Crowd gathers in Greenville for '50501' national day of protests
WYFF News 4
[{'start': '0.834', 'end': '3.536', 'text': "UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME.  NIGEL.  RASHAD, THANK YOU.  TODAY PEOPLE TOOK ACTION ACROSS  THE COUNTRY FOLLOWING PRESIDENT  DONALD TRUMP'S 100TH DAY IN  OFFICE.  THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ARE TAKING  PART IN MAY DAY, A NATIONAL DAY  OF ACTION.  THIS IS VIDEO OF THE PROTESTS  FROM ATLANTA AND DOWNTOWN  GREENVILLE.  RALLIES WERE ALSO HELD IN  HENDERSONVILLE AND CLEMSON.  OUR NATE STANLEY WAS AT THE MAY  DAY PROTEST IN DOWNTOWN  GREENVILLE TODAY.  HE JOINS US THERE WITH MORE ON  WHAT PEOPLE HAD TO SAY.  NATE.  WELL, NIGEL, THE MESSAGE TODAY  WAS A LOUD ONE.  DEMONSTRATORS SAY THEY ARE NOT  HAPPY WITH THE WAY THE COUNTRY  IS BEING RUN.  FALLS PARK IS KNOWN FOR ITS  QUIET AND CALM ATMOSPHERE, BUT  ON THURSDAY, THE PARK ECHOED  WITH THE SOUNDS OF THE FIRST  AMENDMENT.  THIS GOVERNMENT IS THERE.  THEY'RE HURTING PEOPLE TO TO GET  MORE PROFIT FOR FOR THESE  BILLIONAIRES AND ALL OF THESE  PEOPLE.  BUT THE AVERAGE PERSON ARE BEING  ARE BEING HURT BY THIS.  AND SO WE WANT TO CALL ATTENTION  TO THAT AND SAY THAT WE'RE NOT  GOING TO STAND FOR IT.  THE DEMONSTRATION WAS PART OF A  NATIONAL DAY OF.  PROTEST.  SHOW ME WHAT DEMOCRACY LOOKS  LIKE.  AIMED AT DISAPPOINTMENT WITH THE  CURRENT ADMINISTRATION.  THIS IS WHAT DEMOCRACY LOOKS  LIKE.  ECONOMY IS SUFFERING FOR SURE.  THERE ARE THINGS THATAT CAN BE  DONE THAT CAN FIX THAT.  THERE ARE CONSIDERATIONS THAT  ARE NOT BEING TAKEN ABOUT PEOPLE  WHO ARE NEEDY AND UNFORTUNATE.  HOLDING SIGNS AND CHANTING AS  CARS HONKED IN SUPPORT IN FRONT  OF FALLS PARK.  I THINK THE MESSAGE IS THAT  THERE'S A VERY STRONG  GROUNDSWELL OF SUPPORT.  FOR SUPPORT AGAINST WHAT'S GOING  ON IN OUR COUNTRY RIGHT NOW, AND  HOPEFULLY WE GET IT'LL TURN THE  TIDE WHEN WE COME BACK TO THE  ELECTIONS IN A COUPLE OF YEARS.  THAT S SENTIMENT WAS ALSO ON  DISPLAY ACROSS SOUTH CAROLINA  THURSDAY, AS PEOPLE GATHERED IN  COLUMBIA, FLORENCE AND  CHARLESTON TO BE HEARD.  IT'S GOOD TO SEE THE TURNOUT  HERE IN GREENVILLE.  SO IT MAKES YOU FEEL LIKE YOU'RE  PART OF SOMETHING A LITTLE  BIGGER.  AND WE DID REACH OUT TO THE  GREENVILLE COUNTY REPUBLICAN  PARTY CHAIR, JEFF DAVIS.  HE SENT US A STATEMENT THAT READ  IN PART, GREENVILLE HAS BECOME  SAFER AND WILL ONLY CONTINUE TO  BE MORE SO UNDER THE LEADERSHIP  OF PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP."}]