Heated confrontations between police, protesters on UNC's campus after American flag removed
WITH OUR WEEKEND COULD GET.
>> WE BEGIN AT 5 WITH A
SIMMERING CAMPUS AFTER TENSIONS
CAME TO A HEAD BETWEEN
PRO-PALESTINIAN PROTESTERS AT
UNC AND POLICE. THIS IS VIDEO
FROM A WRAL CREW IN THE MIDDLE
OF IT ALL THIS AFTERNOON, EVEN
CATCHING THE TAIL AND UP FOR
SPREAD IT.
>> THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.
I'M DEBRA MORGAN AND I'M GERALD
OWENS. TODAY'S CLASH FOLLOW THE
BUILDUP TO BEGIN BEFORE SUNRISE
AT DAWN, POLICE ORDERED
PROTESTORS FROM THEIR TENSE
ARRESTING THOSE WHO DIDN'T
COMPLY AND THE WRAL CAMERAS
WERE ROLLING. THAT'S THE
PATTERSON IS ONE OF MANY WRAL
CREWS ON CAMPUS TODAY. SHE
JOINS US LIVE DESTINY. IT'S
MUCH CALMER NOW, BUT DESCRIBE
THE RANGE OF EMOTIONS AND
TENSION THAT YOU SEEN TO DATE.
>> WELL, DARRELL, THE BEST WAY
TO PUT IT IS A LOT OF
PASSIONATE PEOPLE OUT HERE.
YOU CAN STILL SEE REMNANTS OF
WHAT THAT PROTEST LOOKED LIKE
EARLIER BARRIERS STILL DOWN
HERE IN THE QUAD. AND THIS IS
WHERE TENSIONS REALLY BOILED
OVER HERE EARLIER THIS
AFTERNOON. YOU CAN SEE A SMALL
CROWD GATHERING. YOU CAN SEE A
FREE PALESTINE FLAG HERE AND
THIS IS WHERE THE AMERICAN FLAG
WAS TAKEN DOWN, NOT ONCE BUT
TWICE EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON.
>> PROTESTS TURNED VIOLENT WHEN
POLICE MOVED IN THIS AFTERNOON.
ONE PERSON THROWN TO THE GROUND
THERE, KATE.
THIS ALL FOLLOW THE AMERICAN
FLAG BEING PULLED DOWN THE
PALESTINIAN FLAG. SEE THAT
METAL BARRICADES FOR 20 DOWN
THE PROCESS IN THE MIDDLE OF
THIS CHAOS IN GERMAN CHANCELLOR
LEE ROBERTS MADE HIS WAY ACROSS
THE LOT AND THEN TO ADDRESSING
A SMALL CROWD. IT.
>> OR WHAT THIS UNIVERSITY
>> STUDENTS SUPPORTING ISRAEL
HELD THEIR OWN FLAG HIGH,
CHEERING AFTER POLICE AND
ROBERTS THAT THE U.S. FLAG BACK
UP.
THIS IS DAY 5 OF THE TENT
ENCAMPMENT THAT WAS DISPERSED
THIS MORNING. POLICE FROM
CAMPUSES ACROSS THE UNC SYSTEM
CALLED IN TO ASSIST IS HE SAYS
ABOUT 30 PEOPLE WERE DETAINED
IN THE MOMENT. AT LEAST 6 WERE
ARRESTED AND CHARGED WITH
RESISTING A PUBLIC OFFICER.
SEVERAL FACE OTHER CHARGES,
INCLUDING TRESPASSING AND
ASSAULT.
>> YOU CAN SEE HERE WE HAVE
CONFIRMED FROM UNC POLICE, A
UNC CHAPEL HILL RATHER CONFIRMS
AT 36 PROTESTERS WERE DETAINED
THIS MORNING AFTER FAILING TO
ABIDE TODAY'S ORDERS TO
DISPERSE FROM PULL PLACE.
27 WERE CITED FOR TRESPASSING
AND RELEASED ON SITE. JUST
GETTING THIS INFORMATION HERE.
6 WERE ARRESTED AND TRANSPORTED
TO ORANGE COUNTY DETENTION
CENTER AND THEY TRIED TO BLOCK
OUR VIEW AS THEY WERE TAKING
INTO CUSTODY EARLIER THIS
AFTERNOON. YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE
NOW A SMALL CROWD GATHERING
HERE RIGHT NEAR THIS BLACK HOLE
WHERE AGAIN, THAT AMERICAN FLAG
WAS TAKEN DOWN AND IT APPEARS
THAT THEY'RE TRYING TO PUT IT
BACK UP. CLASSES ARE CANCELED
FOR THE REST OF THE DAY AND
ONLY MANDATORY OPERATIONS WILL
BE GOING ON FOR THE REST OF
THE DAY WILL CONTINUE TO FOLLOW
THIS VERY CLOSELY THROUGHOUT
THE REST OF THIS EVENING,
CAROL. IT'S GOT A CONFLICT
WE'VE SEEN AT OTHER CAMPUSES
ACROSS THE COUNTRY. NOW WE'RE