[user104658]

Originally Posted by Vanessa

The problem is, peaceful protesters and violent ones are being tarred with the same brush.

Once protests have descended into rioting then the peaceful protest is over. You simply can't do it until order has been restored, and any attempt to is really just participating in the civil unrest.

No one should be arrested unless they're being violent or encouraging violence -- however there's no moral claim to be being "peaceful".