This rioting is not going to lead to justice. It needs to be stopped because the rioters are burglarizing and vandalizing businesses, which are not even related to the shooting of Keith Scott. People are suffering for something they didn't even do all in the name of justice. Burning property, looting stores, and attacking innocent people is not justice, these rioters are perverting justice.
As Americans we do not have the right to go out into the streets to riot, we have the right to peaceably assemble. Here's the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution:
"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances."That is the law. Rioting is not protected by law.
Rioting has become almost a biannual occurrence in America. Every single time there is a police shooting the civil unrest comes along. These riots are typically before the investigation of the shooting even starts; the rioters act out of ignorance. It's always a good idea to be informed before you act.
If you want justice to be achieved, you must let the court system do its job first. Then if you disagree with the system's decision you can go peacefully and respectfully protest. It must be done peacefully or it will end up becoming a riot.
My take home message is this: don't engage in criminal activities because you don't agree with the way the law works.
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