Fully agree. And also it identifies our problem. They are the ones that get to decide what the "Law" is. They have decreed that it is just fine and dandy for Cops to shoot mundanes with TANKS, but it is Unlawful for a mundane to shoot a Rubber Band at any Govt employee. The glue of Law and Order is falling apart at the seams and resulting in Riots. Unfortunately, it is resulting in Looting too. We have NO Law and have lost that Order.
As LibertyEagle said, Freedom comes with Responsibility. People have given up their Responsibility to maintain Order when the Law has obviously faltered. They organized a Peaceful Protest, to which more tanks, tear gas grenades and rubber bullets were used against those who initially called out for Equal Application of the Law. The Cop murdered an innocent, but the Law will not apply to whoever that Cop is. The protests were turned violent by the Cops, not by the Citizens. The whole thing could have been very easily avoided at MANY steps. Hold the Cop accountable. Dont shoot the innocent in the first place. Dont create "Weapons of Freedom", then use them domestically when that conflict is over. Just because the Govt still has them doesnt mean they need to use them. Any of these steps could have stopped protests in their tracks if those that write the Law would have listened. How many innocents have been sentenced to LIFE in Prison due to Three Strikes Laws, but we can not hold a single Bad Cop accountable for the most heinous of offenses?
“Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience.” - CS Lewis
"When law and morality are in contradiction to each other, the citizen finds himself in the cruel alternative of either losing his moral sense, or of losing his respect for the law." - The Law
The people of Ferguson have obviously lost their respect for The Law. The same Law that helps to create Order. That same Order that has been lost that creates Responsibility. And that same Responsibility that comes from holding those who violate the law fully, justly, and fairly accountable for their violations of the Law. A downward spiral.