Riots

Hearing and seeing the footage of the riots in London makes my heart break. It is so disturbing & I will never ever understand why people feel the need to do such a thing in any part of the world.

Protesting is so much safer and doesn't cause harm to others (mostly). I understand that some countries are not allowed to protest but if there are thousands and thousands protesting, it will be harder for them to do anything. Either way people may get arrested but innocent lives, business etc won't be destroyed. Rioting will do no good and will not prove anything. All that says is that you now have stooped down to their level.

Not only is it disturbing to see/ hear these riots but to also know that most (if not all) are really just for nothing. One of the things that really gets to me is when a police officer kills or seriously hurts someone and right away the victim is innocent. I realize officers are people too and can be racist and even do racist things. That still doesn't give ANYBODY the right to go and start these crazy riots just because someone thinks an officer did wrong or they hate officers. What really puzzles me is that these cop haters will spit out their comments etc until one day when they need or someone they love needs one. Then they are begging for help. Not every cop is bad just like not every white, black, Hispanic, gay, etc etc are bad. Not everyone is racist either. Officers actually have to use force however it might be sometimes to protect themselves and others. I would so like to see anyone who hates cops to try to be a cop for a day or two and see what it's really like. If you think a cop did wrong, protest in a good way & let the law handle it. They actually do investigations every time a cop uses force to make sure the cop wasn't out of line.

Then there's riots when sports teams win or even loose but mostly win. Tell me again how this is good celebrating? I realize drinking plays a part but still. You can party in the streets without destroying other people's property and causing fires. 

Having riots because you need to fight for your rights in your country, for me I can understand this BUT it's still very wrong and innocent people get hurt in so many ways. 

When it comes down to it, please people never riot. It's never good and nothing good will ever ever come from it. You won't be heard that way. You end up being the bad person. We humans can be so much better than this. All that EVER comes out of riots is innocent lives get hurt, people getting arrested, innocent people loosing their loved ones & their place of business. Think about it, would you want your loved one getting innocently hurt or loosing their business or home just because someone decided to use their anger & frustration towards them? No you wouldn't and in fact you would be wondering where the police are while it happened. The police will be to busy trying to control the riot. Another thing, if police ambulances etc are so busy trying to control riots, then if someone has a heart attack or some other real problem, there will be no one to help them. Again if it was your loved on in serious trouble, wouldn't you want an emergency person to help them out as fast as possible? You will wondering where they were when it's needed and get pissed because they were to busy trying to control the riot.

If you get pissed at something and want to be heard PROTEST PROTEST PROTEST, in a RESPECTFUL manner. Stop with this useless violence and hurting innocent people just because you want to be heard. You will be heard if it's done respectfully. That outcome from rioting is soooooo not worth it. Think before you act. This is not how to get things done.