. >> joining us, the bureau chief in the virginia public radio virginia, in charlottesville. she was in charlottesville last year during the demonstration. thank you for joining us this morning. we read a bit about the events from last night, some of the protests going on. where do things stand this morning? >> the protesters finally broke up last night, around 9:30. they started out at the rotunda, the iconic building at the university of virginia. the university put so many fences around and had so many police surrounding the area that the protesters were uncomfortable. in fact, the focus of the protest was the militarization of the city. they decided they would just move away, so they started marching across campus and into neighborhoods around campus and continued into the downtown area and the statue of robert e lee that the city wants to remove, all tied up in court right now, and at that oink police indicated that they would begin making arrests -- at that point, police indicated they would begin making arrests. so far they have not returned, but a good bet some of the

host: the charlottesville bureau chief for virginia public radio. you can follow their reporting radio.n twitter, wvtf thanks so much for joining us this morning. guest: my pleasure. host: throughout the program, hearing from other voices. devin next by skype from fergus as the university of missouri, history and black studies professor, joining us to talk about race relations in the st. louis area, particularly in the four years since the shooting of michael brown in ferguson. professor, thanks for being with us this morning. what are your thoughts on that community, the broader st. louis community in terms of race relations, where these things stand four years hence? guest: sure. thanks for having me this morning, although i wish it would be under happier events. so, as you mentioned, the ferguson shooting, killing of michael brown happened four years ago. he's part of a larger sort of context, i think. as the doj reported in 2015, noted, law enforcement in ferguson, also in greater st. louis, in the st. louis suburbs, see designed, trying to citi

include the virginia public radio charlottesville ofeau chief, a university missouri professor four years after the death of michael brown, also keith mayes, from the university of minnesota, and shawn harper of the university of southern california. watched c-span's "washington journal" live at 7:00 eastern sunday morning. join the discussion. >> we don't live in the same parts of the country, have the same vocation, have the same where we are all the same, men and color and women of color, is the way which we try to instill a sense of fear, you can call it respect, but it is a sense of fear of what could happen if an interaction with the police goes wrong. >> comedian and actor d.l. shares his discussion on race in america about his book, "how not to get shot." having a police department that adheres to a higher standard than the children who are supposed to be respected? there is a certain point when children just don't listen, just don't listen. should they die for the? should we accept that as a society? is the really the best we can do, to tell our children to be more responsible th

. >> joining us, the bureau chief in the virginia public radio virginia, in charlottesville.ng the demonstration. thank you for joining us this morning. we read a bit about the events from last night, some of the protests going on. where do things stand this morning? >>

joining us is sandy hausman, the bureau chief for the virginia public radio in virginia in charlottesville. she was in charlottesville last year during the demonstration. sandy hausman, thank you for joining us this morning. we read a bit about the events from last night and some of the protests going on. what do they stand this morning? guest: the protesters finally broke up last night at 9:30. they started out at the rotunda, the iconic building at the university of virginia. the university put so many fences around that it had so many police, that the protesters were uncomfortable. in fact, their focus of the protest was the militarization of the city. and they decided they would move away, so they started marching across campus. and then into neighborhoods around campus. and they continued through the downtown area and to the statue of robert e. lee that the city wants to remove. that is all tied up in court right now. at that point, police indicated that they would be making arrests. so the protests broke up with a valid return this morning. so far, they have not returned, but it is a