One of the people Spectrum News spoke with on Sunday said, rather unfiltered, "85 percent of y'all ran around like a chicken with its head cut off, 10 percent of you were in the middle, didn't know what to do, didn't know what side you were on, five percent were out here telling them to chill; we need to raise that five percent. We need to empower this community."

His message to those listening was, "Y'all want peace? Clean the streets."

Syracuse Mayor Ben Walsh spent his morning walking around the city, meeting with people as they cleaned their home, saying those conversations can be a step forward.

"We know people are hurting right now, we grieve with them," Walsh said. "I was talking to people who were in the protest [on Saturday], just doing a lot of listening [and] trying to understand where people are and how we can be helpful."

One of those people is Kirk Finley. He lives downtown and chose not to protest last night, choosing instead to send his message in the morning.

"I think there are a lot of creative ways we can deal with the situation that happened versus tearing down our community," Finley said. "At the end of the day, we have to live here, we have to shop here, we have to bring our kids here and we have to grow up here."

For most of the day Saturday, law enforcement and protesters worked together to ensure safety for both sides. Nightfall changed that tune, but Mayor Walsh says the signs of hope and healing came with the sunrise.

"When you look at what happened for most of [Saturday] with a peaceful protest with hundreds of people, and you look at this morning," said Walsh. "The way people responded to a small group of that wanted to do us harm, what I see is a city full of good people taking care of each other."