How much more "context" do you need? You don't go around dispatching the military to shoot at your own citizens, not in a state governed by the rule of law. No amount of civil unrest will let an accountable government get away with that.
> Do you propose this behavior should be met with praise and not violence?
Please don't put words in my mouth.
It's a simple question, and I never implied your response either way.
Do you think violence by police or military is justified when individuals are setting fire to occupied buildings?
Frankly, I don't know why I'm having to say this. I'm just stating the obvious here.
The police are obviously totally overwhelmed, and like it or not the military has the legal authority to operate domestically and without them being there more people could've died.
I don't understand your position. There's an occupied building on fire, with children inside. Protesters are attacking fire crews. What is the ideal outcome? I didn't see a fireman with his knee on anyone's neck. Why attack them, if not to cause destruction and murder people?
Arson against residential buildings is terrorism. That's it.
Anyways, you're ignoring the bigger picture, the mountain of bodies that led to this situation in the first place. The civil unrest we're seeing wouldn't have happened at all if policing across the country was done in a sane manner. The numerous reports of unjustified police violence in the midst of this crisis is already making things worse, and there's no need for the military to add to that.