Expressing Their Indignation

The rioters near St. Louis may have real grievances against the government and the police, but destroying the area you live in will not make their lives better. In fact, if you run the merchants out of your neighborhood, you will find your lives are just that much harder. Some residents of Ferguson do not have cars, meaning that they will have to rely on public transportation to ride far from home just to shop. If you are already barely getting by, the added expense of travelling to shop is yet another obstacle to getting back on your feet. There are cooler heads trying to calm the situation. There are also agitators coming in from the outside to keep the situation stirred up. Al Sharpton's presence does not seem to be calming matters. Justice is not advanced by treating innocent people unjustly, whether those people are citizens victimized by police, or whether they are businessmen who have their stores destroyed by looters.