> During the 2020 riots, there were definitely some people trying to make the point, “we have no ownership of our own neighborhoods.” Another reason why riots

> During the 2020 riots, there were definitely some people trying to make the point, “we have no ownership of our own neighborhoods.” Another reason why riots are not helpful is that it's impossible to know whether someone is breaking a window to make a statement about police violence, institutional racism, capitalist oppression, or because nobody can stop them from breaking a window right now. It's not an eloquent means of expression, and the message will never be received as the author intended.