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These german police. im going to move this way so you get a picture of this -- >> have you spoken to protesters? what is their goal here? >> reporter: yeah, we have. look, they are -- i honestly think a bunch of them are following the crowd, even if those crowds are disbursed and small. they are just following leader and then there are clearly a group who are organized and one of those groups known as the black block, anti-g-20 protesters at these gatherings -- >> come from where? >> reporter: a...

Financial crisis, world leaders started to show up. in 2009 in london and pittsburgh, thats where you first saw this, the -- he referred to the black block, people who came in dressed in black with masks associated with anarchists, they are getting in and about the regular protesters. there are regular protesters there, protesting real issues and get permits from the police and get to do it. then there are other protesters who come in spoiling for a fight with police. for many years since 2009, ...

Is out there protesting. if you can still hear me. you said thousands and thousands of people and polilease take ca of yourself, fred. but whos out there? >> reporter: yeah. look, a lot of them are sort of people who are left wing. its a very international crowd. theres some centrist people as well. i would say the vast majority of folks here are peaceful and the demonstration up until now was peaceful as well. it was quite a good atmosphere over the past couple of hours. theres obviously a smal...

Back. the black block protesters, they worry about that when they go in. but for now, the march will continue. >> atika, im having a tough time hearing you. youll have to forgive us. this is live tv and this is all playing out here in hamburg, germany. its a mix of, you know, media, bystanders and of course a crush of protesters here at the g20. about three kilometers -- fred pleitgen, let me go back over to you because it was so tough to hear atika. there was a pre-planned march in addition to ...

Theres large fires that we saw burning on social media, as well as the police, talking about that, as well. saying that a police car has now been destroyed. so, there is a lot of consternation there, where there are folks here, who are concerned about that same group. the anti-fascists, who call themselves sometimes anarchists. and call themselves black block. >> let me explain what our viewers are seeing. youre seeing a police vehicle, with units hanging from either side of the vehicle. now, tw...

Down several blocks. just kind of in a uncontrolled way at this point. >> yeah. i mean, thats what seattle worries about, what is happening in portland. theres a group known as black block, or anarchist, if you will, that tend to get rowdy and viole violent. i want to read you some of what the portland police have been saying. a few moments ago, they tweeted out saying the anarchists had dablged windows and property, started fires, attacking police. if you do not need to go downtown portland, do...

Saw a flare being fired into or being thrown into a police suv. the police also took that out. that fire we saw was just a few minutes ago. these are live pictures of kptv in oregon, the official protest cancelled, we have seen now just dozens and dozens of these people, basically just moving freely through the streets, kicking in windows at several stores, sara sidner has been in seattle, and she joins us now at the protest that is going on in portland. sarah, this protest in portland, the offi...

Conservative commentator was set to speak. it was shut down by the black block protestors who come from off campus. theyre not for the majority students. police say its a very difficult balancing act between free speech and providing security. listen here. >> there will always be somebody who thinks you should have used more force and those who thought you used too much. when weve been in a position where we could take strategic surgical arrest of people in breaking the law, we did that. >> two ...

This is serious business. they convene a grand jury, the folks, not a judge, which can just toss it on some technicality. they come back and they say, we are going to hold these people accountable. federal courts, as you said, maybe a 10-year -- if it is aa first offense, they wont get ten, but the message that im seeing is that we wont tolerate the anarchy in the district of columbia. >> youve got the new form of protesting, the black block protesting, it started in berlin in the 80s, they all ...

Groups in this event, and they made it very clear that they were not part of that and they were actually trying to get these anarchist groups to start. they were not listening to them, and so a good number of those folks left the march, and it presented a lot of challenges for us tonight. >> sergeant simpson, this is alison cox as well. are you finding the anti-trump protests happening in your city not only include people against the outcome or unhappy with the outcome of the election but people...