With this ideal in mind, raise the idea that unjust laws are meant to be broken if the person breaking them has accepted the consequences or if breaking the law is useful for the betterment of society. King believed that if you break a law that your conscience deems unjust and accept the punishment to make people think about the injustice that the law enacts, you have the utmost respect for the law. As stated in the previous paragraph, King is referring to the voting system in the state of Alabama and how it is corrupt. The way laws are voted on makes them unjust and therefore establishes a basis for their violation. Towards the end of the piece, King highlights how police officers were praised for their actions to keep protesters in order and prevent violence. The white community believed that all laws were fair, because they did not negatively affect their lives, so the black community speaking out and protesting against them was seen as obscene. This view demonstrates King's belief that unjust laws are unbreakable, because while the white community in Alabama considered their protests obscene and unnecessary, the rest of the country tuned in to watch it all unfold. Those watching from the outside felt sympathy for the black community and agreed that change was needed in the South. Later in the letter, King uses a variation of “the ends justify the means” when he states that it is wrong to use immoral means to achieve moral ends, and that it is wrong to use moral means to achieve immoral ends. These statements show that King realizes how the system is working against him and his fellow black Americans. By violently treating black protesters, police officers are using what the white community has