The California Riots

In December 2008, the shooting of 15 year old Alexandros Grigoropoulos by police in Athens, Greece resulted in riots between civilians and the police force. On January 1, police in the California Bay area shot and killed 22 year old Oscar Grant at point blank after a response to some disorder on the subway. Grant was unarmed and was following police orders, as shown from several different videos that captured the incident. Once had I heard about this, I thought, "If the people of America do not do exactly what the Greeks had done, then I will loose all faith in humanity." Unfortunately, so far the riots have been absolutely pointless and only public property (besides one cop car) has been damaged. We should be rioting against the police who abuse their power and the Federal Government for not taking quicker action! Why are people destroying shops and businesses and cars? I know that in my lifetime there will be a revolution, but we're not going to change anything by hurting our companions. We're making ourselves weaker. Hopefully on January 20, America will start to change for the better. I have faith in President-Elect Barack Obama, but we do need to change the way our law enforcement system operates. Perhaps get rid of guns? Or give every single person a gun? If a cop can shoot a person, but a person can't shoot a cop, then why do people deny governmental corruption? It does exist! Johannes Mehserle, the officer responsible for the shooting, hasn't even been arrested/arraigned yet.