I wanted to rant alittle about violent protests verses peaceful ones. I am all for freedom to protest anything, such as  freedom to protest for union rights. However when protests become violent, as in the case of what took place in Ferguson following the lack of conviction of the police officer who shot Michael Brown and following the murder of Treyvon Martin then I have to question the nature of protests. Reacting in a violent way because of something that occurred that was unnecessary and violent may defeat the purpose of the protest in the first place. I believe people in Ferguson and around the world for that matter have every right to feel anger and perhaps even violated but breaking into innocent peoples businesses and lootings should have no place in this. America is so great because we have freedom to protests, to gather, and to speak our mind but lets just do it as peacefully as possible.
Julian Goss