a pox on BOTH rioters AND cops

Unlike some here, I will not lionize the youth that destroyed buildings, but I will not demonize them either. The Cops repsonded with violence first, and apparently showed no fear of the state, not did the state give them any reason to fear. When it becomes clear that the law is NOT going to see you as anythign but a target for bullets, you will want to throw a rock, if nothing else to show that if the state refuses to hold the police accountable, somebody will.

However, let's not whip ourselves into "anarchy is so cool!" bullshit either. The people that will be hurt are not the cops, nor the people that employ the cops, it will be mostly poor people sweeping the streets, and chances are even the local roofers or carpenters will not get paid. Violence may be need in a short term after someone make it clear that they want to be violent with you, however, violence is always deadly in the long term, because it does not actually make people want to stop.

Nothiong will be done, not all the rioting, not all the pretty speechmaking, until someone IN POWER gets fired and disgraced. Those in power have the resources to outlast both the rioters and the "can't we all just get along?" well wishers. We need to have high ranking people FIRED, period, because THAT is the violence power understands and cannot exploit.

This is where Obama and Hillary can earn their paychecks..Call for the FIRING of a chief of Police.