Ferguson

Ferguson, Missouri. Prior to August 9th, 2014, most people in these United States had never heard of it.
We now know that Ferguson, Missouri is yet another bigoted town of rednecks run a muck. Or at least it would seem so on the surface.

Michael Brown, a young black man, was shot and killed by a white police officer on August 9th of this year. It's terrible that this young man's life was cut short, regardless of how it ended. The fact that a white man took his life, is enough reason for the black community in Ferguson to riot and loot local businesses.

It's the looting that I want to focus on in this post.

I will start by saying that I simply don't now, nor have I ever understood looting. I was serving in the U.S. Navy in Charleston, South Carolina when hurricane Hugo hit. It destroyed everything in its path; homes, boats, buildings, you name it. I was part of a security force that was asked by local authorities to help prevent looters from taking all that was laid bare by Hugo. People came from everywhere!! It was as if the dinner bell was ringing for criminals, and cowards alike to just come take whatever they wanted because the windows in downtown Charleston had been blown out by the hurricane.

I stood in amazement as we ran off group after group of looters. I mean, I'm still perplexed as I type this post. That happened 25 years ago.
So when the inevitable looting began in Ferguson, I wondered what purpose it served. Did it serve a purpose at all? What's the point?
I don't condone the rioting, although I can completely understand the mentality that accompanies it. People are angry and demand justice for Brown's death/murder. I get it. But how does tearing up one's own community prove or solve anything at all?

Let me see if I can loosely follow the logic here:

Kid get shot and killed. 
People get angry because of race.
People riot out of anger.
People (cowards) use the opportunity to take things that they otherwise could not afford to buy.....
Oh wait....

They raided liquor stores!! Seriously? How bad do you want to get hammered if a liquor store is your first target? BB guns?

How does this prove your point to "the man"?

All this does is make you look ignorant. I feel sorry for the people of Ferguson, because THIS is what they will be remembered for.

Prayers to the family of Michael Brown.