Mass. National Guard attempting to stop looting at Copley Place stores

WCVB witnessed people parking vehicles, walk into the Copley Place mall to loot, and -- in some cases -- make second trips inside.

-- STILL LOOTING A WAY I CANSEE.SHAUN: WE HAVE BEEN HERE FOROVER 20 MINUTES NOW.IT IS A CONSTANT STREAM OFPEOPLE COMING IN, ARMS FULL OFSTUFF.I SAW A COUPLE OF PEOPLE WHOWENT IN, THEY PART THEIR CAR --THEY PARKED THEIR CAR, CAME OUTWITH STUFF, PUT STUFF IN THEIRCAR AND WENT BACK INTO THE MALLTO LOOT AGAIN.THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO FEAR OFTHE CRIME THEY ARE COMMITTING.WE DID SEE TWO POLICE VEHICLESDRIVE BY SHORT TIME AGO WITHTHEIR LIGHTS AND SIRENS ON SLOWAS THEY SAW THRONGS OF LOOTERSLEAVING THE COPLEY PLACE MALLBUT THEN CONTINUE GOING.AT THIS POINT, UNFORTUNATELYTHIS IS A FREE-FOR-ALL.MORE PEOPLE ARE CONTINUING TODRIVE UP AND PARKED THEIR CARSIN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET.OBVIOUSLY WITH THE INTENTION OFGOING INTO THIS MALL ANDCONTINUING TO STEAL.THERE ARE SOME FOLKS WHO ARESTILL TRYING TO BREAK THE GLASS,DO WHATEVER DAMAGE THEY CAN.SENSELESS VIOLENCE THAT DOES NOTSEEM TO HAVE ANY PURPOSE.THIS IS CERTAINLY NOT THEPEACEFUL PROTEST WE WERE LOOKINGAT A FEW HOURS AGO.ED: FOR MOST OF THE NIGHT.MARIA: YOU WERE WITH THEPROTESTERS.YOU WERE WALKING WITH THEM.SHAUN: IT IS SO DISHEARTENINGWHEN YOU SPEAK TO THE PEOPLE WHOWERE IN THAT CROWD AND HEAR THEVOICES THAT THEY WERE TRYING TOGET OUT TO THE WORLD.THEIR MESSAGE THAT THERE WERETRYING TO GET OUT.AND NOW THIS.TO SEE THE TWO POLAR OPPOSITESWITHIN JUST A FEW HOURS, YOUHAVE TO WONDER WHAT THOSE PEOPLEARE THINKING WHO ARE NOW SITTINGGET HOME AFTER HAVING MARCHEDFOR MILES TO TRY TO GET AMESSAGE ACROSS.YOU HAVE TO WONDER WHAT THEY ARESITTING AND THINKING ABOUT ALLOF THESE PEOPLE WHO MIGHT HAVEBEEN MARCHING RIGHT ALONGSIDETHEM FOR HOURS AS WELL.MARIA: AND NOW THIS.SHAUN: PEOPLE WALKING OUT WITHARMS FULL OF STUFF.ED: MARTY WALSH WILL BE MAKINGPUBLIC REMARKS AT NOON TOMORROW.MARIA: TELL EVERYBODY EXACTLYWHERE YOU ARE JUST IN CASEPEOPLE HAVE JUST CLICKED ON AT12:21.SET THE SCENE AND TAKE US THERE.SHAUN: WE ARE AT COPLEY PLACE.WE ARE ACROSS THE STREET FROMCOPLEY PLACE.THIS IS BASICALLY NIEMAN MARCUS.I CANNOT IMAGINE THERE ISANYTHING LEFT INSIDE NIEMANMARCUS.YOU STILL HAVE PEOPLE TRYING TOGO IN AND TAKE THINGS FROM THEMALL.WE HAVE BEEN HERE FOR NEARLYHALF AN HOUR.PEOPLE ARE RUNNING INTO THESTORE.THEY ARE PARKING THEIR CARS ONTHE STREET, ABANDONING THEIRCARS SO THEY CAN GO IN ANDCONTINUE TO LOOT AND STEAL FROMWHATEVER IS LEFT IN THIS MALL.WE GOT HERE A HALF-HOUR AGO.IT WAS GOING JUST AS STRONGLY ASIT IS NOW.IT HAS BEEN CONSTANT.POLICE HAVE COME BY.HAVE NOT STOPPED.HAVE NOT TRIED TO BREAK UP ANYOF THE LOOTING THAT IS GOING ON.THEY HAVE SOME BIGGER FISH TOFRY RIGHT NOW.THERE IS NO SENSE OF ORDER.THERE IS NO SENSE OF CONTROL,NOT AT ALL.MARIA: YOU HAVE BEEN THERE FOR AHALF AN HOUR.THIS HAS JUST CONTINUED.ED: UNCHECKED.SHAUN: I WENT TO DIRECT YOURATTENTION IF YOU CAN SEE, THEREARE SOME POLICE VEHICLES AS WEMENTION THAT.SOME POLICE VEHICLES ARE PULLINGUP.THERE WE GO.THERE ARE SOME POLICE IN FULLGEAR ROUNDING THE CORNER.AROUND COPLEY PLACE MALL HERE.THEY ARE ROUNDING THE CORNER,WALKING UP.PEOPLE ARE SCATTERING.IF YOU CAN BELIEVE IT OR NOT,SOME PEOPLE ARE STILL GOING INTOTHE MALL AS WE SPEAK.ED: WITH THIS IN THEIR LINES OFSIGHT.SHAUN: CORRECT.THEY ROUNDED THE CORNER.THEY SAW THE POLICE AND WENTAROUND TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THEMALL AT THE OTHER DOORS.MARIA: SO YOU WERE THERE ABOUTHALF AN HOUR AND JUST NOW, THISHAS HAPPENED AND A LOT OF THEDAMAGE HAS BEEN DONE.WE HAVE BEEN WATCHING.ALL OF THESE PEOPLE COME OUTWITH ARMLOADS OF MERCHANDISEOVER AND OVER AGAIN.SHAUN: AND YOU CAN SEE THEPOLICE HERE HAVE THE WEAPONS, ABRIGHT ORANGE WEAPON.THOSE ARE THE NONLETHAL WEAPONSTHEY HAVE.THEY ARE CHASING THEM OFF.PEOPLE ARE RUNNING.THIS IS FINALLY SOME ORDER THATIS BEING TAMPED DOWN, WHATEVERWAS HAPPENING PREVIOUSLY.THIS IS QUITE A CHANGE.WE WERE HERE FOR ABOUT A HALF ANHOUR.IT WAS NONSTOP.YOU HAVE TO IMAGINE IT HAD BEENGOING ON FOR HOURS BEFORE THAT.WE SAW THE THRONGS OF PEOPLETHAT WERE IN THESE MARCHES.WE SAW PEOPLE BREAKING OFF FORHOURS.WE DID NOT KNOW WHERE ANYBODYWAS GOING.THEN WE HEARD ABOUT THESEHOTSPOTS POPPING UP ALL OVER.ED: IN OUR PICTURE, WE CAN SEE1, 2, 3, 4, FIVE POLICEVEHICLES.THEY WERE OBVIOUSLY LOADED WITHPEOPLE TO RESPOND TO THIS.FOR THIS ONE ENTRANCE AND THEENTRANCE AROUND THE CORNER,THERE ARE THREE MORE IN THE BACKOF THE BUILDING THEY HAVE TOCOVER AS WELL.THEY ARE STANDING THERE WAITINGFOR THEM TO COME OUT.SHAUN: A LOT OF THESE VEHICLESYOU CAN SEE LEAVING HERE.A LOT OF THESE VEHICLES FOR THEONES PARKED ON THE SIDE OF THEROAD.LEAVING THEIR CARS ABANDONED SOTHEY CAN GO IN AND STEAL FROMCOPLEY PLACE.SO NOW THERE IS A LOGJAM OFVEHICLES TRYING TO LEAVE.