>> reporter: right now they're taking a hands off posture. you can see, you have police over here on the side. obviously they don't want to shut down the freeway because that's really going to disrupt things. i don't know what's going to happen if and when they do try to go on to the freeway itself. it's beginning to be something to watch this. you can see police casually standing off on the side, clearly they don't want to escalate things and this crowd is acting peacefully as you can see. >> dan, we'll continue to check with you throughout the evening. i want to give you background on the case that that you are protesters about. our randy k report. >> reporter: you're watching the final moments of a man's life. it's december of 2011, a motorist, anthony smith being chased by a police officer jason stockily and his partner. the officer suspected he'd been involved in a drug deal. the officers would later say