So when a small group of individuals riots that somehow validates, for you, the injustices experienced by the larger majority? That suggests a pretty shallow commitment in the first place.

Look, I'm a Baltimore resident and I hated to see the rioting that occurred here back in the summer. I understand why it happened and what motivated it, but it didn't really move the ball forward for anyone that cared about fighting for justice. However, in the days and weeks leading up to the riots, there were large scale, peaceful protests in the city involving many, many more people then rioted. (A fact the national media paid virtually no attention to.) Most people out there don't think activism = violence or necessarily leads to violence. It's quite possible to make a distinction between rioting (and I think most of our Baltimore rioters were just using the situation as a pretext to rob and loot anyway) and activism.