It was standing-room only during a community forum in Rapid City, South Dakota, on Monday where more than 100 people had gathered to discuss the city’s palpable racial tension.

Held at He Sapa New Life Church, the forum was prompted by a January 24 incident at a Rapid City Rush hockey game at the Rushmore Plaza Civic Center that left a group of Native American students soaked in beer. The kids from the American Horse School in Allen were also told to “go back to the reservation.”

Carol Rousseau, a mediator with the U.S. Department of Justice Community Relations Service, is in Rapid City this week to meet with local officials and community members to discuss the ongoing case. She was in attendance at Monday’s forum.

“We can’t solve everything all the time, but we can get people working together,” Rousseau said, Andrea J. Cook of the Rapid City Journal reported.

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Jack Swanson, secretary of the National Coalition Against Racism in Sports and Media (NCARSM), told ICTMN that Rapid City Police Chief Karl Jegeris and Mayor Sam Kooiker were at the forum to answer questions, but their main push was to ask for patience from the community during the investigation.

Police have identified the suspects who were at the game that night, but no names have been released and no arrests have been made, which has many people wondering why.

“We don’t understand as to why nothing has happened yet,” Swanson said. He added that were it white kids who had been harassed at the civic center arrests would have already been made.

During the forum, parents expressed concern over their children’s safety in Rapid City, Swanson said.

On Tuesday, NCARSM – lead by American Indian Movement founding member Clyde Bellecourt and Henry Boucha, a retired professional hockey player and a Native American, will hold a rally outside the civic center as the puck drops inside during a Rush hockey game.

The rally is meant to call attention to the racism several Native American groups have experienced at the civic center in recent months.

The organization called on anyone who is opposed to racism and child abuse to stand with them as they protest.