Mayor Sam Adams just emerged from a "very difficult, very sad" meeting with Marva Campbell-Davis and the six other family members of Aaron Campbell.

"They are in a lot of pain, they were very critical of the police actions, and of the officer going back to work this morning, they were wanting answers, and it was very painful," he says.

The mayor made a personal commitment to the family to pass on their feelings about why Officer Frashour should be removed from the streets, this afternoon. He plans to talk with Chief Sizer and Commissioner Dan Saltzman in the next couple of hours.

"Mostly, my job is to listen. I expressed my sadness at the tragedy, and talked again about my commitment to a complete investigation," says the mayor. "I asked them to express why they wanted the officer removed from the streets, and I committed to pass that on to Commissioner Saltzman and the chief, personally."

The family thought Officer Frashour being pulled off the streets would be "a sign of respect," said Adams. "I said to them that Commissioner Saltzman will have an opportunity for a lot more facts tomorrow, and that Commissioner Saltzman had told me that then, he will work with the chief, and consult with me, and that the final decision will be his. The family wanted action at that meeting. I said I couldn't do it at that meeting."

Meetings like this are very unusual. Why did the mayor agree to meet with the family?

"I saw them, I noticed that there was a group of folks hugging tightly together and they looked very distraught," said Adams. "My initial concern was that they were feeling penned in, and then one of the family members introduced himself. I saw clearly their look of distress and pain."

Adams also met for ten minutes with Sanford Webb, the man who was frustrated outside his office, during the protest. Adams committed to look into his issues with law enforcement dating back to the mid nineties.

Update, 2:07 The mayor just posted a statement on the meeting on his website.