It's a critical detail that is constantly repeated. During the peaceful protests of BLM where 3.3 million people poured forth, a few 'confederates' like the white Umbrella Man in Minneapolis came out spray paint stores and break windows to start this process in order to blame the whole thing on "thugs." They wanted to turn the peaceful protest into a group of criminals, delegitimizing the protestors demands and their image. They always find some black man or woman to prosecute to make a riot or protest look like it was instigated by "the blacks" so the white authorities can turn around the image of violence back onto the protestors, justifying their use of deadly force. It's a continual tactic they used since the times of Nat Turner or Stono Rebellion where the white men learned to stopped the uprising before it really starts.