Treating people who are looting, defacing, destroying property, and beating on others as peaceful protesters is probably the more harmful long-term trend.
Marianne Williamson
 @marwilliamson
27 Jul 2020
Violence is never a good thing, but protests are often a good thing. Our founders protected the right to protest for good reason. Treating peaceful protesters as though they are rioters undermines a sacred first principle of our freedom. pbs.org/newshour/show/portla…
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So you think all the thousands of people out there are looters and rioters?
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Not what I said. However, I was not sufficiently specific as well. I think that we should recognize that there are both. I'm extremely concerned with federal overreach, and also with taxpaying members of those cities not being sufficiently protected by their local authorities.
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Replying to @Happygunz1
The taxpaying citizens of Portland are exactly who are out on the street every night protesting the presence of the federal agents. The people of Portland did not ask them to come, nor do they feel "protected" by their presence.

Jul 27, 2020 · 5:23 AM UTC

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Replying to @marwilliamson
Respectfully, the federal agents have only been there a short while. I don't think they should be there either. Because local police should be on the job. The people whose property is being destroyed didn't ask for this to happen, or feel "represented" by protester presence.