% >> THIS WEEK THE ARREST OF A
% BLACK ACTIVIST IN MADISON
% SPARKED A PROTEST THAT TURNED
% VIOLENT.
% STATE BUILDINGS WERE TARGETED,
% STATUES TOPPLED AND A DEMOCRATIC
% STATE SENATOR ATTACKED.
% REPORTER TREVOR KELLER TAKES A
% CLOSER LOOK AT WHAT HAPPENED AND
% THE FALLOUT IN THE AFTERMATH OF
% THE VIOLENCE.
% >> WEDNESDAY MORNING SAW WORKERS
% CLEANING UP DAMAGE ON THE
% CAPITOL GROUNDS AFTER A NIGHT OF
% VIOLENT PROTESTS.
% THE PROTESTS FOLLOWED THE ARREST
% OF ACTIVIST DEVONERE JOHNSON ON
% TUESDAY.
% >> YOU'RE RACIST!
% >> VIDEO SHOWS JOHNSON ENTERING
% THE COOPERS TAVERN WITH A BAT
% AND A MEGAPHONE.
% >> I WOULDN'T BE IN HERE RIGHT
% NOW IF THIS TOWN WASN'T RACIST!
% >> VIDEO SHOWS SEVERAL OFFICERS
% DETAINING AND ARRESTING JOHNSON.
% >> WHAT AM I BEING ARRESTED FOR?
% >> HE WAS CHARGED WITH
% DISORDERLY CONDUCT WHILE ARMED,
% RESISTING ARREST AND ATTEMPTED
% ESCAPE.
% >> BLACK LIVES MATTER!
% BLACK LIVES MATTER!
% >> PEACEFUL PROTESTS FOR RACIAL
% JUSTICE AND POLICE REFORM HAVE
% BEEN A COMMON SIGHT AROUND THE
% CAPITOL FOR SEVERAL WEEKS.
% HOWEVER, FOLLOWING JOHNSON'S
% ARREST A GROUP OF PROTESTERS
% TOOK A MORE AGGRESSIVE TONE.
% A FIREBOMB WAS THROWN THROUGH
% THE CITY-COUNTY BUILDING.
% TWO STATUES NEAR THE CAPITOL
% WERE TORN DOWN.
% STATE SENATOR TIM CARPENTER SAYS
% HE WAS ATTACKED WHILE TAKING
% VIDEO OF PROTESTERS.
% >> LEAVE MY PHONE ALONE.
% >> HE WAS TREATED BY MEDICS AND
% LATER TWEETED HE WAS SORE AND
% MAY HAVE SUFFERED A CONCUSSION.
% GOVERNOR TONY EVERS ISSUED A
% RESPONSE EARLY WEDNESDAY,
% SAYING, QUOTE, "I WANT TO BE
% CLEAR.
% VIOLENCE AGAINST ANY PERSON,
% WHETHER IN THE MIDDLE OF THE
% STREET IN BROAD DAYLIGHT, AT
% HOME TRYING TO SLEEP, GOING FOR
% A RUN OR HAPPENING UPON A
% PROTEST AS WAS THE CASE LAST
% NIGHT, IS WRONG."
% ASSEMBLY REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP
% CALLED FOR MADISON MAJOR SATYA
% RHODES-CONWAY AND GOVERNOR EVERS
% TO TAKE MORE FORCEFUL ACTION
% AGAINST VIOLENT PROTESTERS.
% >> HOW ABOUT WITHIN A MATTER OF
% HOURS WE'RE ABLE TO DEPLOY THE
% POLICE?
% IT SEEMS LIKE THE PRIORITIES ARE
% UPSIDE DOWN.
% WE DON'T WANT TO SPEND THE
% TAXPAYERS MONEY JUST CLEANING
% UP.
% >> ACTIVIST EBONY
% ANDERSON-CARTER SPOKE NEAR THE
% STATUE TITLED "FORWARD."
% >> WE'RE NOT MOVING FORWARD.
% WE'RE MOVING BACKWARDS.
% >> REPORTING IN MADISON FOR
% "HERE & NOW," I'M TREVOR
% KELLER.