want to bring in as we look at these images from los angeles, i want to bring in retired general russel honore. as you see these pictures, it is interesting how a protest which began here in ferguson, how we are now seeing protesting popping up in a number of cities across the united states. we saw a little bit last night, certainly now it seems to be somewhat even larger, at least more widespread. how difficult is it for law enforcement to deal with a situation like this because, again, these are not permitted protests. police don't want to be too aggressive. at the same time they do want to maintain law and order. >> absolutely, anderson. it takes a lot of patience he on the police part to understand that civil disobedience by it self is to force the police to take actions. so the people stand in the street, and if it can be done in a safe way, sometimes it's best to observe that as long as it doesn't go violent. more often than not, many times the police will want to move them out of the street because i said so . and that is when the pushing and shoving starts, and that's when they go viol