Conscience does. Crime sprees to protest murder of a subdued suspect only stoop to their level. Civil disobedience doesn’t require us to break EVERY law—it requires us to demonstrate a law is wrong OR wrongly-enforced. When you’re right, doing wrong surrenders the high ground.1/2 https://twitter.com/tayari/status/1266420906374631425

2/2 A wise response to deadly injustice: "He who lives by the sword will perish by the sword...We must meet hate with love... So do not be overcome with evil, but overcome evil with good." —MLK, quoting others. https://alinefromlinda.blogspot.com/2014/04/cross-burned-on-martin-luther-king-jrs.html?m=1

“Certain conditions exist in our society which must be condemned as vigorously as we condemn riots.” —MLK

How vigorously did he condemn riots? As vigorously as he condemned the tolerance of racism against which the riots were an illegitimate, yet explainable, reaction. https://twitter.com/thekingcenter/status/1266008254984982529