I finally realized that the Democrat government officials who are currently allowing the destruction of their cities to continue unabated are responding out of their typical flawed liberal guilt approach to things: avoid even the false accusations of racism (or whatever the issue of the moment) by giving into whatever those making accusations demand.
The fact that it is a flawed tactic becomes painfully clear when the demand became one of tear everything down, figuratively and literally! In other words, it’s as if those making the demands are saying: You must self-destruct or you’re a racist. Try and stop us and you’re even more of a racist. Stopping us is racist, therefore all law enforcement is racist. And anyone else who defends themselves or criticizes our violence is racist and should be arrested for it (see the case of the St. Louis Self-Defenders).