UK Riots

It is possible that the U.S. could experience similar riots if provided the trigger.  The trigger in the UK was the killing of a man by the name of Mark Duggan.  He was shot and killed by police on August 5th.  Duggan was an alleged drug dealer and gang member, and he was carrying a pistol at the time of his shooting.  It was recently announced that Mark Duggan never fired on police, and therefore, never should have been shot and killed by authorities.  The events bare resemblance to the Oscar Grant shooting in Oakland in 2009.  I'm going to reserve my judgement upon Mark, an alleged drug dealer and gang member, because the rioting has to do with human rights and not with his past allegations.

Regardless of Mark's morality and past criminality, in that exact moment of his death he was shot and killed unjustly by police.  It's as simple as that.

This doesn't mean that I support the actions of the rioters--I just understand their cause.  It's okay to be angry with current situations and politics, but it is irrational and mindless to burn small businesses and destroy homes of the innocent.