You’re looking at the big picture. There’s a whole lot wrong with it, as you listed.
But the people in the streets just wanted success in the narrow quest to take this terrorist off of the streets of Boston. Their lives were turned upside down, they were trapped inside their homes, in fear, the economy was paralyzed, and they wanted justice for the bombing victims.
Big picture thinkers they’re NOT.
I must be thinking in Texan where we would have put one between the eyes and then went about our day.