And, what do you expect people that do not run the places where the problem are, to do?
Here where I live when protesters in the hundreds possibly close to 2 thousand descended on the Home Depot, target and mall, over two hundred police formed lines of protection around the stores and no destruction or looting happened.
The protesters were not happy, but remained peaceful. I know because I watched a live stream from one of the protesters. She complained constantly about the police snipers on the roofs.