Protesters Rally At Christopher Columbus Statue, Demanding Police Capt. Lou Campione Gets Post Back

Matt Petrillo reports.

IS CBS3 "EYEWITNESS NEWS" AT6:00.COLUMBUS CONTROVERSY.CHOPPER3 A LIVE OVERPHILADELPHIA'S MARCONI PLAZAWHERE TENSIONS REMAIN HIGHBETWEEN THOSE WHO WANT THESTATUE TAKEN DOWN AND THOSEWHO VOW TO USE FORCE TOPROTECT IT.THIS IS "EYEWITNESS NEWS"AT 6:00 AND WE ARE STREAMINGLIVE ON CBSN PHILLY.GOOD EVENING EVERYONE, I'MUKEE WASHINGTON.AND I'M JESSICA KARTALIJA.THE CITY IS BOARDING UP THESTATUE OF CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUSAT MARCONI PLAZA IN SOUTHPHILLY.OFFICIALS SAY IT'S TO PROTECTTHE STATUE FROM DAMAGE.THERE WERE CLASHES NEAR THESTATUE BETWEEN PROTESTERS WHOWANT IT TO STAY AND OTHERS WHOWANT IT REMOVED.THE SOUTH PHILADELPHIA POLICECAPTAIN HAS BEEN REASSIGNEDFOLLOWING THOSE CLASHES ANDNOW THE POLICE UNION SAYSTHEY'LL FIGHT TO GET HIS POSTBACK.MATT PETRILLO JOINS US WITHMORE.MATT.Reporter: HEY, JESS, GOODEVENING TO YOU.ON TOP OF THE POLICE UNION,THERE IS A MASSIVE AMOUNT OFPEOPLE BEHIND ME HERE ATMARCONI PLAZA IN SOUTH PHILLYRALLYING IN SUPPORT OF CAPTAINLOU CAMPIONE.TAKE A LOOK FROM ABOVE.(NO AUDIO) CITY TO GIVE THECAPTAIN BACK HIS SOUTH PHILLYPOST.CAPTAIN LOU IS LOVED BYEVERYBODY.Reporter: DOZENS OFPEOPLE CAME TO MARCONI PLAZATUESDAY, SOME HOLDING SIGNS,OTHERS WAVING THE AMERICANFLAG ALL TO SHOW SUPPORT FORPHILADELPHIA POLICE CAPTAINHE HAS THE BEST INTERESTSOF THE PEOPLE HERE.Reporter: BUT THE42-YEAR-OLD VETERAN OF FORCEHAS BEEN REAS SIGNED FROMSOUTH PHILLY ALL THE WAY TOTHE NORTHEAST.I THINK IT'S A DISGRACE.Reporter: THE WEEKEND SAWCLASHES BETWEEN A GROUP OFPEOPLE PROTECTING THECHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS STATUE ATMARCONI PLAZA AND A GROUP OFACTIVISTS WHO WANT IT REMOVED.I'M HERE AS A JOURNALIST.Reporter: AND A LEFT WINGNEWS SITE CALLED UNICORN RIOTWAS PUSHED OUT OF THE PLAZA.IT HAD RECORDED THE CAPTAINSATURDAY SAYING ITS REPORTERWAS "INCITING A RIOT."OBVIOUSLY IT'S A VOLATILESITUATION AND YOU'REAGGRAVATING THE SITUATION.Reporter: NOW THE POLICEDEPARTMENT'S INTERNAL AFFAIRSDIVISION IS REVIEWING THEINCIDENT BUT THE FRATERNALORDER OF POLICE SAYS THECAPTAIN DIFFUSED THE SITUATIONAND OFTEN GOES BEYOND THE CALLOF DUTY.HE STARTED PROGRAMS WITHINTHE FOP THAT HELPS OFFICERS.HE STARTED BOTTLES AND BADGES.Reporter: AND HERE IS ALIVE LOOK AT THE CHRISTOPHERCOLUMBUS STATUE IN MARCONIPLAZA IN SOUTH PHILADELPHIA.CREWS KIND OF SEALING THATBOXAROUND IT.OVER IN PENN'S LANDING THEDELAWARE RIVER FRONTCORPORATION SAYS THEY'RECONSIDERING ALL OPTIONSINCLUDING THE REMOVAL OF ITSHUNDRED FOOT PLUS COLUMBUSMONUMENT, AGAIN THAT AT PENN'SLANDING.MANY OF THE SUPPORTERS HERETELLING US TONIGHT THEY'REALSO CALLING FOR CITY LEADERS