Protesters Say They Were Tear Gassed By Police In Center City

WHEN IT COMES TO BRUTALITY,RACISM IN OUR COUNTRY AND THISIS A PART OF IT RIGHT NOW THATYOU ARE WATCHING.LET'S CHECK IN NOW WITH ALICEAREID.Reporter: UKEE WE WERESTANDING RIGHT OUTSIDE THATTARGET WHEN PROTESTERS THATWERE ON BEN FRANKLIN STARTEDRUNNING IN DIFFERENTDIRECTIONS.THERE WERE OFFICERS ALSO ONBICYCLES RIDING.WE WEREN'T SURE AT THE TIME ASTO WHAT WAS HAPPENING BUT WEKNEW SOMETHING WAS GOING ON.AS A MATTER OF FACT, WE WERERIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF OUR5 O'CLOCK LIVE HIT WHEN THATHAPPENED.WE BROKE DOWN RIGHT AWAY WENTTRIED GETTING OUT BUT WE WERESTUCK.PROTESTERS WERE RUNNING INEVERY DIRECTION.THERE WERE OFFICERS ALL AROUNDTRYING TO CLOSE THE STREETSOFF AND IN THAT EFFECT THEREWERE CARS THAT WERE STUCK INTRAFFIC SO WE WERE ALSO STUCK.EVENTUALLY PROTESTERS AREN'TTHAT RUNNING BY US WERETELLING US THEY'RE TEARGASSING US, THEY'RE TEARGASSING US.THERE WAS ONE GUY INPARTICULAR HIS ENTIRE SHIRTWAS WET.HE HAD TEARS AND WATER ALLOVER HIS FACE AND HE WASSAYING THAT THEY WERE BEINGVERY POLITE, THAT THEY WEREQUIET BUT IN NO -- IN THE SAMEREGARD THEY WERE BEING TEARGASSED AND AT ONE POINT THECHOPPER ABOVE DROPPEDSOMETHING THAT WAS ON THECROWD, DROPPED SOMETHING ONTHE CROWD AND THAT'S ANOTHERREASON WHY THEY STARTEDDISPERSING.NOW, WE WERE FINE, MYPHOTOGRAPHER, TOMMY STARTEDCOUGHING BUT I WAS INSIDE THETRUCK BY THAT TIME SO I WASOKAY.BUT MY PHOTOGRAPHER, TOMMYGARDENER, HE STARTED CHOKING.HE WASN'T EXACTLY SURE WHAT ITWAS BUT HE COULDN'T BREATHE.THANKFULLY HE EVENTUALLY GOTSOMETHING TO DRINK AND HE'SOKAY RIGHT NOW.WE ARE NOW NEAR HAMILTONSTREET AND AGAIN, THERE'S ALOT OF TRAFFIC ALL AROUND TOWNBECAUSE OF ALL THOSE STREETCLOSURES AND SO IT TOOK USAWHILE TO ACTUALLY GET BACK TOTHE STATION FROM WHERE WE WEREBECAUSE OF ALL THESE CARS THATARE EVERYWHERE BUT WE ARESAFE.WE ARE RIGHT OUTSIDE AND THOSEPROTESTERS, THEY HAVEDISPERSED.THERE WERE SOME THAT DECIDEDTHAT THEY WANTED TO STICKAROUND BECAUSE THEY FELT THATWHAT THEY'RE DOING RIGHT NOWIS WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN SOTHEY ARE THERE.THERE'S STILL A TON OFOFFICERS ON BICYCLES, ON FOOT,THERE ARE OFFICERS JUSTSTANDING AROUND NEARPENNSYLVANIA AND 20TH JUSTWAITING TO SEE WHAT HAPPENSBUT AGAIN, BEFORE WE LEFT,EVERYTHING REMAINED PEACEFUL.OF COURSE WE'LL BE OUT HEREAND WE'LL BRING YOU ANYTHINGLIVE THAT WE HEAR FROM HERE ONOUT.