Very telling to watch footage from protests across both USA and Europe. Aussie TV reporters talked to demonstrators from half a dozen cities around the US, people stopped to talk to them and explain why they were there and how angry they felt. In some case there was vandalism and looting going on around these interviews, but at no time did the crowd turn on the press.
In Paris there are reports of violence against Aussie TV crews. I have just watched another reporter and cameraman in London being chased and assaulted repeatedly even as Police tried to intervene. The attackers were almost exclusively young black males who, in my view, had no interest in peaceful demonstration or BLM issues, they were just there for the buzz and violence against anyone they so chose.
It was not a majority of those on the demonstration, but there is no doubt a sizeable minority using this as an opportunity for criminal activities.
