JOHNSON, TROY. ARE YOU SAYING NOW? WELL MEGAN, FIRST OF ALL, I THINK SAYING HUNDREDS IS REALLY UNDERESTIMATED WHAT WE’VE SEEN OVER THE LAST HALF HOUR OR SO HOUR-AND-A-HALF REALLY UNFOLD THIS CROWD WALKED FROM CONGRESS STREET AT THE STATE CAPITOL ALL THE WAY ARUND TO THE OLD CAPITOL BUILDING AND THEN THEY’RE BACK HERE. WE SAW ENDLESS IN THIS LINES OF PEOPLE ALL HOLDING SIGNS THAT SAY BLACK LIVES MATTER. THEY SAY THAT WE ARE WITH YOU. THEY SAY THAT I CAN’T BREATHE. THEY SAY THAT HIS MOTHER IS CALLING A VARIETY OF SIGNS IN A VARIETY OF SENTIMENTS FROM ALL KINDS OF PEOPLE ALL WALKS OF LIFE REPRESENTED TODAY HERE IN THIS PARADE. WE HEARD IMPASSIONED SPEECHES EARLIER TODAY HAD A PODIUM JUST OVER MY SHOULDER. THEY’RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO SPEAK THERE. IT LOOKS LIKE IT JUST A FEW MINUTES THIS RALLY FAR FROM OVER. AND AGAIN, THIS IS THE SECOND RALLY OF THE DAY, BUT BY FAR THE LARGEST RALLY THAT WE’VE SEEN TODAY, I MEAN THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE HAVE BEEN AROUND HERE RIGHT NOW A MOMENT OF SILENCE FOR GEORGE FLOYD IN FRONT OF THE STATE CAPITOL. PEOPLE ARE NOW SILENT MANY OF THEM HOLDING THEIR SIGNS THEIR FISTS IN THE AIR. THEY’RE TAKING A PAUSE FOR GEORGE FLOYD. AGAIN, THIS IS A PAUSE FOR AS A PROTESTERS CONTINUE THIS MOMENT OF SILENCE FOR GEORGE FLOYD. WE WANT TO TALK TO 16 WAPT SCOTT SIMMONS WHO IS NOT FAR FROM TROY ALSO IN THIS WHAT SEEMS TO BE A GROWING CROWD IN DOWNTOWN JACKSON SCOTT. WHAT ARE YOU SEE, RIGHT? EVERYBODY’S FOUND THEIR SPOT. YOU’RE OUTSIDE THE GOVERNOR’S MANSION ACKNOWLEDGING THAT TIME THAT 8 MEDICINE 40-PLUS SECONDS OF SILENCE THE TIME IT TOOK FOR GEORGE VOICE TO LIFE TO END. WE’VE TAKEN THE LONG WALK AROUND THE CITY OF JACKSON’S DOWNTOWN AREA. EVERYONE NOW IS FINDING THEIR SPOT HOLDING THEIR HANDS UP HOLDING THEIR SIGNS UP. REVEREND TIME AS THEY ACKNOWLEDGE THE TIME THAT IT TOOK FOR GEORGE FORD’S LIFE TO END SO MANY PEOPLE AND TALKED ABOUT WANTING TO BE A CATALYST FOR CHANGE AND THEY SAY COME OUT HERE. HOPING TO BRING THAT CHANGE. RIGHT NOW THEY’RE TRYING TO DO THAT BY SILENT SILENTLY HOLDING UP THEIR HANDS AND THEIR SONS AND TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT THEIR MESSAGE IS HERE. WHAT ELSE ABOUT YOU MEGAN? HE’S GOT. THANK YOU. ALMOST A DRAMATIC RATE. MEANT OF WHAT YOUR FLOYD WENT THROUGH IN MINNEAPOLIS WITH THIS GROWING CROWD OF PROTESTERS IN DOWNTOWN JACKSON WATCHING SILENTLY FOR THAT EIGHT MINUTES AND 46 SECONDS. WE ARE KEEPING OUR EYE ON WHAT IS HAPPENING HERE IN DOWNTOWN JACKSON. WE’RE ALSO COVERING IT ON OUR WEBSITE. WAPT.COM AND WE’LL BE BACK WITH YOU WITH AN UPDATE IN JUST A FEW MINUTES. WE HOPE YOU’LL STAY WITH US.