if you are white and attending protests you do NOT need to be breaking windows, starting fires, or inciting violence. you are putting the black people around you in danger. you need to stand between them and the cops and do what you can to protect your fellow protesters. (1/)

the cops are going to be less likely to abuse white protesters -- they will use your violence as an excuse to target black people. so you need to step down and stop giving them a reason to attack the black members of your group. stop putting them in danger! (2/2)

add: this does not mean black people breaking windows and starting fires is an excuse for cops to attack. cops are gonna do that anyway. it's just vital that white allies not give them an excuse to start being violent, because black people will take the blame for their actions.