most of the rallies were peaceful, but how are protesters treating this call for justice today? >> reporter: hey, don, well, really from coast to coast all these protests today have been peaceful, and no exception here in los angeles. i guess the thing that stood out in my mind, don, is you really had people of all races and of all ages here in front of the courthouse, the federal courthouse, here in los angeles. and organizers are glad or they were glad, that this was a daytime event. they felt like that would really reduce the chances of seeing violence and that's definitely what we're seeing here today. the crowd has mostly left. apparently some folks are now headed to city hall here in los angeles. but i guess i would also echo what all of my other cnn colleagues had to say in terms of the messages and the sentiments coming out of here, people really demanding the same thing, and that's -- they obviously want to see the justice department press this civil rights case against george