Quiet returns to Bethel streets after days of protests

For the first time in days, the streets of Bethel are relatively quiet – after confrontations between Black Lives Matter protests and counter-protests resulted in numerous arrests.

RELATIVELY QUIET..SO THECURFEW FROM LAST NIGHT WAS NOTIMPLEMENTED TONIGHT.

AFTERBLACK LIVES MATTER PROTESTS..AND COUNTER-PROTESTS RESULTEDIN ARRESTS.WCPO 9 NEWS REPORTER JAKE RYLESHOWS US HOW THINGS IN BETHELPLAYED OUT A LITTLEDIFFERENTLY TODAY.TODAY - HAS BEEN A MUCHDIFFERENT SCENE HERE INBETHEL.

ONE MAYBE TWOPROTESTERS WERE HERE UNTILABOUT 5PM..

THEY WENT HOME..AND THIS TOWN..

BEGAN TORETURN TO NORMAL..BUT FORSOME..

IT'S A DIFFERENT NORMAL.THE STREETS..

CALM.THESIDEWALKS..

EMPTY.THE SCENE -MUCHDIFFERENT., "We're a small ruralcommunity.

That's how we liketo keep it.

This has all takenus by storm."SIGNS..

SHOW THESTORM THAT'S CLOUDED OVER THISVILLAGE..BIKER GROUPS..

BACKTHE BLUE..

AND SECONDAMENDMENT GROUPS..

SHOWED UP..SPEWING VITRIOL..

HATE..

ANDRACIST REMARKS.., "Excuse me?""That's rightááá"SOME PEACEFUL PROTESTERS -BECAME TARGETS OF VIOLENCE..WITHOUTCAUSE."Nobody wants you here""Getoff me"BLACK LIVES MATTERPROTESTERS..

MOSTLY FROM THEBETHEL AREA..

WERESTUNNED., 'It's embarrassing.

On thistown's part.

This town isdisgusting and it's a disgraceto say that I'm from here.

Idon't even want to say I'mfrom here anymore."AFTER TWODAYS OF PROTESTS.ON THE THIRD- A CALMERVOICE., 'Just because I wear thisBlack Lives Matter shirt, orpart of the movement, don'tget it misconstrued with theother ones being violent.We're out here to educate.

ASTHE POLICE CHIEF..

CAN'TBELIEVE WHAT'S TAKEN PLACE..IN THIS TOWN OF LESS THAN 3-THOUSAND."If you asked me a week agoif any of this is going tocome to Bethel I'd say never.I'm still in shock of it beinghere."IN BETHEL, JAKE INBETHEL, JAKE RYLE, WCPO 9 NEWS.