Because it is just a few. The argument you are jumping into the middle of is not if the rioting and looting is justified, or even if the protests (which are different from the rioting and looting) is justified, the argument is if 'entire cities are being held hostage' and that simply is not true. The truth is that there are protests going on, and as always, a few people have taken advantage of that fact to riot and loot. The argument we are having is not about the justifications, it is about the size of the rioting. The size happens to be 'just a few'.
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Sure, go and tell that to the few parents who have lost their kids, or to a few small business owners who have lost everything.