You are a country that suspended bank accounts while your legal citizens were staging a protest at your capitol.

The LA riots involve property destruction and interference with criminal removal.

Those who are protesting peacefully and are here legally are free to continue. Some areas may be off limits while crimes are stopped.

Not the same at all.

The US is notably "freer" for some types of speech. Quite a few countries ban Nazi flags, hate speech, etc. to some extent. The EU bans direct-to-consumer marketing of prescription drugs. The UK banned political parties from advertising on TV in 1955.

In my opinion, doing so to some extent is important to preserve the rights of other parts of society, but that's not a universally held opinion by any means.