"Civil disobedience" has an honorable reputation as the expression of a sincere conscience.
It could describe the action of Rosa Parks, for instance, who defied a particular unjust local law . . without violating other laws. Unfortunately, the term is often used today to describe a protest against certain laws while using lawless violence and looting.
That's different. That's not civil disobedience. To violate the law against destroying your neighbor's property is not justified or legitimate. The Los Angeles rioting supposedly to protest immigration law was in no way civil, and in many cases not even the sincere expression of conscience.
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