Law and order exist for the purpose of establishing justice and when they fail in this purpose they become the dangerously structured dams that block the flow of social progress.
The shooting death of Trayvon Martin and the acquittal of his killer, George Zimmerman, was seen by many as a failure as referenced in the quote from Rev. King. And like the cases in Ferguson, New York, and Cleveland, justice is still evasive in the 21st Century.
