It is not possible to get any liberal to answer that question honestly.
This goes back to the prevailing “woke” belief that I am responsible for the past because I am white. They ignore the history of slavery in just about every dominant civilization in the past and want us to believe that this evil is unique to the United States.
The real question is why did main stream media downplay the summer riots, yet magnify the capital riots out of proportion. The first was because there was a pending election where this issue might hurt Democrats. The second was because there were serious questions about the integrity of the election and this proved to be a great diversion.
The summer riots only threatened small business and the middle class, where the capital riot threatened politicians. In the summer riots, most looters were ignored. A large percentage of the ones arrested were never formally charged and were subsequently released. Many of the Capital rioters are still in jail, six months later.
Just yesterday, radio news reported that high end San Francisco department stores are not even bothering to stop looters and shoplifters because of the futility.