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That -- i really want the people to know that the youth arent just, like savages. more than anything, this is deeper than just anger. this is pain. theyre showing them throwing rocks at the police officers. but some of them have been crying while this is happening and saying were tired of this. with the looting and rioting, they feel like they have a sense of empowerment because they feel like their voices are being heard. >> reporter: something weve heard over and over again is that the people ...

>> they were i guess, grateful that we opened the door to them and, you know told them they could stay in. nobody wanted to leave out there in all that chaos that was going on. >> the media has received a lot of criticism about focusing on the negative. i guess there are members of the community who are heroes like you who have been doing positive things in the face of serious challenges. what else would you want our audience and the country to know about whats happening on the ground in your to...

Maybe a slightly older crowd, a more multi-racial crowd. what have you been seeing and what can you tell us about the folks who are demanding change today? >> im able to speak to the folks demanding change yesterday. i stood with the nation of islam and reverend brown and minister carlos muhammad and we stood as a human chain, in between -- we were maced yesterday. we stood in between a crowd of people who have been broken and hurt behind the police line was a burning cvs. behind us was young pe...

Theres been a police line mostly state police. no major incidents thus far. there have been just a handful of water bottles thrown at police officers. but nothing major. but we are next to that cvs that was burned and looted yesterday. you can see it right over here. and lets get the street here. just a few minutes ago, firefighters had left because they were called here. there was another small fire here on top of the cvs. collapsed just a bit, the air conditioner, and there was nothing serious...

Of us, the way the city is being covered, and people ignoring the positive things that were happening like at empowerment temple. donating food, taking kids in, and allowing them a place to go on a day like today. and a fairly dim view of some of the things the mayor has said the idea of calling young people in the streets thugs, not going over well with a lot of the young people who got up to speak and a lot of the young ministers at that church. the folks who got up this morning said their und...

Happens tonight? what would your message be to anybody watching this? >> well what i hope tonight is that we continue with peaceful protests. follow the rules. you know, fight with intelligence. not emotion as one of the speakers said earlier. and that we continue to fight with our intelligence. you go out and vote. you volunteer in your neighborhoods. you give back. not just project your anger in a violent way, but do it intelligently instead. >> thank you for talking to us. we really appreciat...