I will never understand why they always chose to loot and burn? 

I read a NYT article that said "What is the effect of obsessing over looting? It deflects from the core problem that brought people to the streets." If it deflects from the core of the problem that brought the people to the streets, why are the people creating deflections from their own cause?"  

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/18/opinion/george-floyd-protests-looting.html