During these troubling times, there are a lot of misconceptions about how violence is linked to the first amendment, mostly as "Freedom of Speech." However, this is not the case. Violence is not a protected act under the First amendment, the First Amendment protects you to speak your personal beliefs without being prosecuted. These rioters believe they are in the right, because they believe that assaulting people who may think differently is expression, and they think that setting buildings on fire is protected by the first amendment. But it's not, it is basic criminal acts. Here is an example of rioters thinking what they are doing is right:
This article shows how these protesters believe that it is in their right to assault authority figures and innocent workers, because they think they are protected by the First Amendment. The article states that suspects assaulted a Firefighter as he was enroot to a fire in the city. The protest allegedly started peaceful, then turned violent by looters. The rioters quickly started setting fires to the city and to civilian cars. As the firetruck was pulling in to respond to the fire, the protesters forced the truck to stop and started damaging the truck. They then began to assault the Firefighter, who is recovering from minor injuries. Police are asking for information on 11 suspects. This doesn't count as Freedom of Speech, because it damages and destroys lives and property. Peace is protected by the First Amendment, but assault and destruction is not.
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