>Let's not create this narrative that the majority of protestors are out to loot and damage property.
It doesn't matter who is looting or causing damage to property if their actions are being used to justify retaliation against every protester.
Separating the "fringe elements is being done by the media and the government to allow more authoritarian responses. It is not being done out of goodwill for the law abiding protesters.
I think it does matter. This is an issue that is affecting black people. White people who are protesting should be doing it to support them, not to hijack their movement and running it how they see fit.
Why would it matter who hijacked a movement the moment before it is forcibly ended? These "fringe elements" don't matter, what's important is what started these protests and what is being done to silence them.
It doesn't matter who is looting or causing damage to property if their actions are being used to justify retaliation against every protester.
Separating the "fringe elements is being done by the media and the government to allow more authoritarian responses. It is not being done out of goodwill for the law abiding protesters.