The funny thing about these riots is that they're barely connected to the death of an individual.  That may have been the catalyst for protests, but to riot and burn down a community?  Whether it's Ferguson, Watts, or Baltimore, there's no justification for what has transpired.  These "protests" were merely an opportunity seized to loot and cause havoc.  If you were to go into the streets of Baltimore and ask these "protesters" to explain why they're stealing everything they can carry while setting places on fire, I'm confident most wouldn't reference the death as their motivation. 

 

In Ferguson, it was often rent-a-mobs that were bused from all over the place in by instigators hoping to create the kind of chaos that ultimately transpired.  At the end of the day, their hands up, don't shoot narrative that was the premise for their outrage turned out to be a false narrative used by those instigators to get the crowds riled up. 

 

What happened initially to spark these protests is tragic.  Regardless of the criminal history of the person who died, the details surrounding his death are absolutely suspicious.  That doesn't justify what has happened since the incident. 

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