Law vs. Justice (3)

I think that law outweighs the justice in this movie, which even though was sad and we would like to think was not true, made the movie more powerful and conveyed a stronger message. The last scene stood out to me because it was a clear example of following laws, and not processing or realizing what is just. There was a large group of Africans protesting that they should not have to learn Afrikaans, which is like us Americans protesting that we should not be obligated to take Spanish (or a certain language) in school. They were fighting for nothing against the government, nothing inappropriate, nothing offensive or racist. It made me so frustrated that the white police had to pull out their guns and just start firing. How was the protest in any way affecting them? The land they were in? It did not disturb their days or negatively affect their jobs or their lives in any way, shape, or form. They could have moved about their days smoothly without killing hundreds of innocent kids and adults. The fact that the police were white, and the group of Africans were black, made the situation even worse. This was an example of authority figures just blindly and obediently listening to the law just because it is the law. Who made that law where protesting in that way is illegal? Were those people bias or racist? Was it a diverse and and tolerant group of people, or just a few people's close minded opinions? Did they consider every factor before making the law and realize how seriously people would take it? I know that the government is a specific, intellectual, and carefully chosen group, but I feel like that diversity should expand even more. Every law goes through many people and levels before it is seen or passed, but not necessarily did that happen during the time of the Apartheid, which is unfair. It is unfair for that rule not to exist because the lack of that rule led to hundreds and hundreds of deaths and injuries, which you cannot do back and change. Did those people ever feel bad? Where were their hearts? Similarly, during the Holocaust followers of Hitler were listening to him because they were afraid something would happen to them and/or because they had to follow his rules. The fact that law overrode justice led to MILLIONS of deaths in this case, which definitely changed the world. Times when justice is not a part of the picture and laws are ignorantly followed, are the times where history has changed. But times when people go against the first instinct of the laws and promote justice and peace, are also when things change. We need to keeping pushing for justice because none of what happened in "Cry Freedom" in the last scene was just or right in any way.