From a great writer and Baltimore native, proving he was correct to turn down the New York Times. While that outlet lies, Ta-Nehisi Coates explains:
When nonviolence is preached by the representatives of the state, while the state doles out heaps of violence to its citizens, it reveals itself to be a con. And none of this can mean that rioting or violence is "correct" or "wise," any more than a forest fire can be "correct" or "wise."