The crowd of protesters sitting in the street got larger while chanting 'I can't breathe' with their hands raised in front of Raleigh police.
AMANDA LAMB, IN DOWNTOWN RALEIGH, WHERE PROTESTERS ARE IN A STANDOFF WITH POLICE. AMANDA?>> Reporter: AS WE TOLD YOU EARLIER, THEY HAD BEEN AT THIS INTERSECTION, AND I WILL SHOW YOU THIS, THEY ARE SITTING IN THE INTERSECTION, THE FIRST TIME WE'VE SEEN THIS TONIGHT, WE'VE SEEN THE DIANE'S WERE PEOPLE LAY IN THE STREET, BUT THE FIRST TIME WE'VE SEEN PEOPLE SEEING THEM SITTING, KIND OF INTENSIFYING, THE STANDOFF IF YOU WILL, CONTINUING TO ADD PERSONNEL, THREE OFFICERS DEEP NOW, DEFINITELY GOTTEN MORE OF A STANDOFF, OFFICERS HAVE THE RIGHT THEREON, AND THE PROTESTERS ARE SITTING ON THE GROUND VERY CLOSE, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GET A SENSE OF A CLOSE THEY ARE, I WOULD SAY 5 FEET ARE CLOSER, TO THESE OFFICERS WERE STANDING THERE STOICALLY, OBVIOUSLY TRYING TO KEEP US FROM ESCALATING, OCCASIONALLY YOU WILL HEAR OR SEE SOMEBODY IN THE CROWD, A FEW PEOPLE STANDING AND YELLING, ANOTHER GETTING UP, NOT SURE WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. I DON'T KNOW HOW THIS IS GOING TO PLAY OUT, BECAUSE AGAIN, THROUGHOUT THE EVENING, THERE HAVE BEEN SITUATIONS WHERE SOMETHING, WE DON'T KNOW IF IT IS TEARGAS OR SMOKE BOMBS, THIS CLOUD OF SMOKE, THAT BURNS YOUR EARS AND FACE AND NOSE, IT BURNS YOUR THROAT, NOT SURE IF THAT IS WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN AGAIN, BUT AGAIN LOOK AT THIS, THIS IS THE BIGGEST POLICE LINE I'VE SEEN ALL NIGHT LONG IN TERMS OF SO MANY IN ONE SPOT. AND AGAIN, THE PROTESTERS SWING ON THE GROUND, A COUPLE STANDING THERE SAYING I CAN'T BREATHE. AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN TELL, THEY ARE SURROUNDING THE OFFICERS ON EITHER SIDE, ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE STREET, IN THE CAPITAL GROUNDS WHERE I'M STANDING, IN A WAY, NOT JUST A LIEN AGAINST THIS GROUP OF PROTESTERS, BUT THEY ARE BEING SURROUNDED BY PROTESTERS. RHYME STANDING, MOST PEOPLE ARE CALM, WATCHING THIS UNFOLD, SOME USING THEIR PHONES TO DOCUMENT THIS, PUTTING IT ON SOCIAL MEDIA, THERE IS A BIG CONTRAST BETWEEN SOME OF THE FOLKS WHO ARE JUST VERY CALMLY WATCHING THE PEOPLE IN THE STREETS. >> AMANDA, YOU ARE OBSERVING A LOT OF THE TEARGAS IN THE LAST HOUR, IT SEEMS TO DISPERSE THE PROTESTERS BUT IT DIDN'T SEEM TO DETER THEM?>> Reporter: YES, AND I WOULD SAY LOOKING AT THE CROWD HERE, THIS IS PROBABLY THE BIGGEST GROUP OF PEOPLE I'VE SEEN IN THE LAST TWO OR THREE HOURS, PEOPLE ARE CONGREGATING AGAIN IF YOU WILL, JOE MENTIONS, WHAT IS THE STANDARD, WHEN DO DESIGNED TO USE IT, DECIDE TO USE IT, I'VE SEEN IT DEPLOYED, MANY TIMES THIS EVENING, MORE THAN HALF A DOZEN. THEY SCATTER, AND COME BACK. THE CAPITAL GROUNDS SEEMS TO BE THE PLACE TONIGHT. THEY KEEP COMING BACK TO THE SPOT, THE STATUE, AND GRAFFITI BEING DRAWN RIGHT NOW. CAN YOU COME THIS WAY? PENDING THE STATUE RIGHT NOW. BLACK LIVES MATTER, MORE GRAFFITI. THERE'S A LOT EARLIER, THE TENSE SITUATION, STRONG FEELINGS IN THIS CROWD. THAT A LINE OF POLICE OFFICERS IN RIOT GEAR, IT IS NOT A GOOD
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