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In reply to the discussion: Sorry, but if you did your job as a parent, your kid would NOT be rioting in the streets!!! [View all]JDPriestly
(57,936 posts)I understand the anger. But the problem with the violence, the destruction of property, is that it encourages those who do not want to face the horrible crimes of police violence to shift the blame for violence to the so-called rioters.
The violence by demonstrators against police violence is a very stupid tactic. The violence by demonstrators distracts the attention of the public from the really serious problem of the police killing unarmed black people.
It is counter-productive to let one's anger give the press and some of the authorities the opportunity to distract attention from the real problem: police violence and failure to punish police officers who kill unarmed people and use excessive force.
Everyone needs to be non-violent.