Which was a terrible thing to because it harms the community and their own cause as it makes them look like thugs and villains.
And there have indeed been many taking advantage of the situation to steak and cause chaos for chaos' sake.
And there have indeed been many taking advantage of the situation to steak and cause chaos for chaos' sake.
> And there have indeed been many taking advantage of the situation to steak and cause chaos for chaos' sake.
Violence, as well as hangars-on who are just there for the violence, have been part of anti-state, anti-abuse-of-power protests since time immemorial.
The only people who think it "harms their own cause" are the people looking for excuses not to be critical of the power structures and police instead.
I'm usually very critical of protests that involve torching things, but this is different from, say, Occupy Wall Street getting violent.