Months. Unlike protests in the past, tonights gathering has been peaceful. Deborah villalon is live at the fruitvale station. Reporter there are still protester here, they are still wrapping up a protest. In last days we found opd caught with too few officers and rampant demonstrations breaking out. Today they have a net around this gathering. Trayvon martin could have been any of us. Reporter after a search of the crowd, no more vandalism. But this march has been heading down the street. All we want is justice for Trayvon Martin. If things get out of hand, i cant really say too much about it. Reporter some marchers while not condemning the damage dont condone it either. People get mad they take it out. I guess we got people to notice. Reporter they got the nation to notice. Its going to really depend on the circumstances, the temperament of the crowd, the number of officers that we have available that can safely take action. Reporter tonights march moved under the watchful eye of poli
Nearly 7,000 protesters have hit the streets in the last few months. Unlike protests in the past, tonights gathering has been peaceful. Deborah villalon is live at the fruitvale station. Reporter there are still protester here, they are still wrapping up a protest. In last days we found opd caught with too few officers and rampant demonstrations breaking out. Today they have a net around this gathering. Trayvon martin could have been any of us. Reporter after a search of the crowd, no more vandalism. But this march has been heading down the street. All we want is justice for Trayvon Martin. If things get out of hand, i cant really say too much about it. Reporter some marchers while not condemning the damage dont condone it either. People get mad they take it out. I guess we got people to notice. Reporter they got the nation to notice. Its going to really depend on the circumstances, the temperament of the crowd, the number of officers that we have available that can safely take action.
Now. Your elected officials trading insults, playing the blame game here as the clock is winding down on the fiscal cliff. Keep in mind time is awasting. In 32 days now tax rates soar, spending gets slashed. Oh, and dont forget, congress, yeah, they get to take a break for the holidays in 14 days. A recipe for recession. The president is pitching a plan that calls for 1. 6 trillion in tax heights and 50 billion in new infrastructure spending. Hell head to a manufacturing plant in pennsylvania to push all this. Republicans arent buying in. Listen to House Speaker John Boehners reaction. Despite the claims that the president supports a balanced approach, the democrats have yet to get serious about real spending cuts. Didnt take very long for democrats to hit back at Speaker Boehner. Senate majority leader harry reid got up, a little personal. I dont understand his brain, so you should ask him. I dont understand his brain. Lets go to washington this morning. Wow, just when we thought they
We should tell you that the National Guard has been deployed to los angeles. This is definitely not the National Guard, but these are a number of Sheriffs Department vehicles that we are just seeing arrive here on melrose avenue. There has been a large number of stores. Ive lost count of how many stores have been looted, up and down the street. And youre watching it with me. Youre witnessing, certainly, a larger Law Enforcement presence here. The curfew is at 8 00. It was at 8 clack. Th that was two hours ago. There have been fires set at these stores in addition to the looting. We cant tell you that they are connected, but we can tell you that the police say that the fires appear to be happening, timing wise, after three have been looted. And so, what they have been doing as protesters have been on the streets is theyve been telling them that three are going to be under arrest because theyre in violation of the curfew. Something i do want to point out, don, as, again, youre watching t