This is absolutely batshit. Vicky Osterweil defends looting in a book and gets an NPR interview where she has profound thoughts such as the following:

https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2020/08/27/906642178/one-authors-argument-in-defense-of-looting

This has to be f**king parody:

I cannot believe this is real:

Can you even begin to imagine what would happen if this person were supporting violent MAGA protests with this insanity??!!!

To be completely clear, she has the absolute right to express theses views and make her case. She should not be harassed. However, the arguments are extremely poor and I'm shocked that NPR had her on for an interview.