Yes, the people trying to stop the looting warms my heart.
There always has been and always will be many people who know. That's why my post said "some people." The problem is the people who know often let the not-knowing be the loudest and most consistent voices. It isn't just the media's fault, white people's fault, or structural inequalities---having a sense of agency includes having a sense of ownership so it can't always be everyone else's fault.
I normally don't talk about this around mixed company but there are some things highlighted in this thread and in other discussions of Ferguson and similar incidents that give me pause. I hope the police and the FBI are able to concentrate on what happened with Michael Brown.