I agree. People can't dismiss the violence on one hand and then claim that the president is to blame for the carnage. As you and I have both explained, the Tenth Amendment of the Constitution prevents the president from over-riding the state's leaders. And in ALL of the cases where the BLM are out of control, they are Democratic leaders.
I don't think one billion dollars of damage is nothing!
That's the minimum damage amount they are accounting to the BLM 'peaceful protests' where building were burned to the ground, looting and smash and grab all over the country. In NY, many of the high-end stores are boarded up and empty. They are not going to open until they know they aren't going to be looted and windows smashed. Parts of the city look like a third world country, graffiti and people staying away.
And gun violence spiking higher and higher in urban areas of the country.
Only going to get worse with police 'defunding', no new cops being hired, hundreds leaving over the country in masses.
Once again, it's the poor and the minorities that are suffering the economic fallout and victims of the violence while the woke white liberals remain safe and secure in their suburbs and rural areas. All over the country gun sales have sky-rocketed and that's a sign that citizens can no longer rely on the police to help them out for they won't be there when they call emergency.
Gun and ammunition sales soar as defund-the-police movement grows
These type of households that support the 2nd Amendment are majority Republican. So the BLM is driving up support for Trump and Trump re-election 2020 looking more & more likely.
Because your position is contradictory, and you either minimize or enlarge the issue to suit your posts.
First you claim that the instances of violence within the movement are few or isolated cases.
But then you admit the cities are burning and violence has erupted - and you blame Trump. Suddenly they are violent, if Trump can be made responsible.