Thousands Of Protesters ‘Disrupting The Status Quo’ To Force Change In Fight Against Racial Inequality, Police Brutality

Dan Koob reports.

EVERYONE ACCOUNTABLE THEN ALLTHOSE THINGS WILL COME INTOPLACE.Reporter: NOW, THE CROWD HEREAGAIN HAS BEEN MOSTLY PEACEFUL.SOME PROTESTERS HAVE SCUFFLEDWITH POLICE BUT THEY HAVEN'T YETRESPONDED.THANKFULLY THE SITUATION THISWEEK IS A LOT DIFFERENT THAN ITWAS LAST WEEK, YOU REMEMBER THATIT WAS ABOUT THIS TIME WHEN WEWERE ON THE AIR LAST SATURDAYTHAT A CAR WAS ON FIRE RIGHTHERE ON THE NORTH SIDE OF CITYHALL.THANKFULLY THE SCENE ISDIFFERENT THIS WEEK.WE WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THESITUATION FOR YOU.BUT FOR NOW, LIVE AT CITY HALL,HOWARD MONROE CBS-3 EYEWITNESSNEWS.IS THAT TONE EVER DIFFERENT?HOWARD, THANK YOU FOR POINTINGOUT THE CONTRAST THERE.ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND RIGHTHERE IN PHILADELPHIA,DEMONSTRATORS GATHERED FOR AJUSTICE FOR GEORGE RALLY.THOUSANDS ATTENDED STARTING ATNOON AND MARCHED TO THE AIRTIMEASSUME STEPS, OUR DAN KOOB WASTHERE, HE JOINS US NOW WITH THESIGHTS AND SOUNDS OF YET ANOTHERPEACEFUL DEMONSTRATION.DAN.Reporter: JOE.GOOD EVENING TO YOU.THAT'S RIGHT IT ENDED AROUND3:30 THIS AFTERNOON A PROTESTTHAT STARTED RIGHT HERE ON THESTEPS OF THE ART MUSEUM,PROCEEDED TO CITY HALL BEHIND MEOVER TO STRING GARDEN AND ENDEDRIGHT HERE, ALL IN HONOR OFGEORGE FLOYD.A MASSIVE DEMONSTRATION.NO JUSTICE.NO PEACE.THOUSANDS OF PROTESTERS TOOKTO THE STREETS SATURDAYAFTERNOON.IT IS DISRUPTING THE STATUSQUO AND WE BELIEVE THAT'S WHAT'SNEEDED TO REALLY FORCE CHANGE,NOT TO TAKE POLL SITUATIONTUITIONS AT THEIR WORD BUT TOSAY BUSINESS AS USUAL WILL NOTAKE PLACE UNTIL CHANGE DOES.WE ARE AN UNSTOPPABLE VOICE.THE PROTESTERS ORGANIZED BYTHE PARTY FOR SOCIALISM ANDLIBERATION, THE GROUP IS ASKINGFOR MANY THINGS INCLUDING THEDEFUNDING OF THE PHILADELPHIAPOLICE DEPARTMENT.ASHLEY JEW MENS BROUGHT HER TWOWHAT SHE HOPES IS HISTORY.THIS IS THEIR WORLD.THEY NEED TO BE A PART OF THECHANGE THAT'S HAPPENING RIGHTNOW.I DON'T WANT THEM TO LOOK BACKAND SAY, YOU KNOW IN THIS MOMENTI WAS PLAYING VIDEO GAMES.CHOPPER 3 CAUGHT A GROUPDANCING ON THE ART MUSEUM STEPSAFTER THE MARCH.A MOMENT OF TRIUMPH AFTER ANOVERWHELM BEINGLY PEACEFULPROTEST, WATER AND SNACKS WEREAT THE READY PASSED AROUNDTHROUGHOUT THE ROUTE IN THE90-DEGREE HEAT.THE PHILADELPHIA POLICEDEPARTMENT PROVIDED A PERIMETERFOR DEMONSTRATORS TO MARCH WITHLITTLE FACE-TO-FACE INTERACTION.I FEEL LIKE IT'S A REAL