Reminder - in Seattle, looting and property damage only started hours after the police started throwing tear gas and firing less-lethal bullets into protestors, and the entire downtown area turned into chaos.

In Bellevue, the police did neither, and instead, talked with the protesters, and there was no looting anywhere near the protest areas.

If you actually cared about minimizing looting, you should probably not attack peaceful protestors on public streets. The chaos that starts is what gives looters cover to operate.