they're really trying to return to business as normal. you can see people are out here eating in front of a window that is boarded up. they had a chair tossed through this window. to continue walking down here, you can see another window was boarded up. several businesses just like this. tension was really building leading up to yesterday when a judge acquittedded jason stockley after he killed lamar smith back in 2011. now, the protesters really wanted former officer stockley to be found guilty for first-degree murder after he was caught on camera saying that he planned to kill smith just minutes before he pulled the trigger. now, stockley has maintained throughout the course of all of in that the only reason he shot smith was because he was pulling for his gun. >> the taking of a life is the most significant thing that one can do, and it's not something that is done lightly, and it's not something that should ever be celebrated. >> reporter: after the