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There earlier today and you're hearing it tonight. it seems, so far, and clearly with three hours and five minutes before the curfew but so far it seems like they are getting some praise from various corridors of the community. >> well they are really handling the situation with a lot of restraint, but, i mean today, it's not necessarily the same challenge as it would have been yesterday with all the violence and crimes going on around them so they are doing as they should do which is to provide whatever service they can to the public and today they are showing a tremendous amount of restraint...

Show you that this is a multi-racial, multi-generational situation out here i'm here are laura herman. laura, why are you here today? >> just to support my city, man. honestly breaks my heart everything that transpired in these past couple of nights and it really brings me to tears. i'm a coach and coach a lot of these inner city kids and to drop them off somewhere where i don't feel that they are safe or not to be able to have the right reks and facilities just to keep these kids off the streets. come on now, man, what are y'all really doing? it's gotten to a point of ridiculousness and i jus...

Not in any way shape, or form something that we would condone. mark? >> yes. oftentimes what you'll find is this reaction of violence and disorder, and what appears to be chaos, is a result of a lack of proactivity in established and respectful and open lines of communication. i think the frustration, the buildup of frustration, in regards of what the particular issue is the frustrating part about it is, when young people especially young people feel as if they're not being heard, and the second part being that no one is listening to what they're saying, and they're not being spoken to. and th...

We have to establish these type of relationships early on and before there is an issue that the young people and others just react on. >> now, we're watching live shots, and it appears that a cell phone store, a lot of young people, but it also seems like some community residents are trying to talk to them and trying to discourage them. which speaks to your point that we need those structures that are proactive before the point, not reactive, mark claxton. >> yeah there has to be a preemptive strategy, a preemptive strategy based on honesty and integrity. oftentimes, there can be outreach, but...

We need to understand, you know where the relationships are and get to the people. you know, the people are crying out. again, when we look at these children, in and out of these stores, running through the streets, breaking into cars breaking out windows, this is the voice of frustration and we need to figure them out. i think that having another press conference is not going to do it. i think this takes real engagement. it takes face to face it takes the being on the streets. it takes the leaders of these folks trying to wrap them together. i know that it's enough easy. it's going to take a ...