LANG, THANK
YOU
VERY
%MUCH FOR
YOUR
TIME.
%THOUSANDS
TURNED
OUT
A
CROSS
%WISCONSIN
T
O
PROTEST
IN
THE
WAKE
%OF GEORGE FLOYD'S
DEATH,
AT
%TIMES
CAUSING
CLASHES BETWEEN
%MESS
AND
DEMONSTRATORS.
%THE
COMMON
THEME?
%SYSTEMATIC
RACISM
NEEDS
T
O
END.
%"HERE AND NOW"
REPORTER WILL
%KENNEALLY HAS
MORE.
%>>
THE
EMOTION
THAT
FILLED
%WISCONSIN STREETS
THIS WEEK
WAS
%PALPABLE.
%FOR
ONE
PROTESTER WHO
POINTED
TO
%HER
SKIN
WHEN
ASKED
WHY SHE
WAS
%DEMONSTRATING
?
%>> THE
DEATH
OF GEORGE
FLOYD
IN
%MINNEAPOLIS POLICE
CUSTODY
%SPARKED
MOVEMENTS ACROSS THE
%STATE
ADVOCATING
T
O
CHANGES
HOW
%THE
POLICE
INTERACT
WITH
BLACKS.
%[CHEERS AND
APPLAUSE]%>>
WE
WANT
THOSE
RESOURCES TO
BE
%REDIRECTED
T
O
PRO
BLACK,
TO
%PRO-LIFE-AFFIRMING SAFETY
%MECHANISMS.%>>
THE
PUSH
FOR
POLICE
REFORM
%HAS GONE
ON
FOR
YEARS
IN
%WISCONSIN.
%TONY
ROBINSON
I
N
MADISON
AND
%SYLVILE SMITH
IN
MILWAUKEE WERE
%IN THE
FRONT
OF
MINDS
AT
THIS
%WEEK'S
PROTESTS.
%THE
FRUSTRATION OVER
THE
%LETHARGIC
PACE
OF
CHANGE
REACHED%A BOILING
POINT OVER
THE
%WEEKEND.
%>>
POLICE
CLASHED
WITH
%PROTESTERS AND
STOREFRONTS WERE
%PILLAGED.%>> SOME OF US
ARE
UPSET
ABOUT
%THE
LOOTING.
%I GET
IT.
%SOME OF
US
ARE
UPSET
ABOUT
THE
%PROPERTY.
%I GET
IT.
%BUT
AIN'T
NOBODY
OFFERING NO
%SOLUTIONS OR
POLICY
CHANGE.
%[CHEERS AND
APPLAUSE]
%>>
MADISON
MAYOR SATYA
%RHODES-CONWAY
ADVOCATED LOCAL
%CHANGE, BUT THE
CROWD
IN
MADISON
%WAS
UNCONVINCED.
%>>
I'M
GOING
TO DO
WHA
T
I
CAN
.
%>>
WHAT
CAN
YOU
DO?
%TELL
US WHAT
YOU
CAN
DO.
%>>
TO
MOVE
FORWARD
AND
REBUILD
%TRUST IN
THE
POLICE,
WHAT CAN
BE
%DONE?%>>
WELL, WE HAVE
T
O
TAKE A
STEP
%BACK
AND
REALIZE THAT
W
E
CANNOT
%TELL HURT
PEOPLE,
TRAUMATIZED
%PEOPLE
WHO HAVE
BEEN
SUFFERING%SO
MUCH
PAIN,
HOW
TO
REACT
TO
%THEIR
TRAUMA.
%WE ALS
O
HAVE TO
BE
CONSCIOUS
%THAT
WE
ALL
HAVE A
ROLE
T
O
PLAY
%IN THE
MOVEMENT.
%EVERY ROLE
ISN'T
FOR
EVERYBODY,
%BUT WE
ALL
HAVE A
ROLE
TO
PLAY
%IN THIS
MOVEMENT.
%IT'S ABOUT
RECOGNIZING THAT
%ROLE.%THIS
IS
REALLY
ABOUT
HOW
WE
LEAN
%ON
ONE
ANOTHER.%>>
IT
IS
TIME
TO
MOVE
IN
THAT
%DIRECTION,
T
O
ACKNOWLEDGE
RACISM
%EXISTS.
%I
HOPE NO ONE
KNOWS
WHO'S
COMING%BACK TO
THE
CAPITOL,
RIGHT, THAT
%WE
HAVE A NEW TONE.
%IT'S
NOT
JUST A
BLACK
ISSUE.
%IF
YOU
TURN ON
THE
TV,
OUR
WHITE
%BROTHERS AND
SISTERS
ARE
%MARCHING TOO.
%IT'S A HUMAN
ISSUE.%>>
FOR
MANY,
IT'S A CHANCE
TO
BE
%HEARD.%>> PEOPLE ARE
COMING
TOGETHER,
%WE'RE
MAKING
ARTWORK
TO SPEAK
%ABOUT THE
VALUE
OF
BLACK
LIVES
%AND
MAKE
IT
MORE
VISIBLE.
%YOU
CAN
SPEAK
ABOUT
IT,
BUT
I
%THINK IT
HELPS
FOR
PEOPLE TO
SEE
%WHY
WE
ARE
ANGRY
AND
WHY WE
ARE
%UPSET AND
HOW WE
CAN
COME
%TOGETHER AND
HOPEFULLY
MAKE
%THINGS
BETTER ONE
DAY.
%>>
REPORTING
FROM
MADISON
AND
%MILWAUKEE,