I think equating "damage to property" and "damage to human (or more-than-human) lives" under the same banner of "violence" is a capitalist ploy. It's used to discredit riots and justify police killings because "both sides" did a violence

The violence was done over the long term. Forcing people to be reliant on exploitation of mother earth for their own survival. All that happened was a bubble popped. We should focus on who made the bubble more than who popped it