County officials discuss vandalism to government buildings as activists urge focus on racial injustices

Doug Johnson reports

REASONS BUT MOVING FORWARDSHERIFF SCOTT JONES SAYS HE'SGOING TO DO EVERYTHING HE CANTO PROTECT COUNTY BUILDINGSDOWN HERE.THIS SURVEILLANCE VIDEORELEASED BY THE SACRAMENTOCOUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY'SOFFICE TODAY SHOWS PEOPLESMASHING WINDOWS ANDATTEMPTING TO START A FIRE ANDSAID THE DA'S MAY OFFICEBUILDING IN DOWNTOWNSACRAMENTO, THE DA'S OFFICESAYS THE GROUP IS ORGANIZED BYANTIFA ANARCHIST IS NOT APROTEST.IT IS AN ATTEMPTEDINSURRECTION.WELL THE PRESS CONFERENCEOF OUT OF THE MAIN JAILSACRAMENTO COUNTY SHERIFFSCOTT JONES SAYS THE GROUP'SONLY GOAL WAS TO CREATE CHAOSAS PEOPLE WERE COMPROMISE FROMLOCALS.FOLKS FROM AROUND THEREGION.

AND IMPORTANTLY MANYWHO CAME FROM OTHER NATIONALPROTESTS SUCH AS PORTLAND.

THETRYING TO ESTABLISH HERE INSACRAMENTO.

WHAT THEY HAVEACCOMPLISHED IN OTHER PROTESTSIN OTHER CITIES JONES SAYS HISINVESTIGATORS BELIEVE MANY WHOCAUSED THE DAMAGE WERE FROMOUT OF TOWN BECAUSE THEYTHEMSELVES SAID SO ON FACEBOOKLIVE VIDEOS.THESE THE TYPES OF FOLKSTHAT SHOWED UP LAST NIGHT.THEY HAVE HAD HERE FORSECOND YEAR THEY HAVEBALLISTIC VESTS ONE ISCARRYING A BALLISTIC SHIELDSCOTT JONES IS NOT HAVING APRESS CONFERENCE ABOUT THEFOLKS THAT ARE BEING VIOLATEDOUT THERE WHEN THEY'REPROTESTING BY HIS OFFICERSWE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT THATHOWEVER SACRAMENTO COMMUNITYACTIVIST AND FOUNDER OF VOICEOF THE YOUTH VERY ACTUALLY ISSAYS.THE GROUP HE SAW PLENTY OFLOCAL HE BELIEVES THE FOCUSSHOULD NOT BE ON THE MINORDESTRUCTION.MOST OF WHICH WAS EASILYCLEANED AWAY BY CITY CREWSEARLY THIS MORNING NUMBER WHYARE WE HERE.WE'RE HERE BECAUSE OFFICERSWHO KILLED BLACK PEOPLE WHOPARALYZED BLACK PEOPLE DO NOTGET ARRESTED DO NOT GET FIREDDO NOT GET PROSECUTED.

WE'REHERE BECAUSE OF THAT DURINGTHE PRESS CONFERENCE JONESADMITTED THE EARLIERDEMONSTRATIONS DOWNTOWN TO THEPOLICE SHOOTING OF JACOB BLAKEIN WISCONSIN WERE MOSTLYPEACEFUL.

WELL, DOZENS OFBUSINESSES ARE BOARDING UPTHEIR WINDOWS ALONG J STREETAHEAD OF TONIGHT.

SOME LIKECORNERSTONE CAFFEINE BAR FORTAKING THEIR BOARDS DOWN IKIND OF FEEL LIKE.WE'RE GOOD SERVER VALERIESIMS SAYS THAT'S BECAUSE LASTNIGHT.

IT SEEMS FEW BUSINESSESWERE IMPACTEDIT WILL BE MORE OF THEPEACEFUL PROTESTS AND SAID THEANGRY STYLE.AND SHERIFF JONES SAYS THATLAST NIGHT HIS JAIL WAS NOTVANDALIZE BECAUSE HE HAD HISDEPUTIES OUT GUARDING IT LEESAYS TONIGHT IS GOING TO HAVEEVEN MORE DEPUTIES OUT ON THESTREETS HERE IN DOWNTOWNSACRAMENTO, INCLUDING GUARDINGTHE DA'S BUILDING AND THEFORMER SHERIFF HEADQUARTERS ASWELL AS THE COUNTY JAILREPORTING LIVE DOWNTOWNSACRAMENTO TONIGHT, DOUGJOHNSON.

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