Seattle mayor urges calm, telling young black residents, 'We in this city are listening to you'

SEATTLE -- Mayor Ed Murray called for non-violence in Seattle Monday night following the decision by the Ferguson, Mo., grand jury not to indict a police officer in the shooting death of black teenager Michael Brown.

“Our city is committed to the goals of racial, social justice in all areas," Murray said at a hastily called news conference after the grand jury's decision was announced and violence broke out in Ferguson, Mo., Monday night.

“We cannot let this gulf of mistrust divide us," Murray said,  and we will not let this gulf of mistrust divide us.”

“My message to young people in Seattle tonight, in particular to African American young people, while we do not have the answers, we in this city are listening to you. We in this city hear you. We in this city love you.”

Some demonstrators marched through Seattle's downtown city streets Monday night to protest the decision, but it was peaceful.