It is written right in the Constitution what is supposed to happen when people have grievances against the government. Although you never hear about this mechanism being used as intended, when it is, it can actually work.
A group of citizens peacefully protest and submit a list of grievances to their legislature that they want their legislature to address. (First Amendment guarantees "the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.")
The legislature takes the list of grievances and discusses it, and decides whether action is warranted to address the grievances.
If they decide that action is warranted they pass a law addressing the grievances.
The governor signs the law.
It seems you never hear about this process happening that way. But it in fact did happen exactly like that in Mississippi. Exactly like that. The media is not going to tell you what happened so I will...
The BLM protesters in Jackson Mississippi were peaceful and broke no laws. Instead of burning down building and fighting police, they peacefully and lawfully marched straight to the capitol building (wearing masks), and submitted a list of grievances to the legislature. The legislature didn't want to accept them at first, but finally did. The legislature debated the grievances, and the debate was heated. They passed laws to address the grievances. The governor signed them. The protesters had their grievances heard and acted on without breaking a single law, without confronting police, without burning cars and buildings.
They discovered that the Constitution works as intended when people actually follow it...
A group of citizens peacefully protest and submit a list of grievances to their legislature that they want their legislature to address. (First Amendment guarantees "the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.")
The legislature takes the list of grievances and discusses it, and decides whether action is warranted to address the grievances.
If they decide that action is warranted they pass a law addressing the grievances.
The governor signs the law.
It seems you never hear about this process happening that way. But it in fact did happen exactly like that in Mississippi. Exactly like that. The media is not going to tell you what happened so I will...
The BLM protesters in Jackson Mississippi were peaceful and broke no laws. Instead of burning down building and fighting police, they peacefully and lawfully marched straight to the capitol building (wearing masks), and submitted a list of grievances to the legislature. The legislature didn't want to accept them at first, but finally did. The legislature debated the grievances, and the debate was heated. They passed laws to address the grievances. The governor signed them. The protesters had their grievances heard and acted on without breaking a single law, without confronting police, without burning cars and buildings.
They discovered that the Constitution works as intended when people actually follow it...