Believe it or not, some attempt is actually being made at this. From the New York Times article on the deadlock/acquittal:
Today, in an effort to prevent such disturbances, dozens of volunteers who had spent months in conflict-mediation training walked around Inglewood neighborhoods advocating calm and inviting residents to a prayer vigil at City Hall.Whether it'll work, I have no idea. It's only 4:30 pm out there now, not exactly prime riot time. (Or is it? When did the 1992 riots start?) But at the same time, I just don't think this incident is anywhere near a Rodney King level. They beat the living sh*t out of King; this kid just got slammed onto the trunk of a cop car and a single punch."We're also sending out e-mails and making calls to hundreds of people who have shown interest, calling on them to promote peace after the verdict," Steve Goldsmith, director of the Centinela Valley Juvenile Diversion Project, said this morning by phone.
There's a line you have to cross to get a group worked up beyond mere anger and into true violent enragement; I don't think today's court results are enough to cross that line.