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Looting Is Not The Answer It Is Criminal

Meghan O'Donnell, 29, from St Louis, prays at the spot where Michael Brown was killed Sunday evening in Ferguson, Missouri. - AP
Meghan O’Donnell, 29, from St Louis, prays at the spot where Michael Brown was killed Sunday evening in Ferguson, Missouri. — AP

Unrest and dis­or­der fol­lowed after a can­dle-light vig­il held in remem­brance of 18 years old Michael Brown who was shot mul­ti­ple times in a scuf­fle with a police offi­cer, in sub­ur­ban Ferguson St Louis Missouri .

Police say Brown who was unarmed, was shot mul­ti­ple times as he scuf­fled with the officer.

Police say sev­er­al busi­ness­es were loot­ed in the mêlée which ensued , includ­ing a tire shop and check-cash­ing store. The shot teen is black the Police offi­cer is white.

Browns parents
Browns par­ents

If there was wrong­do­ing by the police in this mat­ter, how does destruc­tion of busi­ness­es and steal­ing help? The good­will decent peo­ple have toward this fam­i­ly was placed in dire jeop­ardy by the oppor­tunis­tic crim­i­nal ele­ments who seek out these inci­dents for exploitation .

Whatever the cir­cum­stances of this case, destruc­tion of the hard work of inde­pen­dent busi­ness peo­ple and the com­mu­ni­ty is cer­tain­ly not the answer.