Charlottesville solidarity rallies in GR, Kzoo

HEATHER:..OFF THE TOP TONIGHT
AT 6.UNREST IN
CHARLOTTESVILLE, VIRGINIA.
TENSIONS REMAIN HIGH -- A DAY
AFTER A CAR SLAMMED INTO A
GROUP OF COUNTER-
PROTESTORS... KILLING AT LEAST
ONE WOMEN IN INJURING SEVERAL
OTHERS.
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LEON:..AND A DAY LATER --
CALLS FOR PEACE FROM HERE IN
WEST MICHIGAN.WE WILL TAKE YOU
TO TWO RALLIES -- WHERE
DEMONSTRATORS ARE SPREADING
THE
LOVE.HEATHER:..EVAN DEAN
REPORTS LIVE FROM GRAND RAPIDS
IN JUST A MOMENT.
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BUT OUR TEAM COVERAGE BEGINS
ON THE GROUND IN
CHARLOTTESVILLE.NBC'S JAY GRAY
IS THERE LIVE -- JAY WHAT HAS
TODAY BEEN LIKE DOWN THERE?
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JAY:..THIS IS WHERE IT
HAPPENED.. AS YOU CAN SEE
THERE IS A GROWING MEMORIAL AT
THE SCENE OF THE ATTACK..THE
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE HAS
OPENED A CIVIL RIGHTS
INVESTIGATION INTO THE
SITUATION HERE..
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AMBIENT NATSTHERE IS.. AN
UNEASY TENSION HERE..NATS
SHOWDOWN AT PRESSERBOILING
OVER THIS AFTERNOON AS COUNTER-
PROTSETORS..NATS MORE SHOUTING
SHOUTED DOWN.. THEN EVENTUALLY
FORCED OUT A "UNITE THE RIGHT"
ORGANIZER TRYING TO TALK TO
THE MEDIA..IT IS THE LATEST..
NATS SCENEIN WHAT HAS BEEN
24-HOURS OF CHAOS.. AND
CARNIAGE IN CHARLOTTESVILLE..
MORE CAR SCENEAFTER POLICE SAY
20-YEAR-OLD JAMES ALEX FIELDS
JUNIOR.. USED HIS CAR AS A
WEAPON..PLOWING INTO A CROWD
OF PEOPLE PROTESTING A
GATHERING OF ALT-RIGHT.. WHITE
NATIONALISTS AND NEO-NAZIS WHO
HAD GATHERED TO OPPOSE THE
REMOVAL OF A ROBERT E. LEE
STATUE..NATS SCENE
THIRTY-TWO-YEAR-OLD HEATHER
HEYER DIED IN THE ATTACK.. 19
WERE INJURED..BRENDAN GILMORE
SHOT THIS VIDEO AS THE HORROR
UNFOLDED IN FRONT OF HIM..
(BRENNAN GILMORE/WITNESS)"HE
TARGETED THIS CROWD VERY
CLEARLY, THERE'S NOT QUESTION
FOR ANY ONE WHO WITNESSED IT
THAT HIS INTENT WAS TO CAUSE A
MASS CASUALTY INCIDENT."NATS
CHURCHVIRGINIA GOVERNOR TERRY
MCAULIFFE AGREES.. (GOV. TERRY
MCAULIFFE/(D)VIRGINIA)"TO
WHITE SUPREMACISTS AND
NEO-NAZIS: THERE IS NO PLACE
FOR YOU HERE IN
CHARLOTTESVILLE. NO PLACE IN
VIRGINIA, AND NO PLACE FOR YOU
IN UNITED STATES OF AMERICA!!"
MCCAULIFFE BEGAN HIS SUNDAY
LIKE
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SO MANY HERE -- SEARCHING FOR
HELP AND HEALING..(GOV. TERRY
MCAULIFFE/(D)VIRGINIA)"LET US
USE HOPE AND USE TODAY TO
REACH OUT TO OUR FELLOW
CITIZENS. LET US SHOW THESE
PEOPLE WE ARE BIGGER THAN
THEM. WE ARE STRONGER THAN
THEM."A DIFFICULT TASK IN A
CITY, STILL ON EDGE TONIGHT..
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JAY:..
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THE SUSPECT IN THE ATTACK IS
BEING HELD WITHOUT BAIL.. HE
WILL BE ARRAIGNED ON CHARGES..
INCLUDING SECOND DEGREE MURDER
ON MONDAY.I'M JAY GRAY IN
CHARLOTTESVILLE, VIRGINIA..
NOW BACK TO YOU.
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LEON:..
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JAY, DO WE HAVE ANY UPDATE ON
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THE 19 INJURED DURING THE
ATTACK?
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HEATHER:..BACK HOME -- A RAPID
RESPONSE TO THE VIOLENCE-- AS
HUNDREDS ARE GATHERING IN
CITIES ACROSS WEST MICHIGAN TO
STAND FOR EQUALITY AND
áDENOUNCE THE WHITE
SUPREMACISTS THAT CONVERGED ON
VIRGINIA.
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LEON:..24 HOUR NEWS 8'S EVAN
DEAN IS LIVE IN GRAND RAPIDS
WITH WHAT'S HAPPENING
TONIGHT...
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EVAN:..
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EVAN:..
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EVAN:..AND JUST HOURS AGO IN
KALAMAZOO -- HUNDREDS GATHERED
AT BRONSON PARK TO SPREAD A
SIMILAR MESSAGE...PRO-KZOO --
A SOCIAL JUSTICE GROUP --
ORGANIZED THE LARGE RALLY TO
PROMOTE UNITY AND CONDEMN
WHITE SUPREMACY...CITY AND
STATE LEADERS TURNED OUT TO
ADDRESS THE LARGE CROWDS...
INCLUDING DEMOCRATIC STATE REP
JON HOADLEY...
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HOADLEY 15:02 "I WANNA BRING
THREE SIMPLE MESSAGES -- AND I
NEED YOU TO REPEAT AFTER ME."
"THIS IS NOT OKAY." "THIS IS
NOT OKAY." "THIS IS NOT
NORMAL." "THIS IS NOT NORMAL."
"WE MUST ACT." "WE MUST ACT."
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EVAN:..
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THERE'S ALSO A SIMILAR EVENT
HAPPENING TONIGHT AT 7 AT
HACKLEY PARK IN MUSKEGON...AND
A PRAYER SERVICE PLANNED FOR
TOMORROW IN GRAND RAPIDS IN
RESPONSIVE TO THE VIOLENCE IN
CHARLOTTESVILLE...COMING UP
TONIGHT AT 11 -- A FULL WRAP
OF TODAY'S EVENTS -- AS
HUNDREDS IN WEST MICHIGAN TRY
TO SHOW THAT WHAT HAPPENED IN
VIRGINIA... WON'T BE TOLERATED
HERE...
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LEON:..THANK YOU EVAN.
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HEATHER:..
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THE GRAND RAPIDS POLICE
DEPARTMENT ALSO TOOK ACTION
AFTER THE VIRGINIA TERRORIST
ATTACK.BEEFING UP POLICE
PRESENCE.... AND PUTTING A
PLAN IN PLACE FOR THE CHANCE
THAT THINGS TURNED VIOLENT
HERE.TONIGHT THE DEPARTMENT IS
SENDING A MESSAGE OF PEACE AND
ORDER.
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LT TERRY DIXON // GRPD
12:45:54 -12:46:29 (1:25) "IF
THIS DOESN'T EVOKE SOME TYPE
OF AN EMOTIONAL RESPONSE THEN
YOU PROBABLY DON'T HAVE A
PULSE. BECAUSE THIS IS TRAGIC
AND IT SHOULD EVOKE SOMETHING,
BUT AS YOU WORK THROUGH, AS WE
ALL WORK THROUGH THE PAINS
THAT ARE HAPPENING THERE WE
KEEP IN MIND THAT THIS IS,
THIS IS THE RESULT OF
CENTURIES AND CENTURIES GOING
BACK A LONG TIME. SO AS WE
CONTINUE TO WORK THROUGH THE
ISSUES OF TOADY. WE ARE ASKING
TO PLEASE KEEP A MINDFUL
PRESENCE WE CAN ASSEMBLE IN A
PEACEFUL MANOR AND GET OUR
MESSAGE ACROSS PEACEFULLY."
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HEATHER:..

Charlottesville solidarity rallies in GR, Kzoo

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