It’s important to know most of the black community feels this way. Most don’t want to be associated with looting and violence. Unfortunately, not many want to lead their community out of it either.
That’s why I am saying, why justify the behavior of punks who trash their own neighborhood? They are not representing any kind of civil rights movement. They are just being asses and embarass all the well behaved people in the community.
For that kid to be there in the first place, hoodied up and throwing projectiles with intent to harm, the mom probably screwed up somewhere along the way in raising him. So now it’s too little too late. He’ll just be back out there tomorrow.
CNN intervierwed her and apparently she has six kids. She was worried that he’d be killed by the police since he was out there. Legitimate fear or not people in these neighborhoods think their kids may get killed by the police everytime they leave the house.
Six kids. Single mother. One flash in the pan instance of doing the right thing, and she gets all the attention. Superior mothers (unrelated to Mothers Superior) who raised their sons to not go rioting get no attention. Go figure.