>> 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.