I know many people who defended the BLM rioters on social media. The actual rioters - not just the protesters.
No, they were not.
There was hand-wringing about “the language of the unheard”, bail funds being raised for arrested rioters, the author of a book titled “In Defense of Looting” being interviewed uncritically on NPR, Chris Cuomo on CNN rhetorically asking why protesters need to be peaceful, and many other such examples.
By who, this is supposedly coming from mainstream media, so cite your source.
>bail funds being raised for arrested rioters
By which major corporation or media group? Again, citation please.
>the author of a book titled “In Defense of Looting” being interviewed uncritically on NPR
That's what NPR does, they attempt to give a platform without injecting their own opinions into the interview. Regardless, I'd again say: citation, I even took the liberty this time for you:
https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2020/08/27/906642178...
>Chris Cuomo on CNN rhetorically asking why protesters need to be peaceful
It's great to take a part of a clip out of context. If you listen to the FULL clip - he's referring to protestors yelling and being angry and not following curfew (which he says they'll justifiably arrested for). In the very same clip he literally says
"Looting, arson, violence, now that’s something else. Don’t confuse that with protest or the people doing it with protesters"
So yes, taken out of context you can pretend that Cuomo was supporting violence.
Citation? Did I say that yet?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1z0ekwqQX4&feature=emb_titl...
slightly off-topic but I don't think a 58-year sentence will reform anyone more than a 10-year sentence would. The entire American prison system is built around punishing our prisoners.
I really think the entire prison system needs to be rethought from the ground up though. It doesn't make sense that excons carry this weight with them throughout their life, failing background checks. If someone's been released from prison, they should be done with their punishment. Period.
You can add on non-prison sentencing if you must but I very much don’t like wasting people’s lives by holding them in a box.
And again, if you can make a case that the hypothetical murderer will immediately do it again if let out you can hold them longer.
In other cases, most violent criminals seem to be young men, so there’s some value in running out the clock so they aren’t young men anymore by the time they’re released.
Prison is not the only option by a long shot.
Blessing? The blessing was for peaceful protests, the rioters were universally condemned.
>Susan Rosenberg literally bombed the Capitol in 1983 and now serves as vice chair of the board of directors of Thousand Currents, a "non-profit foundation that sponsors the fundraising and does administrative work for the Black Lives Matter global network, among other clients."
And served 15 years in prison for it with a 58 YEAR sentence. Clinton faced plenty of criticism for the pardon too. That being said, are you suggesting someone who has served their time should... permanently be ostracized by society? Prison is meant to punish not reform?
If you're suggesting she's still supporting violence, provide the evidence. Her book seems to indicate she has a different world view after spending time in prison. Literally the outcome we SHOULD want from people being arrested and imprisoned.