to stay home. We begin in the city of new york, where correspondent ali velshi has ventured home from minneapolis and is now at 14th street and fifth avenue in Lower Manhattan where, ali, we should point out curfew has been in effect for, what, three hours . Reporter thats correct. Exactly three hours. Im a block west of union sca square. Wee have people who have been arrested get noting into this v. You can still see Police Vehicles coming in. Then theres a third van in the distance over there. You can see some people with zip ties around their wrists. So there have been over a dozen people in the last 15 minutes. They were all seated here. Theyve been arrested. They contin