I remember the LA riots well, and even though there will be more riots, call me old fashioned i just don't believe in any way that the potential riots should in anyway effect the courts judgement. I also believe anyone who wants to riot and damage property should be arrested and thrown in jail, this whole left anarchism movement is a stain on our democracy, its an abuse of the freedoms we enjoy. Peaceful protest is one of the foundations of democracy, but this isn't that, its simply unlawful anarchy, the response from LE has been too soft, democrats have undermined democracy, they lost an election and have basically looked to use anything from racism, climate change, pandemics, feminism to undermine and sabotage the democratic right of the republican party and the countrys elected president Donald Trump to govern, I'm not a fan of Trump,as a more traditional republican type. But the behaviour of the Left has only left Democracy worse off as modern US democracy is an example to China, Russia and the middle East of what can happen where democracy and the rule of law is undermined from within. It basically supports and exonerates their system of government, not from them from their populations, they would rather be governed by a dictator, than what modern US democracy has become.