"However, in trying to correct this media image—in making a strong division between Good Protesters and Bad Rioters, or between ethical non-violence practitioners and supposedly violent looters—the narrative of the criminalization of black youth is reproduced."
@kiplet
Justifying property damage isn't necessary. This isn't an either-or situation. You can have political protests without rioting.
@Demosthenes "But in the final analysis, a riot is the language of the unheard."
@Demosthenes "A police department that fears its inevitable political demise might do everything in its power to forestall that demise, but a police department that believed it would simply never face any consequences for its actions would probably act largely as the Portsmouth Police Department has."