FOR DUELING PROTESTS THIS

WEEKEND BY FAR RIGHT END AND

THIEF ACTIVISTS.

THE FBI CALLED IN TO ASSIST

LOCAL POLICE AS AN ADDED

PRECAUTION AFTER VIOLENCE

ERUPTED DURING DEMONSTRATIONS

BACK IN JUNE.

THAT WAS WHEN A CONSERVATIVE

JOURNALIST WAS BRUTALLY

ASSAULTED WHILE COVERING THIS

STORY.

PORTLAND MAYOR JOINS US NOW.

GOOD MORNING TO YOU.

WHAT IS YOUR MESSAGE TO ANYONE

WHO IS PLANNING TO PROCESSED

VIOLENTLY THIS WEEKEND?

>> OUR MESSAGE IS A SIMPLE ONE.

WE ARE UNIFIED AS A CITY, WE ARE

OPPOSED TO VIOLENCE, IF YOU

BRING YOUR VIOLENCE HERE, WE

WILL HAVE THE PEOPLE, WE WILL

HAVE THE PERSONNEL, WE WILL HAVE

THE RESOURCES TO ENFORCE THE LAW

AND WE WILL BE READY FOR YOU.

WE ARE ASKING PEOPLE NOT TO COME

HERE IF THEY ARE PLANNING ON

COMMITTING VIOLENCE.

THAT'S NOT OUR VALLEY AND WE

DON'T WANT IT.

>> Bill: WHAT HAVE YOU DONE

WITH LOCAL AND STATE POLICE?

>> THE FIRST THING WE HAVE DONE

IS WE BUILD PARTNERSHIPS.

WE HAVE SPOKEN TO FEDERAL STATE

REGIONAL AND LOCAL

LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS.

WE HAVE THE PERSONNEL WE NEED,

WE HAVE THE RESOURCES WE NEED.

PEOPLE ARE GOING TO SEE A MUCH

LARGER POLICE PRESENCE, WE'VE

WORKED WITH OUR LOCAL DISTRICT

ATTORNEY SO IF THERE IS A

PROTEST WE CAN PROCESS THAT.

WHAT IS DIFFERENT THIS TIME IS

OUR CITY HAS NEVER BEEN A MORE

UNIFIED.

WE HAVE GOVERNMENT LEADERS,

BUSINESS LEADERS, FAITH LEADERS,

LABOR LEADERS, SCHOOL LEADERS.

ALL COMING TOGETHER WITH A CLEAR

MESSAGE.

IF YOU ARE COMING TO OUR CITY TO

COMMIT ACTS OF VIOLENCE YOU ARE

NOT WELCOME HERE.

>> Bill: I JUST WANT TO

FOLLOW-UP ONE THING.

THE THING WE LEARNED ABOUT

CHARLOTTE, THEY HAD ALL THAT IN

PLACE TOO.

THEY LOCAL POLICE, SHERIFFS

DEPUTIES DEPUTIES COME OF IT

STRAIGHT TRUE PEERS.

THEY MIGHT'VE HAD SOME ELEMENTS

OF THE STATE CARDS THERE AS

WELL.

THE MISTAKE THEY MADE WAS

ALLOWING THESE TWO GROUPS TO GET

IN PHYSICAL CONTACT WITH EACH

OTHER.

HOW CAN YOU PREVENT THAT, MAYOR?

>> THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT.

ALL POLICE AGENCIES ACROSS THE

NATION, INCLUDING OUR OWN HAVE

LEARNED A LOT FROM THE

CHARLOTTESVILLE EXPERIENCE.

THE KEY IS FROM THE VERY

BEGINNING, KEEP THOSE DIFFERENT

FACTIONS SEPARATED.

GIVE PEOPLE THE SPACE THEY NEED

TO EXERCISE THEIR RIGHT TO

ASSEMBLY AND THE RIGHT THE FIRST

AMENDMENT RIGHTS AS LONG AS THEY

ARE BEING PEACEFUL.

WE ARE GOING TO KEEP PEOPLE

SEPARATED, WE ARE GOING TO MAKE

SURE THAT WE KEEP PERSONNEL AND

OTHER TACTICS TO KEEP THAT

SEPARATION AND ON THE WHOLE WE

HAVE BEEN VERY GOOD AT THAT.

THAT'S WHAT WE ARE GOING TO

CONTINUE TO DO.

SPEEDED THERE HAVE BEEN NO

ARRESTS, WE KNOW THAT THEY ARE

STILL IN THE PROCESS OF TRYING

TO MAKE AN ARREST IN THE CASE.

WHAT MESSAGE DOES THAT SEND IF

THERE WAS NOT FOLLOW THROUGH

THEIR ON WHAT HAPPENS TO ACTIVE

JOURNALISTS?

>> WITH ALL DUE RESPECT I

DISAGREE.

WE DON'T TOLERATE ANY ACTS OF

VIOLENCE, NOT A THAT ACT OF

VIOLENCE OR ANY OTHER.

THE POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING AND

THEY ARE FOLLOWING UP ON LEADS.

>> Bill: HERE IS THE TWEET

FROM ANDY, I WAS BEATEN ON THE

HEAD AND ARRIVED ON JUNE 29TH

AND PEOPLE CONTINUE TO THROW

MILK SHAKES AT MY BLEEDING FACE.

I WAS HOSPITALIZED WITH A BRAIN

HEMORRHAGE COME THERE STILL

HASN'T BEEN A SINGLE ARREST.

THERE ARE CAMERAS EVERYWHERE THE

CAPTURE THAT INCIDENT.

>> INDEED THERE ARE'S.

AND POLICE HAVE ASKED FOR THAT

VIDEO FOOTAGE IS LIT RECENTLY AS

A FEW DAYS AGO, THEY PUT THAT

CALL AGAIN.

THEY HAVE PHOTOGRAPHS OF SOME OF

THE INDIVIDUALS THEY BELIEVE

WERE THE PERPETRATORS, I KNOW

THAT THE INTELLIGENCE UNIT

CONTINUES TO FOLLOW-UP ON THOSE

LEADS AND I AM CONFIDENT THAT

THERE WILL BE A LOT RESTS IN THE

PARTICULAR CASE.

>> Bill: OKAY.

SPEEDED WHAT DO YOU EXPECT FROM

THIS WEEKEND BASED ON THE

PRECAUTION IN THE PLANNING THAT

YOUR CITY HAS DONE.

HOW PREPARED ARE YOU?

>> WE ARE VERY PREPARED.

WE HAVE SEEN THIS NATIONAL

RISING TIDE OF VIOLENCE AND HATE

SPEECH AND INTOLERANCE AND IT

HAS MOSTLY BEEN GEARED TOWARD

WOMEN COME UP TOWARD PEOPLE OF

COLOR, TOWARD IMMIGRANTS, THAT'S

NOT WHO WE ARE.

WE KNOW THE PEOPLE ARE COMING

HERE FROM OTHER PARTS OF THE

COUNTRY, WE KNOW THAT THEY

INTEND TO ENGAGE AND ASK OF

VIOLENCE, AND WE WANT TO PUT UP

THE MESSAGE, WE WILL BE READY

FOR THEM, WE WILL BE ENFORCING

THE LAW.

>> AND I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT

COMMUNE OF THE RECORD OF AND

THIEF AS?

>> LOOK.

THIS ISN'T ABOUT ANYBODY'S

POLITICS, THIS IS ABOUT

BEHAVIOR.

WHETHER THEY ARE COMING HERE,

WHETHER THEY LIVE HERE, IF THEY

ARE ENGAGED IN ACTS OF VIOLENCE,

IF THEY ARE BREAKING THE LAW, WE

ARE GOING TO ENFORCE IT AND HOLD

PEOPLE ACCOUNTABLE.

>> Sandra: OBVIOUSLY YOU ARE

DOING YOUR BEST TO TRACK THEIR

MOVEMENTS AND THEIR PLANS FOR

THE WEEKENDS.

THE LOCAL ENTITY FOR AN

AFFILIATE, THEY CLAIMED

RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE ATTACK OF

ANDY.

WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT THEIR

WHEREABOUTS AND THEIR PLANS FOR

THE WEEKEND?

IT'S BECAUSE THE POLICE

COMMISSIONER MY BROUGHT JOB IS

TO GIVE BROAD STRATEGIC DIRECT

ACTIONS.

WHAT I AM SAYING IS NO VIOLENCE,

NO VANDALISM, DON'T LET THE CITY

GETS SHUT DOWN, MAKE SURE PEOPLE

HAVE THE ABILITY TO GO ABOUT

THEIR BUSINESS, DON'T LET PEOPLE

STOP THIS CITY.

THEY OPERATIONALIZED THAT AND SO

I WOULD DEFER TO THEM IN TERMS

OF THE INVESTIGATION.

I DON'T PERSONALLY AS THE MAYOR

GET INVOLVED IN INVESTIGATIONS

BUT I KNOW THAT THEY ARE MOVING

FORWARD.

SPILL AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR