Does anyone else find it sad that about 2 decades ago Rodney King was beaten by the police and LA was...?

[Nobody]

burned to the ground in riots but just a couple years ago Trayvon Martin was killed and all anyone did was tweet RIP? It seems like maybe nobody cares any more. I'm not saying we should have killed people and burned buildings to the ground but I feel like we could have done something to show that that wasn't ok. If everything that happened in the LA riots didn't change anything, what makes people think social media can?
Euri: Nobody deserves police brutality to that extent. He was a drug dealer, not a murderer. But he was beaten half to death like his life had no worth. A judge can decide how to punish someone for their crimes. Not a couple asshole cops with anger issues.
Paula: Trayvon Martin was a teenage boy who was being followed home late at night by some creepy old man because that man was suspicious of his hoodie. I would be scared as hell in that situation. That type of thing triggers a fight or flight response, and Trayvon chose to fight.
Badge203: Thank you for your input. Like I said, I don't think we should have started riots or anything to that extreme. I just wish people would have done SOMETHING. It seems like people did nearly nothing to protest what happened to Trayvon. A few celebrities wore hoodies. Everyone tweeted about how sad it was and then that was it. That was all anyone did.