MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.
THOUSANDS TURNED OUT ACROSS
WISCONSIN TO PROTEST IN THE WAKE
OF GEORGE FLOYD'S DEATH, AT
TIMES CAUSING CLASHES BETWEEN
MESS AND DEMONSTRATORS.
THE COMMON THEME?
SYSTEMATIC RACISM NEEDS TO 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 TO CHANGES HOW
THE POLICE INTERACT WITH BLACKS.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
>> WE WANT THOSE RESOURCES TO BE
REDIRECTED TO PRO BLACK, TO
PRO-LIFE-AFFIRMING SAFETY
MECHANISMS.
>> THE PUSH FOR POLICE REFORM
HAS GONE ON FOR YEARS IN
WISCONSIN.
TONY ROBINSON IN 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 WHAT 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 TO TAKE A STEP
BACK AND REALIZE THAT WE CANNOT
TELL HURT PEOPLE, TRAUMATIZED
PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN SUFFERING
SO MUCH PAIN, HOW TO REACT TO
THEIR TRAUMA.
WE ALSO HAVE TO BE CONSCIOUS
THAT WE ALL HAVE A ROLE TO 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, TO 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,