they been circling it for some time. not clear if they are using air assistance, if there is a manhunt underway but just before we came on camera, police officer came up to me and advised me that the media staging area which is a little further away, the police chief was going to be doing a statement or an update there shortly we have our fox affiliate over there. we wanted to be up here, this is pretty much as close as we can get. the actual shopping complex is rather large. we are talking 50 or 60 different stores and it s all on the other side of that tree line but you have roads totally shut off to traffic so hard telling how late at night this is going to be some of these people that are just waiting to get back in but at least they are safe because we are hearing there
as many resources as possible to bring this person into custody. carmen best, if you can stick around for us, i want to bring in nbc news producer charlie guile who is calling in live on the scene in atlanta. charlie, let us know what you re seeing and hearing. are you in a media staging area? what can you tell us? we ve been pushed back a couple of blocks away from the scene. looking down southbound west peach tree, you can see two ambulance, i would say three dozen or more police vehicles. at the moment, it does seem that things the tension has sort of subsided since i arrived on scene about 15, 20 minutes ago, but you can still see officers with long guns walking around checking the sidewalks. i did see a team with long guns go in and out of the marta station, that s the public transit station here. there s a stop about a block and
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We can stand under the American Flag as one. And we would like the American Flag to represent us because we feel it dont. Thank you, rodney. And as we bring his cousin sharita. Please understand this is only one step in getting accountability at the criminal level. The federal charges are still pending. So i do believe that when philonise and terrence and rodney say the maximum, it is still attainable to get maximum accountability for george floyd. Maximum accountability for george floyd maximum accountability for george floyd maximum accountability for george floyd maximum accountability for george floyd maximum accountability for george floyd maximum accountability for george floyd now you will hear from his cousin sherita tate. Hello, everybody. I wont spend a whole lot of time sort of reiterating what my family has already said. I think they have spoke very eloquently about how we dealt with this last year, and our Thought Processes as it relates to the amount of time that Derek Ch
We can stand under the American Flag as one. And we would like the American Flag to represent us because we feel it dont. Thank you, rodney. And as we bring his cousin sharita. Please understand this is only one step in getting accountability at the criminal level. The federal charges are still pending. So i do believe that when philonise and terrence and rodney say the maximum, it is still attainable to get maximum accountability for george floyd. Maximum accountability for george floyd maximum accountability for george floyd maximum accountability for george floyd maximum accountability for george floyd maximum accountability for george floyd maximum accountability for george floyd now you will hear from his cousin sherita tate. Hello, everybody. I wont spend a whole lot of time sort of reiterating what my family has already said. I think they have spoke very eloquently about how we dealt with this last year, and our Thought Processes as it relates to the amount of time that Derek Ch