People have forgotten their home training. That was where children were taught right from wrong. If something was wrong, your parents taught you to tell the person in charge. In middle and high school, civics and government taught a lasting way to handle to handle situations like what went down in St. Louis, Missouri.
I call it common sense. If you are angry about what happened, gather calm and civil people who think like you. Have someone write down why everyone is angry. Consolidate the reasons for anger in a list without anger or vulgarity. Recruit law students to help you write down solutions that will be listened to.
Have one person fax the form to the Governor's and only take that form to an appointment with the Governor to discuss change. At the same time, have a computer oriented person send the same letter only to every member of government serving for Missouri. People will listen when you don't yell or call them names.
If there is no response, there is something that can be done. Gather like minded people and start a campaign to replace the elected people that did not listen. By doing all this, you are using the system to make a change that people have to listen to.
Missouri Governor, Eric Greitens, said the best that I have heard. "Violence and vandalism is not a protest, but is a crime."
I watched news feeds and read information from the following links before blogging.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Louis
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2017/09/15/st-louis-tenses-for-verdict-in-murder-trial-of-former-police-officer/?utm_term=.31610a9d3be4
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-41297143
http://insider.foxnews.com/2017/09/17/protests-st-louis-missouri-governor-safe-space-looters-jail-cell
https://www.aol.com/article/news/2017/09/17/third-day-of-protests-set-over-police-acquittal-in-st-louis/23212502/
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-missouri-crime/more-than-80-arrested-as-riot-police-break-up-st-louis-protest-over-officers-acquittal-idUSKCN1BQ161
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