IMHO:
What is to be done about such riots? The authorities surely knew that it was extremely probable that a mod of persons who took sides based upon pigment match, would illegally block traffic, congregating in the middle of streets, then go on a violent rampage destroying property of innocent persons & thieving. Such being the case, were the authorities blocked from taking strong enough measures to prevent the riot? Curfew? Tanks?
What the mob was saying is that the legal process must go their pigment-prejudiced way or they would riot. This is an intolerable attempt at lynching.
I am asking if according to Romans 13, the proper course by the ministers of God who bear not the sword in vain, instruments of God's vengeance on evil-doers -- the proper course would be to machine gun the rioters?
Of course given today's technology, it might be possible to arrest the rioters one by one, but I doubt that the evidence gathered that way would be good enough for conviction. Also, the cost of arresting, trying, and imprisoning all those persons would be very unfair on taxpayers.
Is there anything better than the machine gun?
What is to be done about such riots? The authorities surely knew that it was extremely probable that a mod of persons who took sides based upon pigment match, would illegally block traffic, congregating in the middle of streets, then go on a violent rampage destroying property of innocent persons & thieving. Such being the case, were the authorities blocked from taking strong enough measures to prevent the riot? Curfew? Tanks?
What the mob was saying is that the legal process must go their pigment-prejudiced way or they would riot. This is an intolerable attempt at lynching.
I am asking if according to Romans 13, the proper course by the ministers of God who bear not the sword in vain, instruments of God's vengeance on evil-doers -- the proper course would be to machine gun the rioters?
Of course given today's technology, it might be possible to arrest the rioters one by one, but I doubt that the evidence gathered that way would be good enough for conviction. Also, the cost of arresting, trying, and imprisoning all those persons would be very unfair on taxpayers.
Is there anything better than the machine gun?