Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20150912:23:45:00
Party-like atmosphere at that point. but you could see that the police were very, very nervous. >> who are you protecting? >> back off. >> they only had 400 officers on the streets initially, and there were i think at one point as many as 40,000 people downtown. maybe more. >> by 8:30 a.m. police begin ordering the crowds of protesters to disperse. >> if you refuse to move northbound on 6th avenue, you will be subject to arrest. >> mark leave is set up at the corner of 6th avenue and union street. >> i climbed up on a mailbox by a street lamp so i could have a sort of overview of the situation...